Graham: Ford's testimony won't change my vote

[steve2470]

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/23/kavanaugh-ford-lindsey-graham-837391

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday the testimony of Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser won’t change his mind, no matter what she says.

“You can’t bring it in a criminal court, you would never sue civilly, you couldn’t even get a warrant,” Graham said on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace. “What am I supposed to do? Go ahead and ruin this guy’s life based on an accusation? I don’t know when it happened, I don’t know where it happened, and everybody named in regard to being there said it didn’t happen.”

Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, has said Kavanaugh assaulted her at a party when they were both in high school. Therapist‘s notes from 2012 reference an attempted assault by students “from an elitist boys’ school” who went on to become “highly respected and high-ranking members of society in Washington.” The notes did not name Kavanaugh (a graduate of Georgetown Prep), and other students have said they don’t remember the party Ford described.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Saturday tentatively agreed to a hearing with Ford this week after exchanges with her lawyer, but Graham said it won’t change his vote — absent additional information.



Not surprised at all about Graham. ALL the other Republicans are just like him. Murkowski might be salvageable only because of her need to maintain Native Alaskan support.

[smirkymonkey]

1. Really? So you have made up your mind already before even hearing her side of

the story? Doesn't sound very fair and impartial to me. Spineless weasel. Is there one republican man that can ever be counted on to do the right thing for once?

[democratic friend]

26. 49 democratic senators better vote no

Do you want them to change their minds by what they hear? I don’t. Vote no, no matter what.

[smirkymonkey]

29. No, I don't. But what makes the person so sure that Ford is going to blow it by being there

in person. Can't we allow her the decency of hearing her side of the story without pre-judging her?

[Croney]

35. Since there are a dozen other reasons to vote no,

I wouldn't expect their decision to hinge solely on her testimony. So yes, vote no no matter what she says. We can only hope that some Repugs are swayed.

[Thrill]

2. Of course it won't

[triron]

3. No big surprise.

Maybe he will get booted from the senate next term.

[thegoose]

4. Hypocrite anus

STFU, Lindsay.

[Solly Mack]

5. Like we didn't already know that? He didn't need to say it.

[democratisphere]

6. WTF is wrong with Lindsey Graham!

This idiot has become a drumpfian soldier. Who has what on LG?!

[Jarqui]

13. kompromat nm

[PSPS]

20. Hardly. This is just what he is.

[Bradshaw3]

33. I think it's both

yeah he is a weasel but what little spine he had has been drained away by what they have on him.

[COLGATE4]

30. Easy. He wants to be TOADUS' next Attorney General. nt

[Fred Sanders]

34. Yep. And voting No on confirmation is "not ruining a man's life"... red herrings everywhere.

They want this trial of character to be a criminal trial...I am sure committee Democrats will not let them, but will the mass media let them? Signs are not good to date.

[COLGATE4]

36. The mass media always wants to make it a 'horse race' so

they will be less than honest in presenting a fair balance of what goes on.

[Fullduplexxx]

7. He 's pro-rapist

[moondust]

8. He would vote for Satan in a MAGA hat. n/t

[catbyte]

14. From everything I'm hearing about Kavanaugh, he is.

[BootinUp]

9. Ruin his life? Such melodrama. Nt

[PSPS]

21. He's of the "it's his turn" mindset.

[spooky3]

10. There's another one who needs to read Doug Jones' tweet.

And these meatheads are simply daring her to do a media blitz with sympathetic interviewers and her lawyers, and to file charges with Montgomery County police.

[Ohiogal]

11. Recalling what Senator Doug Jones said in his tweet.

A juror who states his or her mind is already made up before a trial is over is grounds for a mistrial and removal of the judge. I thought Graham was a former JAG prosecutor. You'd think he would know this. But somehow, the Trump effect has made every last Republican's brains ooze out of a hole until their heads are completely empty.

Another thing that all of them are forgetting ..... Regardless of where their sympathies lie, it's the fact that Kavanaugh DENIED this ever happened. He has out and out lied about it. And that is another huge black mark against his integrity.

[EleanorR]

12. Lindsey was threatened with something or promised something

He's been sucking on trump's ass ever since McCain passed away.

[YessirAtsaFact]

16. The butt sucking started last year

Graham is scared of Vladimir.

He is compromised as well

[PSPS]

22. Not "compromised." This is just what he is.

[dalton99a]

15. .

[ooky]

17. So Lindsey you ask what you are supposed to do?

Just do what you would do if the judge was the nominee by a Democratic president. We all know what that would be.

[CrispyQ]

18. What kompromat do the Russians have on you, Lindsey?

One 180° you've done on Trump is stunning.

Graham, Lindsey - (R - SC) Class II
290 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
[phone]

Traitors to their country & cowards of the highest order, Grassley & Hatch want a woman attorney to ask Ford their questions.

Grassley, Chuck - (R - IA) Class III
135 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
[phone]

Hatch, Orrin G. - (R - UT) Class I
104 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
[phone]

Traitors to their gender & their country if they vote yes on this nominee:

Collins, Susan M. - (R - ME) Class II
413 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
[phone]

Murkowski, Lisa - (R - AK) Class III
522 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
[phone]

Bookmark this contact page: https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

[PSPS]

23. Enough with this "kompromat" nonsense. This is just the kind of people they are.

[VOX]

19. Now THAT'S some real Americanism right there: dismissing Ford's argument before it's even made.

Just how DENSE are Republicans these days? (That’s rhetorical, no answer needed).

[Patterson]

24. Lindsey hasn't been the same since his golf game with Trump.

What did Trump tell him?

[icaria]

41. Komromat

I'm sure of it - from my own intel...

[Guilded Lilly]

25. It won't change your scum bag, wretched character either, Pal. Beyond repugnant n/t

[donkeypoofed]

27. We all KNOW that, Lindsey!! it would take too long to take your lips off Spanky's fat ass to think!!

I also happen to think Spanky is blackmailing you! Likely about money. How you went from a man John McCain saw as likeable and a friend to the pasty sycophant you turned into is beyond my ken. Geez. What happened to you? Do you like what you are now? How does it feel ?

Also - you should disengage your lips from Spanky's ass ASAP as that is just not sanitary.

[Bleacher Creature]

28. Keep talking asshole. NT

[dlk]

31. Sweet Lindsay Has Announced He Has No Intention of Letting the Facts Interfere with His Agenda

How many ways can you spell M-I-S-O-G-Y-N-I-S-T?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. Craven douchenozzle. The standard of proof isn't reasonable doubt,

and the burden of proof is on Kavanaugh, not Ford. He's applying for a job, not defending a criminal charge, and it's up to him to prove that he's qualified for that job. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/kavanaughs-senate-hearing-isnt-a-trial-the-standard-isnt-reasonable-doubt/2018/09/20/1eb1ee34-bd15-11e8-b7d2-0773aa1e33da_story.htm

[kimbutgar]

37. Well we know he'll never be accused of raping or molesting a woman because he is a gay man

Lindsey is such a hypocrite. I wonder though if he has ever sexually assaulted a young male?

[Frustratedlady]

38. Graham can't make a sensible decision without advice from McCain.

Not very bright of him to make a decision without hearing what the story is.

You've got it backwards, Lindsey, but Trump will be happy. For shame.

[MFM008]

39. Hes not even going to pretend

and make little squawking noises of interest.
These arrogant assholes are going to get it one way or another.

[DeminPennswoods]

40. He can leave his chair empty at Thursday's hearing then

nt