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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 05:58 PM Sep 2018

Numerous tv ads from Judicial Crisis Network in support of Kavanaugh today.

All over tv land, airing on MSNBC too. They are pushing back hard for their predator to win.

No shocker, Koch money is behind it.

Support of Brett Kavanaugh

The Judicial Crisis Network, as of July 23, 2018, has spent $5.3 million to replace Justice Kennedy following his retirement, more than it announced it was going to.[10] $3.1 million of that has gone to TV ads, as of July 2018, targeting (money spent per state) North Dakota ($673,060), Indiana ($509,250), West Virginia ($449,380), and Alabama ($257,150). JCN has said that it is prepared to spend $10 million or more on Kavanaugh's confirmation.[11]

One of the ads is focused on pressuring Democrats from areas which tend to vote conservatively to support Kavanaugh's confirmation, claiming that those Democrats are "taking marching orders" from liberals, such as the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer.[12]

Following the accusation from a California professor that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her when they were both in high school,[13] JCN re-upped their support for the nominee. "We are not going to allow a last-minute smear campaign destroy a good and decent man who has an unblemished personal record,” the organization said in a statement.[11]

https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Judicial_Crisis_Network

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Numerous tv ads from Judicial Crisis Network in support of Kavanaugh today. (Original Post) BeckyDem Sep 2018 OP
They ran ads against Merrick Garland. procon Sep 2018 #1
Yea, the ad is a woman, Kavanaugh is blah blah great. BeckyDem Sep 2018 #2
Does not matter how much they spend. Blue_true Sep 2018 #3
The issue I take with the ads when this process has ended and I doubt it will end BeckyDem Sep 2018 #7
JW mikeysnot Sep 2018 #4
Yep, that is the dish. BeckyDem Sep 2018 #8
In NYC here these revolting and pathetically PHONY ads have been on for weeks with several FromTheAshes Sep 2018 #5
Proof that the process is hyperpartisan Raven123 Sep 2018 #6

procon

(15,805 posts)
1. They ran ads against Merrick Garland.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 06:14 PM
Sep 2018

They're running ads with a friend of Kavanaugh praising him. As one of those dark money groups, they don't have to disclose their big-money donors. That means that those same contributors could one day appear before the same judges they helped place by bankrolling their campaigns.

Democracy by the richest.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
3. Does not matter how much they spend.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 06:24 PM
Sep 2018

With the allegations against him mounting, including one that may have indicated actual rapes, republicans have to score a resounding knockout on Mrs. Ford on Thursday to have a chance of saving him.

If the hearing come out a draw of 60-40 Kavanaugh, the public will want to hear the other women and they will likely come forward. If repugs run over her and raise questions about her, the other women may back away from coming forward.

So, it does not matter how much money the judicial network spend, that money is just preaching to the choir.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
7. The issue I take with the ads when this process has ended and I doubt it will end
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 06:28 PM
Sep 2018

with Kavanaugh seated on the court. The ads are evidence of the contempt for women the GOP is famous for and the Dems can use them to their advantage. We are always fighting this mind set and we will again with the next nominee.

mikeysnot

(4,756 posts)
4. JW
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 06:24 PM
Sep 2018

is sending out this message via email. Unnamed Leftists.

Right now, the US Senate is at a crossroads...

Leftists are trying to blow up the Senate confirmation process with shady smears. There is no legitimate reason that these last-minute allegations can’t be summarily evaluated, and a Judiciary Committee vote taken this week.

Below, is Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton's statement on Brett Kavanaugh. Please watch the video below and let your Senators know how you feel about the Kavanaugh confirmation process. You can reach your Senators at 202-224-3121.
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