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​ 🏛️ ​Official Supreme Court nomination thread - Amy Coney Barrett (2 Viewers)

And this is why, @HellToupee that I wrote last night that Laura Ingraham has no credibility and Diane Feinstein does. You need to stop basing your trust of people on how closely they share your political opinions. 
We will hear an avalanche of statements in public that amount to "the fact of whether or not he tried to rape a girl 35 years ago should have no bearing on whether he can decide if a woman can control her own body under the law."

 
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Republicans have lit themselves on fire. You’ll see the results in November.

Democrats should follow the same strategy when they come into power only if they want this year’s blue wave to be followed by a subsequent red wave.

“The other side is immolating itself. To get even, we must do the same!”
What are you expecting in November? Seriously, what are your expectations? The Dems get a slim majority in the House? Take back the Senate?

 
We will hear an avalanche of statements in public that amount to "the fact of whether or not he tried to rape a girl 35 years ago should have no bearing on whether he can decide if a woman can control her own body under the law."
The judge from the Brock Turner case has suddenly rocketed up to the top of the Republican party short list for SCOTUS nominees.

 
I have no idea how this is gonna shake out, but it certainly doesn't help Kavanaugh that he's already been caught red-handed being, at a minimum, incredibly misleading in testimony before Congress on other matters.

Nor does it help him that he was nominated by a man who has been credibly accused of sexual assault and responded with outraged denials.

The GOP keeps shooting themselves in the foot this election cycle. Nominate a less extreme/controversial/partisan judge and drop the ACA lawsuit and they would easily hold the Senate IMO.

 
I have no idea how this is gonna shake out, but it certainly doesn't help Kavanaugh that he's already been caught red-handed being, at a minimum, incredibly misleading in testimony before Congress on other matters.

Nor does it help him that he was nominated by a man who has been credibly accused of sexual assault and responded with outraged denials.

The GOP keeps shooting themselves in the foot this election cycle. Nominate a less extreme/controversial/partisan judge and drop the ACA lawsuit and they would easily hold the Senate IMO.
You don't think they are going to easily hold the Senate?

 
You don't think they are going to easily hold the Senate?
Easily? No.

I'm not sure what the current odds are, but I think it's something like 3-to-1 on them maintaining it. But that's not a negligible risk of them not.

 
You don't think they are going to easily hold the Senate?
I think they will hold it, but not easily.  I think it'll be close to the current split of 51/49. 

If they'd nominated a less troubling judge for the Court and dropped the ACA lawsuit I think they would have gotten closer to 55/45, which would then have let them keep the Senate after 2020 even if Trump/the GOP candidate loses by a decisive margin.

 
Feinstein serving up a big ole NOTHINGBURGER. What a lamer. No name ? Never happened. You got nothing lady. Made up BS by a Trump haters.

 
I have no idea how this is gonna shake out, but it certainly doesn't help Kavanaugh that he's already been caught red-handed being, at a minimum, incredibly misleading in testimony before Congress on other matters.

Nor does it help him that he was nominated by a man who has been credibly accused of sexual assault and responded with outraged denials.

The GOP keeps shooting themselves in the foot this election cycle. Nominate a less extreme/controversial/partisan judge and drop the ACA lawsuit and they would easily hold the Senate IMO.
You don't think they are going to easily hold the Senate?
Democrats take the house 227-208

Republicans keep the senate 51-49

 
Hmmm Farrow vs Ingraham.  One guys nailed every story on this sort of thing for almost 2 years now and the other, well...

If this really happened, this will just be the start.  There’s hardly ever just one victim.

 
Feinstein serving up a big ole NOTHINGBURGER. What a lamer. No name ? Never happened. You got nothing lady. Made up BS by a Trump haters.
Yeah, women totally should want to come forward in public.  It's worked out so well for them in this sort of situation.

 
Ivan I was basing my thoughts on your quote that she was locked in a room that she easily left. Now I’m reading that he forced himself on her and tried to rape her. If that’s true it changes everything, wouldn’t you agree? 
I am putting literally zero weight on an anonymous allegation from 35 years ago that is getting leaked at the 11th hour.  If there's one thing that we've learned over the past couple of years, it's that there's never just one incident -- there's always a pattern.  If other people come forward with similar stories, then yeah of course that changes things.  

 
Hmmm Farrow vs Ingraham.  One guys nailed every story on this sort of thing for almost 2 years now and the other, well...

If this really happened, this will just be the start.  There’s hardly ever just one victim.
Yeah, this doesn't start with "hey, man, you hang out in here and turn the music up while I try to rape this girl."  Nor end with it.

 
A last ditch Hail Mary from High school no less.  She said, he said.  I can't believe you people are believing this.  On second thought, I can believe it.

have fun guys & girls.

 
I am putting literally zero weight on an anonymous allegation from 35 years ago that is getting leaked at the 11th hour.  If there's one thing that we've learned over the past couple of years, it's that there's never just one incident -- there's always a pattern.  If other people come forward with similar stories, then yeah of course that changes things.  
My point is that it’s a serious enough charge that there needs to be an investigation before a vote. That’s my only argument. Do you agree? 

 
A last ditch Hail Mary from High school no less.  She said, he said.  I can't believe you people are believing this.  On second thought, I can believe it.

have fun guys & girls.
I think most people are reserving judgment.  As already stated, if this happened once it likely happened many more times.  If that's the case, there will be more accusers.

