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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrett Kavanaugh's Testimony Made It Easier Than Ever to Picture Him as an Aggressive, Entitled Teen
If anything, the hearing exposes BK as partisan hitman who has no business being on the bench. The entitlement coming from someone who himself served as a partisan Republican hitman demonstrates that the man has not sense of honor or integrity. If he owned up to his own past partisan role in such proceedings it is one thing, but he acts as though he is an innocent victim?
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-hearing-teenager.html
The Brett Kavanaugh who showed up at the Senate on Thursday afternoon was not the Brett Kavanaugh who came to Capitol Hill for the first four days of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Then, he was cautious and even-keeled, coyly demurring when asked for his opinion on issues that might reveal his political leanings. On Thursday, he came out shoutingflushed and indignant about the sexual assault accusations that have been lodged against him by Christine Blasey Ford and two other women. He looked like nothing more than a child whod been called in front of a school disciplinary board for misbehavior, the perfect picture of a privileged, physically imposing teen.
It was more than a little surreal to see the composed federal judge, a 53-year-old man whos foregrounded his skills as a carpool driver and childrens basketball coach, transform into a petulant prep school jock. His arms crossed, eyes rolling, lips pursed into a smirk, Kavanaugh dropped his veneer of decorum to talk back to the Democratic senators on the Judiciary Committeeevery one of whom he interruptedas if they were meting out a particularly harsh grounding.
One of Kavanaughs college roommates, James Roche, has described the judge as someone whod get aggressive and belligerent when he drank, which, Roche said, happened often. Thursdays performance gave us a glimpse of what an aggressive belligerent Kavanaugh looks like. He yelled over ranking member Dianne Feinstein about wanting to hold a hearing the day after Ford came forward with her allegations. When Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse asked him about the yearbook entries that appeared to illustrate heavy drinking, Kavanaugh interrupted and shot back, Do you like beer? What do you like to drink? Senator, what do you like to drink? Twice, Kavanaugh asked Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who spoke about her fathers struggle with alcoholism, if shed ever blacked out from drinking, as a way to avoid answering the same question she posed to him. (He later apologized to Klobuchar for his behavior.)
Every argument Kavanaugh made about his high school behavior sounded like an argument that would come out of the mouth of a high-schooler. Son, what is the meaning of this line in your yearbook about a girl name Renate? That was intended to show affection, and that she was one of us. And the Beach Week Ralph Club? Just a sensitive stomach thing. Did you drink so much that you passed out? No, just fell asleep.
SunSeeker
(51,518 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,289 posts)And I wonder how liberal elite ever became a thing, if were not supposed to have jobs...? Just more projection.
Mopar151
(9,975 posts)Tells the tale he's a real swell guy. Likens assault and drunken mauling to "affection" - a trait common to nasty bullies.
KT2000
(20,568 posts)he drank his lunch. It looked like it to me.
Raine
(30,540 posts)during the recess and the breaks along with a something before it began.
BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)could but he came off totally fake, untruthful and belligerent, he seemed under the influence.