The SCOTUS confirmation circus has begun....

September 27, 2018, 10:03 AM

Doc H.

quote:
Originally posted by Bigboreshooter:
How did she ever manage to get her PhD? She comes across like an idiot.

Well, Psychology, so....

"And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day"

September 27, 2018, 10:04 AM

chellim1

Ford was well prepared by her attorneys for her opening statement.

WTF:
The professional prosecutor used her 5 minutes and never really asked a question! She just asked/allowed Ford to clarify 3 of her emails.
I wonder how she was chosen... she seems to be helping Ford "clarify" rather than cross-examining her.

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible."
-- Justice Janice Rogers Brown

"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth."
-rduckwor

September 27, 2018, 10:04 AM

grumpy1

quote:
Originally posted by PASig:
Kavanaugh needs to go in there PISSED and not meek and mild like we've seen so far.

The gloves are off. Hit them back, HARD.

I agree. He did not do well on his Fox News appearance.

September 27, 2018, 10:06 AM

mbinky

quote:
Originally posted by chellim1:
WTF:
The professional prosecutor used her 5 minutes and never really asked a question! She just asked/allowed Ford to clarify 3 of her emails.

Like Dershowitz said, they never should have picked a prosecutor. They needed a defense attorney, one who knows how to cross examine.

September 27, 2018, 10:06 AM

Balzé Halzé

I tell you, it's hardly even worth listening to Ford's questions and answers. This is an absolute chore to listen to. It's like listening to a faucet a quarter turn open.

And Feinstein wanted to enter thousands of letters of support she received to the committee?

~Alan

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Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan

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September 27, 2018, 10:12 AM

Ackks

It seems like allowing her to testify under the 5 minute format was a mistake. The Democrats are going to make her look like a victim and Mitchell won't have enough time to make he story look thin.

September 27, 2018, 10:13 AM

TXJIM

What a shit format...jesus. we get 5 minutes of actual discussion about the supposed event and before we can get anywhere of substance it is halted so some asshole leftist can cry about the FBI not investigating...

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“I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.”
― John Wayne

"And gentlemen in England now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's Day"

September 27, 2018, 10:16 AM

tiwimon

Yeah and her bravery only took 3 decades to pull together Leahy - so brave she is, opportunistic, but brave

Its so traumatic Kavanugh nomination was the trigger to be brave

Remind me to never be nominated for anything ever, in fear some fake stories you can never fight come up - its like first to speak is the one who's story is truth - especially when it fits their needs - damn the facts

September 27, 2018, 10:24 AM

TXJIM

quote:
Originally posted by sdy:
Rachel Mitchell doesn't seem to have the slightest clue that she only has 55 minutes

I am going to go out on a limb here and bet she knows, has rehearsed the format and will get everything she can under the limits imposed.

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“I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.”
― John Wayne

September 27, 2018, 10:26 AM

TigerDore

quote:
Originally posted by Bigboreshooter:
How did she ever manage to get her PhD? She comes across like an idiot.

College campuses are loaded with them, like deer in Alabama.

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September 27, 2018, 10:29 AM

JALLEN

quote:
Originally posted by sdy:
Rachel Mitchell doesn't seem to have the slightest clue that she only has 55 minutes

If that is your view, you may take solace from the likely fact that no votes will be changed by anything that will be said in this hearing.

The purpose is not to expose the witness as a shameless liar, but to avoid the pointless optic of 11 OWM pressuring this witness.

Short of a Perry Mason moment, most unlikely, nothing will matter.

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown

September 27, 2018, 10:30 AM

mbinky

This entire hearing (I'm not watching) is nothing more than a bunch of campaign clips for the left.

If the republicans knew how to wield the power they have been given by the people this would not be takin place.

September 27, 2018, 10:30 AM

chellim1

Martha McCallum:
You have to wonder if the Republican Senators are asking themselves if this was a good idea...
(having this prosecutor ask the questions, disjointed, 5 minutes at a time, not getting anywhere, not critical at all)

September 27, 2018, 10:31 AM

911Boss

So all th democRATS are going to do with their time is keep harping for an FBI investigation, refer to the other alleged incidents, enter character references and letters of support from people who don’t even know her into the record, and blow niceties up her skirt.

_{What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???}

September 27, 2018, 10:31 AM

Spokane228

quote:
Originally posted by TXJIM:
quote:
Originally posted by sdy:
Rachel Mitchell doesn't seem to have the slightest clue that she only has 55 minutes

I am going to go out on a limb here and bet she knows, has rehearsed the format and will get everything she can under the limits imposed.

She may be running down the clock. I’d guess her last third of questioning will be effective.

September 27, 2018, 10:32 AM

smschulz

The Dems have manipulated this well, even Fox News calling it a disaster for the Reps.

I hope Kavanagh pulls it out in the fourth quarter.