Yeah, Chuck, the āfundamental misunderstandingā is that the Rs are interested in finding the truth and making this anything other than a kangaroo court.
Apologies to kangaroos everywhere.
Sen. Grassley,
I appreciate how you note that your timeline matches Sen. Bidenās for the Anita Hill case.
But arenāt you also forgetting that the FBI conducted a rapid investigation there?
Canāt reference only the precedents that you like.
Luvs,
America
āGrassley: Demsā Call For FBI Help Shows āFundamental Misunderstandingāā¦ā
āā¦of the GOPās only goal: Party Over Country.ā
Grassley has always wanted his own Star Chamberā¦this is closest heāll get.
On other thread, there was a reference to Slate article about opening cases for SCOTUS. Explains a lot
Republican staff, he wrote, āHas also sought to set up interviews with Dr. Ford, Mark Judge, and two other alleged witnesses.ā
Seek and you shall find that Kavanaugh is not Mr. Nice Guy.
Why the hell doesnāt he just opt for maximum written parsimony and write back:
āCuz we donāt wanna and we donāt hafta; and Iām in charge; and we have more votes; andā¦andā¦cuz I said so! Niener, niener niener!ā
Fordās attorney has today criticized the limitation of witnesses as unfair and the rush to do it as contrary to discovering the truth.
But there was no express refusal to testify, nor follow-up express insistence on a FBI investigation beforehand.
If I had to guess, I think Professor Ford (at least as of this afternoon) appears to be leaning towards showing up for this hearing.
I do not know what back channels her attorney is having with the Dems, but they may be telling her that this hearing might be the only chance to get her side across in public before Kavaānahā is voted upon.
I was wondering why the Rās were so insistent to get this guy through when they could find twenty more just like him. The Slate article makes it all clear.
After criticizing Democratsā handling of Blasey Fordās allegation ā and indeed, of Kavanaughās entire confirmation process ā Grassley concluded: āTherefore, I will view any additional complaints about the process very skeptically.ā
Thatās right! The honeymoon is over! No more Senator Nice Guy!!
Rush to judgement. Sometimes I wonder if donor funding for these āmenā is predicated on pushing Kava-jive through. No Kava, no money.
No answer Renato? Aināt hard!
From The Week:
Why conservatives should just give up on Kavanaugh
LOL ā extra bonus bit of hardball for Dr. Ford on Monday:
āIn 1991, Republicans demanded the FBI investigate last minute, originally anonymous charges of sexual misconduct made by a woman against a Supreme Court nominee. Is that something you only do for black men?ā
'Conservatism consists of the lone proposition that there must be in-groups the law protects but does not bind and out-groups the law binds but does not protect.' -paraphrase of a quote I read recently but can not find an original source for https://t.co/EXTCzgwroM
ā Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) September 19, 2018
Perhaps. But if the goal is just to get her story out to the public, her attorneys could stage a presser and open it up to the press for questions. This would be the press event of the year and their questions couldnāt possibly be more odious than the GOP senatorsā. Better yet. Schedule the presser to coincide with Mondayās hearing.
As Grassley was sipping on the Trump-Aid.
Slightly different then Jim Jones Kool-Aid but possibly just as deadly.
Chuck Grassley is a Swamp Creature.