 
John Bresnahan‏ @BresPolitico

.@ChuckGrassley releases a letter from 65 women who knew Kavanaugh in high school (showing Rs knew about this high-school rape allegation.) These women say Kavanaugh “behaved honorably and treated women with respect.”

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Regardless of the validity of the allegation about Kavanuah, this is an awful, ugly tactic. The obvious implication is that if a man didn't sexually assault these women then he couldn't have sexually assaulted any women. Gross. It's like the GOP is telling women not to vote for them.

 
Yeah, this doesn't start with "hey, man, you hang out in here and turn the music up while I try to rape this girl."  Nor end with it.
I mean I do have one college friend who is still married to a classmate of ours after picking her up by asking if she wanted to see his stereo and “making out” to Megadeth turned up so loud Public Safety had to come and ask them to turn it down at 3 in the morning, so I guess anything is possible :shrug:  

 
A last ditch Hail Mary from High school no less.  She said, he said.  I can't believe you people are believing this.  On second thought, I can believe it.

have fun guys & girls.
I’m amazed at you guys offering such bland assurances. How does anybody know? 

 
No.  Right now there's nothing to investigate. 
Well we disagree. There’s an allegation of rape. I want to know how credible it is. This is a lifetime appointment to the most powerful court in the land. It can wait a week or so while this gets sorted out. If it turns out to be nothing, fine. But it should not be ignored. 

 
Regardless of the validity of the allegation about Kavanuah, this is an awful, ugly tactic. The obvious implication is that if a man didn't sexually assault these women then he couldn't have sexually assaulted any women. Gross. It's like the GOP is telling women not to vote for them.
Ummmm..... How else do you handle an anonymous allegation from 35 years ago? 

 
I’m amazed at you guys offering such bland assurances. How does anybody know? 
I also don't really get the "hail mary" thing. If the Dems wanted to kill the nomination it seems to me they would have leaked this earlier. The Senate has clearly known about this for some time- Grassley's letter and list of 65 women didn't just materialize this morning. 

 
Well we disagree. There’s an allegation of rape. I want to know how credible it is. This is a lifetime appointment to the most powerful court in the land. It can wait a week or so while this gets sorted out. If it turns out to be nothing, fine. But it should not be ignored. 
It is almost impossible to determine if this accusation is credible. People don't remember events properly from 3 years ago.  

 
Ummmm..... How else do you handle an anonymous allegation from 35 years ago? 
You investigate its veracity and proceed accordingly. If the investigation stalls because the alleged victim is unwilling to testify, there's no corroborating evidence and the accused denies the charges under oath, so be it.  But what the hell does "he didn't rape me!"  have to do with anything, ever?  I'm pretty sure I could find 65 people who knew Jeffrey Dahmer that weren't killed and eaten by him.

 
I also don't really get the "hail mary" thing. If the Dems wanted to kill the nomination it seems to me they would have leaked this earlier. The Senate has clearly known about this for some time- Grassley's letter and list of 65 women didn't just materialize this morning. 
Other than the accusation itself that letter is the worst thing about this story. 

 
You investigate its veracity and proceed accordingly. If the investigation stalls because the alleged victim is unwilling to testify, there's no corroborating evidence and the accused denies the charges under oath, so be it.  But what the hell does "he didn't rape me!"  have to do with anything, ever?  I'm pretty sure I could find 65 people who knew Jeffrey Dahmer that weren't killed and eaten by him.
These women said "he didnt rape me"? I thought it said he treated women with respect. Those things are different. 

 
Apparently this woman contacted her Representative awhile back via letter. The Representative forwarded it to Feinstein, who has had it since July and did nothing with it due to the woman not wanting her name public. Other Democrats on the committee felt she was holding back information from them through and after the hearings, asked for it, and she gave it to the FBI. Democrats on the committee wanted information from her on what it was and she finally briefed them.

That committee needs younger leadership from each party. Grassley and Feinstein are old and slow and both remind me of Grandfather Clock on Captain Kangaroo.

 
So what are you suggesting? We don’t try to investigate at all? Just move to a vote? 
A 5 minute investigation. 

Do you have this incident recorded? Did you report it to the police when it happened? Was anybody else in the room that will corroborate your story? If the answer to these three questions is no, which it likely is, then the response should be, Ok, we are done here.  

There is literally no other way to corroborate a 35 year old story and be able to come to a reasonable conclusion. Having a long drawn out public investigation gives the media an excuse for clickbait headlines and serves as a guilt sentence. 

 
These women said "he didnt rape me"? I thought it said he treated women with respect. Those things are different. 
Fair enough, but the argument is the same. Treating some or even most of the women in your life with respect is nice but it is not in any way exonerating, and the implication that it somehow discredits a sexual assault accusation is outdated and ugly. Imagine what all the women out there who have been sexually assaulted by respected authority figures must feel like hearing that line of defense. It just encourages them to keep quiet.

 
You investigate its veracity and proceed accordingly. If the investigation stalls because the alleged victim is unwilling to testify, there's no corroborating evidence and the accused denies the charges under oath, so be it.  But what the hell does "he didn't rape me!"  have to do with anything, ever?  I'm pretty sure I could find 65 people who knew Jeffrey Dahmer that weren't killed and eaten by him.
Imagine if something like this had surfaced during the Merrick Garland confirmation hearings.  “If Garland wants to be on the Supreme Court, don’t you think he could find more than just 65 women who say he treated them with respect?”

 

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