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Bleacher Creature

(11,256 posts) Thu Sep 27, 2018, 05:20 PM Sep 2018

What's the endgame here?

This performance was clearly intended to please his belligerent asshole of a President, and in that case was likely a smashing success. What that means is that it's going to take a GOP Senator to end this farce, and that's terrifying.

Is there something that I'm missing here? I assuming the polling is going to be awful, but Grassley and McConnell can try and avoid that by jamming the votes. And in that case, it then comes back to Flake, Collins, Murkowski, etc.

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What's the endgame here? (Original Post) Bleacher Creature Sep 2018 OP

The end game is to get it over with, and for the republicans to confim him on the SC, which they still_one Sep 2018 #1

To energize Trump... lame54 Sep 2018 #2

To get Kavanaugh in so that trump is protected from being prosecuted while he is president Squinch Sep 2018 #3

I think the Republicans will confirm him...because they know he did everything he is accused of skylucy Sep 2018 #4

It's right out of the Clarence Thomas playbook. catbyte Sep 2018 #5

still_one

(92,136 posts)

1. The end game is to get it over with, and for the republicans to confim him on the SC, which they

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2018, 05:23 PM

Sep 2018

will do

If anyone believes that he won't be put on the SC I think they are fooling themselves, especially after everything the republicans and the sociopath in the WH have done

lame54

(35,284 posts)

2. To energize Trump...

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2018, 05:24 PM

Sep 2018

Trump will be fired up and it will be hard for any repug to cross him

Squinch

(50,949 posts)

3. To get Kavanaugh in so that trump is protected from being prosecuted while he is president

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2018, 05:25 PM

Sep 2018

when Mueller's report demands he be charged with crimes.

skylucy

(3,739 posts)

4. I think the Republicans will confirm him...because they know he did everything he is accused of

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2018, 05:26 PM

Sep 2018

and they don't care. Wish I was wrong and I had some hope earlier today that that wasn't the case, but I see it coming now. The fake outrage is part of their plan to make Trump and his deplorables happy.

catbyte

(34,373 posts)

5. It's right out of the Clarence Thomas playbook.

Reply to Bleacher Creature (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2018, 05:28 PM

Sep 2018

Anita Hill was compelling and credible; then Thomas came out all wounded and outraged, accusing Democrats of "a high tech lynching". It gave Republicans just the cover they needed to confirm, and I predict that this Republican Senate will do the exact same thing. It was a criminal sham then, and it is even more of one now.

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