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NanceGreggs

(27,815 posts)
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 03:50 AM Oct 2018

NO.

Did the WH and/or Republican senators insist on a full investigation of Kavanaugh’s past?

NO.

Were all of the witnesses to Kavanaugh’s excessive drinking during the time Christine Ford alleges he attacked her while drunk contacted and interviewed?

NO.

Were FBI investigators told to follow all leads in an attempt to get at the truth of the allegations against Kavanaugh?

NO.

Did Republicans put partisanship aside in order to search for the truth behind Christine Ford’s allegations before elevating Kavanaugh to the highest court in the land?

NO.

Were the Republicans even remotely interested in knowing whether their nominee to the SCOTUS might be guilty of the behaviour he has been accused of?

NO.

Were the Republicans willing to have Kavanaugh take a polygraph test that might tend to prove his innocence?

NO.

Were the Republicans anxious to leave no stone unturned in order to prove that Kavanaugh has been wrongfully accused?

NO.

Has Kavanaugh himself demonstrated any willingness to be subjected to a full investigation into his past?

NO.

Did Kavanaugh answer specific questions posed by Democrats without being evasive, and proffering unresponsive, self-serving answers to all questions asked?

NO.

How many “NO” answers does it take to spell “guilty as charged” – or, at the very least, an admission that “we don’t care if he’s guilty, as long as he’s confirmed to the highest court in the land”?

When you refuse a full investigation into your own past that might exonerate you, you are broadcasting your own guilt.

When your party refuses a full investigation into their SCOTUS nominee’s past, they are broadcasting that nominee’s probable guilt.

Sometimes it’s just that simple. Sometimes it’s just that in-your-face obvious.

Sometimes it just comes down to whether you’re unethical enough, immoral enough, and unpatriotic enough to take NO as an appropriate answer.

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NO. (Original Post) NanceGreggs Oct 2018 OP
Your explanation is far too complicated. The simplest explanation is that Ford is a mind-controlled mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #1
The incredibly sad truth is.. Amimnoch Oct 2018 #2
His behavior LittleGirl Oct 2018 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2018 #4
Ben Sasse True Blue American Oct 2018 #5
What the hell is Kavanaugh writing? nt Stellar Oct 2018 #8
Will ANY Republican Senator stand up to Trump... WestMichRad Oct 2018 #6
This was a sham investigation Gothmog Oct 2018 #7
Term limits needed. Stellar Oct 2018 #9
They just don't give a shit. The SC is just too paramount. MadDAsHell Oct 2018 #10
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. Your explanation is far too complicated. The simplest explanation is that Ford is a mind-controlled
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 04:27 AM
Oct 2018

DEM/Deep State/CIA Super Spy, professionally brainwashed, and trained her WHOLE LIFE for THIS MOMENT, using MK-ULTRA cold war-era tactics, in a lair underneath an active volcano, by the evil triad of Hillary, Nancy, and Soros, to bring down our GREAT PRESIDENT TRUMP!

Nance, you need to OPEN YOUR EYES 2 TEH TRUTH AND READ SOME FACTS!!!11!1!

 

Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)
2. The incredibly sad truth is..
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 05:07 AM
Oct 2018

Had you posted this in just about any other social media outlet, it wouldn’t necessarily be satire.

I see so much shit like that posted in so many places these days. I think the ONLY part of your whole statement that I haven’t seen people post is the volcano part, but other than that, there’s a chunk of this country (and probably a large pool of Russian trolls) who do genuinely post that kind of crap.

LittleGirl

(8,287 posts)
3. His behavior
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 05:40 AM
Oct 2018

during that hearing, yelling, shouting, crying and lying (about those terms in his year book) should disqualify him. Period, end of story.

Why don't we nominate a woman who isn't so god damn emotional?
Fuck him.

Response to NanceGreggs (Original post)

WestMichRad

(1,326 posts)
6. Will ANY Republican Senator stand up to Trump...
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 07:13 AM
Oct 2018

... and vote against Kav's confirmation?

NO

It's my guess that they don't all think he's a good pick for SCOTUS. They've been bullied and threatened that their future in the party is toast if they don't toe the line.

Stellar

(5,644 posts)
9. Term limits needed.
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 11:59 AM
Oct 2018

One term only! Then there would be NO worry about keeping their jobs. NO worry about raising money.

 

MadDAsHell

(2,067 posts)
10. They just don't give a shit. The SC is just too paramount.
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 12:46 PM
Oct 2018

I suspect it would take a lot for any ideologue to not help their party’s nominee get confirmed to something as paramount as the SC, especially if they felt a time crunch (and I’m skeptical they could get another nominee through the process before January at this point).

The SC is the ultimate power. Whatever your values are, it’s the ultimate decider. So I think it’s the one vote that a politician may actually make regardless of the threat it poses to their own re-election.

So barring actual proof of a significant crime, I doubt any Con was ever actually really on the fence about this.

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