Mark Judge has refused to testify. They could talk with him. Interview witnesses. Gather evidence instead of just going on he said she said. How the gop is reacting to this is disgusting. While I’ve always leaned voting republican, watching the way they have handled this has pushed me far away from supporting at least any of the current gop leadership.
I think that was/is part of the appeal of Bernie... he is one of the few people in politics who seems like he'd do the right thing, not the party line thing. Too many politicians are wrapped up in the "fuck you, no fuck you" game.
According to her and Avenatti there are other witnesses coming forward. Don't count your gang rapees just yet. I missed most of the hearing because I'm at work. Caught part of a little bit. If the democrats were all grandstanding like Booker I don't think they did her any favors. Holy shit was that annoying. He went for FIVE minutes straight paraphrasing what a hero she was before the chair finally forced him to shut up. Please, please do not run for president in 2020. I honestly couldn't tell whether the republican woman cross examining Ford was senile or not. Charming, charming bunch, our congressman.
I'm not saying the Democrats are choir boys, but recent polling indicated that 50% of Republicans would want Kavanaugh confirmed even if the allegations were proven completely true. They really don't care.
Last I saw 0% of the Dems in congress would vote for Kavanaugh regardless of the outcome of this hearing. She could've broke down on the stand and said "I lied" and not a single one would change their vote. Party over country and all that.
I mean, Kavanaugh is an anti-Roe career Republican hack who likely lied under oath, so I wouldn't have expected the Democrats to vote for him even if they'd never heard of Dr Ford.
You're confusing this hearing with whether or not Kavanaugh should be voted in. He shouldn't, regardless, because he is a lying piece of shit. Now we're just figuring out whether he might be a rapist on top of that.
This goes for both Democrats and Republicans - this isn't necessarily mere partisanship, but saying that the outcome of her testimony (in the case of the Democrats) or the truth of the allegations (Republicans) is secondary or tertiary to everything else he stands for as a potential Supreme Court Justice.
Kavanaugh just said "I like beer" in various forms like four times in a row. Behold your new Supreme Court Justice: Spoiler
This is the same guy who worked for Ken Star for the Clinton-Lewinsky investigation, and crafted a bunch of very sexually-explicit questions that were asked during the grand jury. His memo is quite interesting: https://www.archives.gov/files/research/kavanaugh/releases/kavanaugh8.15.98.pdf
The juxtaposition of Ford vis-a-vis Kavanaugh is striking. Dude is coming off as a dishonest creep who doesn't want to answer any questions.
As someone who used to specialize in getting blackout drunk, I can attest that not only 1) would you still remember having sex, and 2) if you were that roaringly drunk, you most likely couldn't get it up
"Judge Kavanaugh your yearbook lists you as "Beach Week Ralph Club Biggest Contributor'. In that context what does 'ralph' mean?" "Well Senator as you know I have a very weak stomach." They repeatedly asked him if it referred to drinking beer and he kept dodging the question. Jesus fucking christ!!!! A bad answer is better for him than a no answer. We've all done it. By trying to act like a saint, he's showing that he's a liar.