Dems Will Press Kavanaugh On His Drinking, Inconsistencies In Testimony

[DonViejo]

By Lisa Mascaro, ALAN FRAM and Laurie Kellman

September 27, 2018 6:51 am

WASHINGTON (AP) — With high drama in the making, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh emphatically fended off new accusations of sexual misconduct ahead of a charged public Senate hearing that could determine whether Republicans can salvage his nomination and enshrine a high court conservative majority.

The Senate Judiciary Committee — 11 Republicans, all men, and 10 Democrats — was to hear from just two witnesses on Thursday: Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge who has long been eyed for the Supreme Court, and Christine Blasey Ford, a California psychology professor who accuses him of attempting to rape her when they were teens.

Republicans have derided her allegation as part of a smear campaign and a Democratic plot to sink Kavanaugh’s nomination. But after more allegations have emerged, some GOP senators have allowed that much is riding on Kavanaugh’s performance. Even President Donald Trump, who nominated Kavanaugh and fiercely defends him, said he was “open to changing my mind.”

“I want to watch, I want to see,” he said at a news conference in New York.

Kavanaugh himself has repeatedly denied all the allegations, saying he’d never even heard of the latest accuser and calling her accusations “ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone.”

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[Dennis Donovan]

1. He should submit to an alcohol screening/ blood test

[idcdu]

2. Liver check

I'm sure hes nearly dead from cirrhosis by now.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. There is absolutely NOTHING Kavanaugh could do that would make the GOP not seat him on the SCOTuS.

He could show up at today's hearing wearing this:


and be babbling Sharia law and the Repugs would still vote him in, they are so desperate for an unbeatable majority on the Court.

I predict even Collins, Murkowski and Flake will eventually fall in line.

[avebury]

5. That is exactly why Grassley is limiting each Senator to only 5 minutes.

He is doing everything he can to try to keep the Democrats from gaining traction. That is why the Democrats have to have an overall game plan so that each subsequent Senator builds off of the last Democrat senator.

[lagomorph777]

7. "...builds off of the last DemocratIC senator"

"DemocratIC"

Thanks.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

8. I'm surprised he's allowing 5 minutes. Does their hired hand get to use the Repugs' combined time

all at once? If so, she'd have 30 consecutive minutes to cross examine Dr. Ford.

[pangaia]

4. I have no idea how repubs were able to get away with not asking questions themselves.

This is not the usual, "why", "how can they do that," "how can it get any worse," question.

When dems ask questions, they should say something like, "Dr Ford, while my former colleagues are too chickenshit to ask you questions directly, I would like to ask a few myself."

"First, what is your favorite Sichuan restaurant in the LA area?"

[C_U_L8R]

6. Get ready for a lot of phony indignation.

It's the same worn-out Republican tactic they trot out every time they get caught doing something wrong. Blah blah.