And Mitch McConnell respectfully requests that no jury be present and that the presiding judge be named Kavanaugh.
Idiotic. Dr. Ford isnât on trial, this isnât a criminal matter. Itâs Kavanaughâs fitness thatâs the subject here. Anyway, without witness/accomplice Mark Judge, the inquiry is a sham. If she wants objective analysis (as if âŚ), get Trump to let the FBI do their job - vetting SCOTUS nominees.
Well that is certainly creative, Senator Susie. Why not a mock trial? Better yet, how about a Kangaroo Court? What the Fuck is wrong with her?? Donât answer that.
How about a dunking chair?
Or trial by combat?
Maybe sew her in a bag, and toss it in a lake, to see if she sinks or floats?
Itâs not a trial. Whoâs the judge? Grassley? Heâs not fit to judge âBest Hamsterâ at the county fair.How about more witnesses, including Mark Judge? I always knew Collins was a fraud. And every move she makes; every word she speaks, cements that interpretation.
Her next thought-bubbleâŚâHey, maybe we could sell tickets!â
Hot coals on the tongue?
I think this is a smart, if desperate, move by Collins, because Republicans senators doing the questioning would be in a completely no-win situation. If they are aggressive and skeptical of her it will remind everyone of Anita Hill, and if they are gentle and skeptical they will come across as condescending. And there are probably no other significant facts to uncover, so what can they do?
WTF? Insanity all around.
I think she knows that Kavanaugh hired Beth Wilkinson, and she knows that there better be a woman in the room taking the Republican side or the event could quickly go south for the Republicans. In other words, she wants to support Kavanaugh and is trying to make it easier for her to do so.
SoooooâŚhow about you invite some members from that secret society at Yale he belonged to? Any takers, Senators?
Neither is Kavanaugh, but that is the misdirection the GOP is using. If Ford comes across as a credible witness with a plausible story then Kavanaugh is going to have a serious problem. Even though this is neither a criminal âbeyond a reasonable doubtâ nor a civil âpreponderance of the evidenceâ trial, it is much easier for the GOP to say Ford did not meet her burden of proof than it is rebut a question of character.
This is smart? This is an abdication of her responsibility. Period. Sheâs in trouble with her voters back home and this is merely a tactic to avoid taking the heat, by remaining uncommitted at this point as to how she will vote, yet continuing to be âtroubledâ by these ânew developmentsâ. She already has enough facts before her even beyond this awful revelation. She knew going in that this man was anti-choice, and sheâs sold herself to her constituents all these years that she was pro-choice in order to get re-elected each time with support of Planned Parenthood and other pro-choice groups. Sheâs having a harder time hiding behind that bullshit veneer than ever, because now she has to confront this manâs horrible treatment of women, and his disgustingly obvious misogyny.
Why donât reporters ever ask her about how he delayed a young teenage refugee from getting an abortion, even though that teenager followed all the requirements she was made to follow? He made that girl jump through hoops and wait unnecessarily until it was almost too late, jeopardizing her ability to choose in a manner that made it a safe alternative. And Kavanaugh did that on purpose, because he had power over that young girl to decide her fate as well as her future. Those decisions he made were arbitrary and capriciousâŚand thatâs sick. Heâs a fucking predator. I know one when I see one. His incessant control of a womenâs agency over her own body is whatâs most obvious about his lack of due diligence and thoughtful jurisprudence. He needs to go.
And I need to not read about this shit for awhile because it just makes me more angry by the minute. If I hear these idiot reporters keep saying stupid shit about âhe said, she saidâ one more time Iâm gonna scream. There are ways to assess credibility and I think weâve already arrived at thatâŚbut as usual the media pretends its still up for debate between both sides. Fuck all thatâŚpick a side. You already have enough facts before you. Kavanaugh is a bald-faced, mealy-mouthed liar with more things to hide than almost any nominee for that lifetime position in modern history.
OF COURSE SHE DOES! Any attorney worth their salt knows that you never have a man cross-examine a woman in a rape case. Right now the GOP donât have any women on the Judiciary Committee, as a result, the only people present to cross-examine Professor Ford are all old men. That makes for atrocious optics. But, Kavanaughâs attorney is a woman, and has probably cross-examined hundreds of women in sexual harassment cases.
ââŚevery step you take, every move you make, every vow you breakâŚ
[weâll] be watchinâ youâŚâ
Lucy. Football. Enough saidâŚ
The GOP lackeys are out in force today trying to make the case that the allegations are just âhorseplayâ or just normal âroughâ play.
Which seems odd, to say the least, since heâs denying he was even there.
âUm, yes, I was only roughly horsing around with that girl I didnât know and never saw since I was not there.â
âOur client was never, ever even IN the house where the body was foundâŚ
But, if itâs proven he was, well, he shot the guy in self-defense.â