Supreme Court Justice Kennedy to Retire

[Zombie]

That's your opinion. I'm confident that if the roles were reversed (Republicans trying to throw a last minute wrench in the Dem's plans) you would be blaming the Republicans in that case as well.

That's weird because there have been a few Democratic politicians who have been accused of sexual misconduct recently and I don't remember crying about it being a Republican conspiracy. Huh.

 

[LogGrad98]

Former Senator Al Franken. He would have been a leading Presidential candidate, if the Democrats cared as little about sexual assault as the Republicans.

I don't know, they didn't boot Clinton and the allegations were many, including rape. But they rallied around him.

Tbh Franken feels like a patsy so the dems can always invoke his name at times like this, conveniently ignoring a past of not taking women seriously about claims of sexual assault.

 

[Zombie]

I don't know, they didn't boot Clinton and the allegations were many, including rape. But they rallied around him.

Tbh Franken feels like a patsy so the dems can always invoke his name at times like this, conveniently ignoring a past of not taking women seriously about claims of sexual assault.

Oh come on. What kind of logic is that? Something that happened 20 years ago is a better indicator of what the party believes in than what they are doing now? Makes no sense.

 

[JAZZGASM]

That's your opinion. I'm confident that if the roles were reversed (Republicans trying to throw a last minute wrench in the Dem's plans) you would be blaming the Republicans in that case as well.

I would be too.

In fact the letter itself was not leaked. The intercept reporter who was the first to get hold of this story is saying it wasn't Feinstein’s office who tipped him off. And Ford herself said she had talked to friends about who to send the letter to. That's the most likely source for how her identity was made known to the press before she came out out publicly herself.

As far as I know what was in the letter didn't make it into the press until it was given to the FBI and thus was available to all member of the committee.

But the Intercept said nothing about Eschoo or other members of Congress. They also said they had multiple sources in their original article. Think all of Ford's friends called the Intercept?

From The Intercept: “Different sources provided different accounts of the contents of the letter, and some of the sources said they themselves had heard different versions, but the one consistent theme was that it describes an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman while they were in high school.”

"The sources were not authorized to speak on the record, and said that no senators on the committee, other than Feinstein, have so far been able to view the letter."

I also heard Ford just told a few people about the letter but had not read it to them. These comments from the original news source sure make it sound like info came from Congress.

It also seems pretty clear that the sources were familiar enough with the letter and its import that they were likely either Democrat lawmakers or aides to those lawmakers.

Let's be honest. Who is the more likely source? Some mysterious friend of Ford, or a member of Congress who knows the political gain the leak of the letter would have.

 

[Zombie]

I would be too.



But the Intercept said nothing about Eschoo or other members of Congress. They also said they had multiple sources in their original article. Think all of Ford's friends called the Intercept?

From The Intercept: “Different sources provided different accounts of the contents of the letter, and some of the sources said they themselves had heard different versions, but the one consistent theme was that it describes an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman while they were in high school.”

"The sources were not authorized to speak on the record, and said that no senators on the committee, other than Feinstein, have so far been able to view the letter."

I also heard Ford just told a few people about the letter but had not read it to them. These comments from the original news source sure make it sound like info came from Congress.

It also seems pretty clear that the sources were familiar enough with the letter and its import that they were likely either Democrat lawmakers or aides to those lawmakers.

Let's be honest. Who is the more likely source? Some mysterious friend of Ford, or a member of Congress who knows the political gain the leak of the letter would have.

Well considering the editor of the intercept said it didn't come from her office I'm going to go with option one.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/intercept-editor-clarifies-feinsteins-staff-didnt-leak

 

[JAZZGASM]

Well considering the editor of the intercept said it didn't come from her office I'm going to go with option one.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/intercept-editor-clarifies-feinsteins-staff-didnt-leak

Haha, okay.

 

[Gameface]

I don't know, they didn't boot Clinton and the allegations were many, including rape. But they rallied around him.

Tbh Franken feels like a patsy so the dems can always invoke his name at times like this, conveniently ignoring a past of not taking women seriously about claims of sexual assault.

Holy **** man, this has been covered in this thread ad nauseum.

At some point the word "Clinton" has to be stop being a catch-all boogeyman for conservatives. Neither is in office. Neither will ever be in office again. I can't tell you how ****ing happy I'd be if they both died tomorrow. What would conservatives even do with themselves? They'd have no idea how to excuse their own bad behavior.

 

[Red]

I remembered there being a lot of time pressures on each senators to grill Kavanaugh (there has to be a shorter way to write out his name, JK for Judge Kavanaugh?) though right? I remember many of them saying "I've only got 1 minute left", etc, etc, etc.

I appreciate that these people have to sit there for a long time but it all seemed pretty rushed to me.

That's true, but Whitehouse then went on to ask Kavanaugh about another entry on the calendar. Instead, he could have attempted to use that time to press Kavanaugh to explain the so-called drinking game of Devil's Triangle in more detail. Since it's not a drinking game at all, Kavanaugh's answer would have been interesting. There would have been time, but Whitehouse switched to another entry. His aim was simply to get Kavanaugh to explain as many entries as time allowed. I would have preferred, in hindsight, that he go for the jugular on the Devil's Triangle entry.

BTW, yes, I posted Sen. Whitehouse's breakdown of the July 1st, 1982 entry on the calendar earlier in this thread, a fuller version of that particular segment(page 47).At the time, Whitehouse was trying to provide a compelling rationale, a possible clue, that an FBI investigation could look into. Whitehouse is sharp. He was the US Attorney for Rhode Island prior to being elected to the Senate. If the Democrats ever win the Senate again, Whitehouse has promised to press for a thorough investigation of all this, regardless if Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court. I take him at his word on that score.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

context is everything

 

[Gameface]

Next time I go to a party I'm going to suggest a "Devil's Triangle" tournament.

When asked for details I'll say "It's like quarters, except there are no quarters, no glasses of beer and we're not going to be wearing any clothes. But other than that, it's like quarters."

 

[JAZZGASM]

Next time I go to a party I'm going to suggest a "Devil's Triangle" tournament.

When asked for details I'll say "It's like quarters, except there are no quarters, no glasses of beer and we're not going to be wearing any clothes. But other than that, it's like quarters."

Make sure to post pics like most JF get-togethers.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Next time I go to a party I'm going to suggest a "Devil's Triangle" tournament.

When asked for details I'll say "It's like quarters, except there are no quarters, no glasses of beer and we're not going to be wearing any clothes. But other than that, it's like quarters."

That is one I will avoid.


Unless, of course, you advertise it under false pretenses.


Now I'm not sure I can confidently show up to anything ever again...