The Kav case just goes to show how much in lock step the Repub party is. Senators that were wavering, in the end, mostly voted party and found ways to make their decision seem plausible.
“Senators have been muzzled. So I will now say three things that committee staff has explained are permissible to say without violating committee rules. . . . One: This was not a full and fair investigation. It was sharply limited in scope and did not explore the relevant confirming facts. Two: The available documents do not exonerate Mr. Kavanaugh.
“And three: the available documents contradict statements Mr. Kavanaugh made under oath. I would like to back up these points with explicit statements from the FBI documents – explicit statements that should be available for the American people to see. But the Republicans have locked the documents behind closed doors.”
Vladeck added: “It’s more than a little troubling that the Senate is going to vote on something as important as a Supreme Court nomination with the American people entirely in the dark on the matter.”
—We are in the dark
That last point is precisely the rub. What is utterly crazy here is that we have no way of evaluating any of this either way, because we are not allowed to see the FBI’s findings, even in summary form. Republicans and Democrats are telling vastly different stories about what those findings show: Republicans are claiming there was no corroboration of any of the charges against Kavanaugh and that there’s nothing new in them. Democrats are claiming not just that the investigation was a sham but also that it doesn’t exonerate Kavanaugh at all.
He lied under oath about several things he did for the Bush/Cheney administration. They have the emails that prove it. He lied under oath about his work with Ken Starr, like leaking Grand Jury information to the press. That documentation is in the form of inter-office memos. More than a couple of his classmates from high school and college have come forward to say he lied about his drinking habits, also under oath. Again, under oath, he said that he drank legally his senior year of high school. In Maryland, the drinking age was changed to 21 on July 1st, 1982. He was still 17. He lied under oath in Senate confirmation hearings in 2004, 2006, last month, and again last week. The thing is, it doesn’t matter what the lies are about. Lying under oath shows contempt for the law, and that’s what YOU want on the Supreme Court of the United States. You should be ashamed of yourself.
I am not a fan of Susan Collins. Not even close. However, her speech on the Senate floor yesterday is a superb accounting of Kavanaugh’s judicial philosophy (not what you think it is based on “news” accounts) and the horrendous abuses on the process committed by the Dems.
Daeder over 5 years ago
Beer? I thought it was a box of perjury.
Ontman over 5 years ago
It’s what outside that counts.
preacherman over 5 years ago
The Kav case just goes to show how much in lock step the Repub party is. Senators that were wavering, in the end, mostly voted party and found ways to make their decision seem plausible.
Radish the wordsmith over 5 years ago
“Senators have been muzzled. So I will now say three things that committee staff has explained are permissible to say without violating committee rules. . . . One: This was not a full and fair investigation. It was sharply limited in scope and did not explore the relevant confirming facts. Two: The available documents do not exonerate Mr. Kavanaugh.
“And three: the available documents contradict statements Mr. Kavanaugh made under oath. I would like to back up these points with explicit statements from the FBI documents – explicit statements that should be available for the American people to see. But the Republicans have locked the documents behind closed doors.”
Vladeck added: “It’s more than a little troubling that the Senate is going to vote on something as important as a Supreme Court nomination with the American people entirely in the dark on the matter.”
—We are in the dark
That last point is precisely the rub. What is utterly crazy here is that we have no way of evaluating any of this either way, because we are not allowed to see the FBI’s findings, even in summary form. Republicans and Democrats are telling vastly different stories about what those findings show: Republicans are claiming there was no corroboration of any of the charges against Kavanaugh and that there’s nothing new in them. Democrats are claiming not just that the investigation was a sham but also that it doesn’t exonerate Kavanaugh at all.
https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Sen-Elizabeth-Warren-s-new-tantalizing-claim-13284601.php
AndrewSihler over 5 years ago
Tim, is that why retired Justice Stevens said that Kavanaugh was unfit to serve on the supreme court? I think not.
hwolfe22 over 5 years ago
He lied under oath about several things he did for the Bush/Cheney administration. They have the emails that prove it. He lied under oath about his work with Ken Starr, like leaking Grand Jury information to the press. That documentation is in the form of inter-office memos. More than a couple of his classmates from high school and college have come forward to say he lied about his drinking habits, also under oath. Again, under oath, he said that he drank legally his senior year of high school. In Maryland, the drinking age was changed to 21 on July 1st, 1982. He was still 17. He lied under oath in Senate confirmation hearings in 2004, 2006, last month, and again last week. The thing is, it doesn’t matter what the lies are about. Lying under oath shows contempt for the law, and that’s what YOU want on the Supreme Court of the United States. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Andylit Premium Member over 5 years ago
I am not a fan of Susan Collins. Not even close. However, her speech on the Senate floor yesterday is a superb accounting of Kavanaugh’s judicial philosophy (not what you think it is based on “news” accounts) and the horrendous abuses on the process committed by the Dems.
I urge you to read the full transcript.
https://100percentfedup.com/full-video-and-transcript-senator-susan-collins-delivers-epic-speech-on-kavanaugh-vote-video/
Radish the wordsmith over 5 years ago
50 senators confirm ultra-partisan right-wing perjurer and sexual predator to Supreme Court