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"How We Know Kavanaugh Is Lying" by Nathan J. Robinson
Lengthy, and most of what it talks about has been the subject of multiple threads here on DU, but it neatly puts in one place why Kavinaugh's own testimony exposes him as lying his ass off.
Quoted text is from farther down in the article, not from its opening paragraphs.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/09/how-we-know-kavanaugh-is-lying
September 29, 2018
How We Know Kavanaugh Is Lying
This man should not serve another day as any kind of judge
by Nathan J. Robinson
Not quite. The existence of a he said, she said does not mean its impossible to figure out the truth. It means we have to examine what he said, and what she said, as closely as possible. If both parties speak with passion and clarity, but one of them says many inconsistent, evasive, irrational, and false things, while the other does not, then we actually have a very good indicator of which party is telling the truth. If a man claims to be innocent, but does thingslike carefully manipulate words to avoid giving clear answers, or lie about the evidencethat you probably wouldnt do if you were innocent, then testimony alone can substantially change our confidence in who to believe.
In this case, when we examine the testimony of Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford honestly, impartially, and carefully, it is impossible to escape the following conclusions:
I want to show you, clearly and definitively, how Brett Kavanaugh has lied to you and lied to the Senate. I cannot prove that he committed sexual assault when he was 17, and I hesitate to draw conclusions about what happened for a few minutes in a house in Maryland in the summer of 1982. But I can prove quite easily that Kavanaughs teary-eyed good, innocent man indignant at being wrongfully accused schtick was a facade. What may have looked like a strong defense was in fact a very, very weak and implausible one.
***
But while the FBI investigation may turn up additional useful information, at this point there is absolutely no need for it unless Christine Blasey Ford wants it. Its completely unnecessary in determining whether Brett Kavanaugh should be on the Supreme Court; even the very limited questions already asked of Kavanaugh have yielded disqualifying answers. Kavanaugh is lying, its provable, and thats all there is to it. Unless you think its acceptable to have someone on the federal bench who treats duly sworn oaths as meaningless, the guy shouldnt be holding any office.
How We Know Kavanaugh Is Lying
This man should not serve another day as any kind of judge
by Nathan J. Robinson
Not quite. The existence of a he said, she said does not mean its impossible to figure out the truth. It means we have to examine what he said, and what she said, as closely as possible. If both parties speak with passion and clarity, but one of them says many inconsistent, evasive, irrational, and false things, while the other does not, then we actually have a very good indicator of which party is telling the truth. If a man claims to be innocent, but does thingslike carefully manipulate words to avoid giving clear answers, or lie about the evidencethat you probably wouldnt do if you were innocent, then testimony alone can substantially change our confidence in who to believe.
In this case, when we examine the testimony of Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford honestly, impartially, and carefully, it is impossible to escape the following conclusions:
1. Brett Kavanaugh is lying.
2. There is no good reason to believe that Christine Blasey Ford is lying. This does not mean that she is definitely telling the truth, but that there is nothing in what Kavanaugh said that in any way discredits her account.
I want to show you, clearly and definitively, how Brett Kavanaugh has lied to you and lied to the Senate. I cannot prove that he committed sexual assault when he was 17, and I hesitate to draw conclusions about what happened for a few minutes in a house in Maryland in the summer of 1982. But I can prove quite easily that Kavanaughs teary-eyed good, innocent man indignant at being wrongfully accused schtick was a facade. What may have looked like a strong defense was in fact a very, very weak and implausible one.
***
But while the FBI investigation may turn up additional useful information, at this point there is absolutely no need for it unless Christine Blasey Ford wants it. Its completely unnecessary in determining whether Brett Kavanaugh should be on the Supreme Court; even the very limited questions already asked of Kavanaugh have yielded disqualifying answers. Kavanaugh is lying, its provable, and thats all there is to it. Unless you think its acceptable to have someone on the federal bench who treats duly sworn oaths as meaningless, the guy shouldnt be holding any office.
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"How We Know Kavanaugh Is Lying" by Nathan J. Robinson (Original Post)
JHB
Sep 2018
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)1. Good analysis.. pretty simple, ain;t it....
Seems so freakin' obvious,,,!
To ANYBODY with half a brain. ANYBODY who is willing to see the truth, OR who, upon seeing and knowing the truth, doesn't lie about it on ABC!!!!!!!!!
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)2. I read this entire thing off Twitter this morning.
It is very thorough and I'm more convinced than ever. He told many small lies, and shouldn't be believed. Rather he should be disbarred and prosecuted for perjury.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)3. Very detailed and damning. nt