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Augiedog

(2,541 posts)
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 09:17 PM Sep 2018

Watching some of the replay of Kavanaugh's testimony on MSNBC, is anyone else getting the

the notion that his whole thing a play act?

His indignation is too refined and his deflection on the question of having the FBI do a background investigation is too well practiced.

He is a fake. His emotional demonstrations seem well coached. He is an angry, vile, vindictive and nasty human. Just watch a replay of Senator Durbin challenge to him and an FBI investigation.

No way does he belong in a job that effects or affects other people’s lives.

His whole testimony is an orchestrated sham just to get him far enough over the line that will allow certain republicans to hold their nose and vote for him when the vote reaches the senate floor. Have no doubt, the judiciary committee will vote him forward. To their eternal shame, they will forward his nomination.

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Watching some of the replay of Kavanaugh's testimony on MSNBC, is anyone else getting the (Original Post) Augiedog Sep 2018 OP
He was at the WH M-W all day likely rehearsing. dewsgirl Sep 2018 #1
I disagree. I think we saw the real Kavanaugh dflprincess Sep 2018 #2
Yup, out of control, belligerent asshole... imagine this prick drunk!! InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #7
Nobody does fake outrage CanonRay Sep 2018 #3
Yup yup, talk about fake!! InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #9
His entire performance was contrived from the getgo meow2u3 Sep 2018 #4
KNaw is a real asshole and he's stupid. The whole Clinton thing was dumb as rocks & his temperament uponit7771 Sep 2018 #5
it was a djsunyc Sep 2018 #12
the Clinton thing was aimed at one person NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #17
A lot of it was fake. GoCubsGo Sep 2018 #6
The classic line I think she doth protest too much now belongs to men..lying men like bk Thekaspervote Sep 2018 #8
It's a bit of both. He's genuinely an agressive, violent asshole. But letting it out was on purpose. RockRaven Sep 2018 #10
he kept saying djsunyc Sep 2018 #11
Seems to me he's a frat boy who never grew up. Ohio Barbarian Sep 2018 #13
Kavanaugh was an angry drunk using bullying tactics. TryLogic Sep 2018 #14
Kabuki theater all the way... Wounded Bear Sep 2018 #15
Right down to the "wavering" Republican Senators gratuitous Sep 2018 #16
Augie, I have a slightly different take. Nitram Sep 2018 #18
I agree. colorado_ufo Sep 2018 #21
His own testimony confirms that he was an underage beer drinker, but the optics of attacking that Nitram Sep 2018 #23
Remember, mcgahn and others did a mock testimony, q&a Ilsa Sep 2018 #19
And that was his performance after 2 weeks of coaching and rehearsals Jersey Devil Sep 2018 #20
the white house coached him...probably why he acted and sounded like trump spanone Sep 2018 #22
A sociopath can fake those emotions quite easily Roland99 Sep 2018 #24

dflprincess

(28,057 posts)
2. I disagree. I think we saw the real Kavanaugh
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 09:20 PM
Sep 2018

the same entitled prep school jerk he was in high school.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,110 posts)
7. Yup, out of control, belligerent asshole... imagine this prick drunk!!
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 09:26 PM
Sep 2018

Of course he sexually assaulted these women. Manchin et al. better hold the line!!!

meow2u3

(24,745 posts)
4. His entire performance was contrived from the getgo
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 09:23 PM
Sep 2018

He has been parroting Trumpian conspiracist talking points. He did get coaching from the White House.

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
5. KNaw is a real asshole and he's stupid. The whole Clinton thing was dumb as rocks & his temperament
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 09:25 PM
Sep 2018

... belongs no where near any court.

I've not seen any judges act like that.

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
6. A lot of it was fake.
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 09:26 PM
Sep 2018

But, there was quite a bit of it that was just the kind whining and crying we saw from Scut Farkus when Ralphie finally snapped and beat the shit out of him.

RockRaven

(14,783 posts)
10. It's a bit of both. He's genuinely an agressive, violent asshole. But letting it out was on purpose.
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 09:29 PM
Sep 2018

He wasn't going to withdraw himself. But Trump could do so. He needed to convince Trump to stick with him. Trump loves belligerence. Trump loves "counter-punching." So Kavanaugh let his Mr Hyde out. But I think that is genuinely inside of him.

djsunyc

(169 posts)
11. he kept saying
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 09:30 PM
Sep 2018

i like beer...i still like beer.

that's a coached line he kept repeating. of course his whole shtick was fake.

 

Ohio Barbarian

(43 posts)
13. Seems to me he's a frat boy who never grew up.
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 09:56 PM
Sep 2018

"I like beer. I still like beer. What do you like to drink, Senator?" I believe that was directed at Sen. Whitehouse. Quickly followed by "I worked my butt off. I was first in my class," with a lot of stuff thrown in about football practice and such. As if his academic and athletic achievements excuse any bad behavior he indulged in.

IOW, privileged.

TryLogic

(1,721 posts)
14. Kavanaugh was an angry drunk using bullying tactics.
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 10:48 AM
Sep 2018

He is an embarrassment to the profession. I wonder if the American Bar Association will be concerned about this.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
16. Right down to the "wavering" Republican Senators
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 10:55 AM
Sep 2018

Corker and Flake both saw something yesterday that escaped about 330 million Americans to convince themselves that this man belongs on the Supreme Court.

Nitram

(22,671 posts)
18. Augie, I have a slightly different take.
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 01:01 PM
Sep 2018

I believe he was coached to show some emotion to get sympathy. Once he started it got away from him and he showed who he really is without intending to. He showed us he is a angry, vindictive, entitled, conspiracy-minded, ideological, partisan, lying, woman-hating, spoiled brat. That was not an act.

colorado_ufo

(5,717 posts)
21. I agree.
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 02:42 PM
Sep 2018

He was coached and rehearsed, but when a question got too close for comfort, he lost his sh_t for real. This is why he became ugly and defiant with Sen. Klobuchar.

He had no qualms about lying while under oath, because he knew all the GOP had his back and would cover for him. He had one job: To say and do whatever he had to do to get onto that SCOTUS position. He had to come up with any excuse - no matter how remotely plausible - to explain his cryptic yearbook entries, etc. He had to be outraged and clutch his pearls until the strand broke. He had to declare himself to have been The Oldest Living Male Virgin. My hubby said he thought at one point Kavanaugh was going to declare that both his children were found in a manger. On his 18th birthday, he demurely took his first sip of beer. If he swore on a Bible, he would probably say that it didn't count because, maybe, the Bible had been held upside down.

His entire testimony yesterday was, in the words of Bo Didley, "The biggest load of rubbish I ever heard in my life."

Nitram

(22,671 posts)
23. His own testimony confirms that he was an underage beer drinker, but the optics of attacking that
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 06:57 PM
Sep 2018

particular lie would just no fly.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
19. Remember, mcgahn and others did a mock testimony, q&a
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 01:06 PM
Sep 2018

with him. I think they helped him write the nasty, defiant opening statement, contrary to reports that he ripped up one written by others.

Their ploy was to make the offense towards K personal, not professional.

Jersey Devil

(9,863 posts)
20. And that was his performance after 2 weeks of coaching and rehearsals
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 01:07 PM
Sep 2018

Imagine what he would have been like without all the preparation?

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