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Did you also hear a Republican commentator on CNN (who was part of the Trump transition team) has been accused of putting an abortion inducing drug in his mistresses smoothie without her having knowledge of it. She was hospitalized and lost her baby. They are all against abortion unless they get the girlfriend pregnant while they are married.
How is evil Cartman (am I the only one who thought that every time he was on tv?) not being charged with a crime? That prescription is highly controlled for a reason. You can kill a person giving them unprescribed meds-- and it sounds like that could have happened here since she wound up being hospitalized. If someone did this to me, I wouldn't rest until they were behind bars.
OMG @Alexiszoe . If this is what Kavanaugh and Judge did they belong in flipping prison. This makes me feel sick. I can’t imagine Avenatti sending this letter if he had nothing to back up these claims.
It will interesting to see what Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayor found in their investigating.
I read the WH sent a statement this evening that they stand behind Kavanaugh. I have no idea if this is true but after listen to McConnell saying Kavanaugh will be confirmed a few days ago, I have little doubt. No wonder the Republicans are trying so hard to push this thru. These men give no thought to what they have done to these women’s lives. Women have nothing to be gained by coming forward. No one wants to be known as the rape survivor and dealing with the emotional trauma is hell.
Yep, I included your quote in my blandly factual response. Which I posted because I thought it was a good idea for everyone to know precisely what Mark Judge, and Patrick J. Smyth, wanted to memorialize "for the record."
Love the John Adams quote!
I continue to be amazed at the vision our forefathers had...
Unfortunately even with the presentiment and foresignt of the writers of the constitution, people wanting power have been able to undermine the intent of the constituion, (limiting the power of corporations, limiting the power of the president, creating checks and balances) so now we are at the point of a constitutional crisis. Having one party highjack natural political process to deny a president his natural powers as elected president, to nominate a supreme court judge (Obama, Garland). That right is in the constitution and he was not even allowed a hearing.
Now a president who is actively under investigation for tampering with the election, including foreign influence on the election; has now in his grasp the power to nominate the next supreme court justice, a justice who believes that presidents cannot be indicted. What a sad death to our democracy.
@partgypsy I hear you, but undermining and abusing constitutional powers is certainly not limited to one side. Not that I agree with the methodology, but I think anymore it’s (sadly) become standard operating procedure to skirt just up against them to get the desired outcome. And when one makes a precedent of such behavior and is supported by party, supporters, etc., in doing so (e.g., the ‘nuclear option’), ‘you’ can’t really get upset when others follow suit when it’s to the opposing side’s benefit.
That doesn't surprise me, especially because of the nature of your position. But a 52-year-old man -- who's not been living in his parents' basement, is not a man whose most recent accomplishment in life was captain of his high school football team 35 years ago -- still in possession of his high school calendars with social life notations? I have visions of Ed Whelan, having jettisoned Zillow, poring through eBay last week in the hope of finding calendars for the necessary years that look like ones a high school guy would have had.I actually got in a bit of faux sort of trouble at work because I kept every spiral steno book with every phone conversation notes I had for years. Before that I was the one who had all the notes and made the best unit log info. Just the way I am.Raise your hand if, like Brett Kavanaugh, you have held on to calendars/datebooks from your high school years; bonus points if yours too are paper & 30 to 35 years old!
Whelan screwed up and that doesn't help the situation. We all have our antenna up and have suspicions on what the other side is doing.That doesn't surprise me, especially because of the nature of your position. But a 52-year-old man -- who's not been living in his parents' basement, is not a man whose most recent accomplishment in life was captain of his high school football team 35 years ago -- still in possession of his high school calendars with social life notations? I have visions of Ed Whelan, having jettisoned Zillow, poring through eBay last week in the hope of finding calendars for the necessary years that look like ones a high school guy would have had.
Whelan screwed up and that doesn't help the situation. We all have our antenna up and have suspicions on what the other side is doing.
And now you know how I feel about Feinstein doing what she did to this process.You keep saying Whelan screwed up. Red if someone purposely set out to accuse your son of a crime in order to save his friend’s @$$, I have no doubt you would view this very differently.
My first thought after hearing what Whelan had done was imagining him going thru the yearbook trying to find someone who resembled Kavanaugh.