So, to state the obvious, to the choir. This guy, BK is multitudes of levels below boy scout. What surprises me, (and totally does not}, within the realm of the modern GOP, power and agenda supersedes any claim to any moral high ground. They all must be held to task.
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Sorry to be a curmudgeon here, but what the hell can anyone, even the FBI with all their resources and even with the best of intentions, possibly get done on this in a week? Seriouslyā¦
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I think quite a bit. But what is done w info, whether SJC is called back into session for follow upādifferent question.
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It depends on the client
Avenatti will not be appropriate for a mild mannered person such as Dr. Ford but is perfect for a kick ass person such as Stormy.
We need both.
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Iām curious what the alumni of various DC area schools from that era have to say, generally. From the little Iāve seen mentioned in e-press, a lot of previously undisclosed shit is coming to light, about the culture of the time.
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The Editors: It is time for the Kavanaugh nomination to be withdrawn
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K went to a Jesuit school: Washington Prep. Now he has lost their support for nomination.
While we previously endorsed the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh on the basis of his legal credentials and his reputation as a committed textualist, it is now clear that the nomination should be withdrawn.
What is different this time is that this nomination battle is no longer purely about predicting the likely outcome of Judge Kavanaughās vote on the court. It now involves the symbolic meaning of his nomination and confirmation in the #MeToo era. The hearings and the committeeās deliberations are now also a bellwether of the way the country treats women when their reports of harassment, assault and abuse threaten to derail the careers of powerful men.
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This is amazingly āwokeā for a Jesuit magazine. Have the cardinals consulted them about their other little #MeToo difficulties/
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Now would be a good time for someone to leak the identity of who paid off Kavanaughās gambling debt.
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Kavanaughās description of him during the hearing yesterday did not have the warmth of a friendā¦
Iām sure BK is pissed that MJās books have info about his life and behavior while at Prep and that Judgeās ex has come forward about the drugging and gang rapes.
(BK himself has not been discrete about sharing his friendsā names and his nomination is why his friendsā cruelty & possible criminal acts have come forthā¦I wonder how they feel about it?
I also wonder how his Prep friends (the ones who signed the letter but who no longer socialize w/ BK) feel about his throwing Chris Garrett under the bus.
And how they feel about his screaming tirade yesterday which I am still waiting to see as viral re-enactments on Twitter (along w/ Lindsey Grahamās please)
All of the above. Yes. And the Safeway encounter after the attempted rape.
But the enduring image for me will be the snarling, out of control furious, lying Starr Investigator attorney, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, used to getting into the best schools and never being challenged or held to account for his offensive and criminal antics. Who could not be bothered to watch Christine Blasey Fordās testimony, because it might throw him off his Game Plan, and because he had to prepare. Prepare to go off on an unhinged, self pitying, belligerent, surly tirade, when (credit to Dana Milbank) he was stone cold sober. He never grew up. Being a GOP hatchet and hit man got him on the D.C. Circuit Court. And he feels the Supreme Court seat is his birth right.
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Thatās more important than who paid for Dr. Fordās polygraph that the Republicans were obsessed with.
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We need Kamala Harris to spill.
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It was the power of public opinion that forced orange moron to do something he wasnāt inclined to do. Public opinion will remain in favor of a thorough investigation. There are some smarter people around PP whoāll tell him what he needs to do to mitigate the coming tsunami and if extending it is the advice they give, heāll act on it.
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I have nothing to say but thanks, to Dr. Blasey Ford, for being so courageous and speaking on behalf of so many victims. However this ends, she is a beacon of truth and hope, and on behalf of the women in my life who I love and revere and hold closer to my heart than anything in this universe, she spoke for them. I never assaulted a woman in my nearly 70 years, my sons never assaulted a woman, I know this for sure, and I am so grateful that my daughter escaped this fate. Assault is not normal. Letās stop this nonsense, now.
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I agree. They have been kick-ass. But we need Avenatti and more like him. I am tired of lone victims having to come forward and face personal destructionā¦alone. Anita Hill was alone. The list is endless. Dems have been lapped over and over again by the RW hit machines, that go WELL beyond normal news reporting and journalistic ethics. RW gets layers and layers of coverage and pressure and mouthpieces out screaming mostly horrible stuff. Kav himself was a RW hitman with Starr and how they pimped Paula Jones and other accusers against WJC, Swiftboating John Kerry, right up to the Fox Noise Machine and 24-7 ratfucking, Federalist Society, JCN, thinktanks, etc.
Essentially Dems and all the Assaulted are on an island in todayās knife fights. D goes in front of a camera and makes their case. We sit and watch and wring our hands and blog. Paul Krugman writes an article. And that is largely the extent of lefties fighting for public media turf.
You saw how every single R Senator made a point of shouting how much of a Dem conspiracy this was. We are already being blamed for Big Fat Con Jobs and Conspiracy Smearsā¦even when there was no real coordination at all. We might as well be effective at delivering blows as long as they think Soros and Clintons and ALL MEDIA are conspiring anyways.
Avenatti is like a shark circling around these bums. He finds someone credibly wronged who is willing to ride up front with him and starts poking around to see what shakes out. Legal action is his primary tool, unlike any news org and most other left orgs. RW bastards are too used to just fighting PR and news reports in this arena, not judges and juries. He brings a spotlight and cameras. He adds pressure on them and I havenāt seen him take any air out of Dem positions or hurt the cause. He makes every single one of them squirm and think twice. They have to protect more than one front.
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I posted this on another thread, if there are holes in my theory speak up.
The FBI doesnāt have to find anything about the old accusationsā¦if even their most cursory investigation uncovers facts that prove he lied to Senators. Right? Ding Ding Dingā¦Felony.
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Iām not 100% certain he was sober - and honestly maybe itās better for him if he wasnāt. At least he could blame the alcohol for his performance.
Iām not 100% certain he didnāt watch Blasey Fordās testimony - reports at the time, citing staffers, said he was.
And Iām not 100% certain that Mark Judge was embarrassed because he remembered himself, and not because he was filled in by his partner, who did.
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What does Rapey K say?
Donāt disagree. Iām hoping that, with the additional time, there are back-channel conversations going on with FBI. One of the versions of the Coons/Flake conversation, as I heard it described, was that they actually rang FBI contact and said ācould your personnel do this kind of investigation in a week?ā and, having been toldāapparently crediblyāthat FBI could, Flake agreed on the deal.
Wild.
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It says in this account that Flake spoke with Rod Rosenstein for some time about what an FBI investigation could accomplish before making his demand.
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