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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:38 PM Sep 2018

Dems. Be VERY leery about this deal. It's probably a set up

Last edited Fri Sep 28, 2018, 06:48 PM - Edit history (1)

Be savvy! They all cooked this idea up, for sure

1. Why would trump not be apoleptic? He was calm when told (like he didn't care) after rushing like crazy

2. Why would Graham not be apoleptic? He almost popped a vein yesterday.

3. Why would mark judge already say yes to talking and cooperating with FBI?
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/28/kavanaugh-friend-mark-judge-i-will-cooperate-with-fbi-probe-of-sex-assault-claims.html

4. Why would kavenaugh send his high school buddy out on CNN this am to talk about Timmy's house? To get it out there before Dr Ford gets a sketch done!!! (Hope she really did one).

5. One week way too short to find people and interview. You should have said no. Imho ON EDIT...should have asked for at least 2-4 weeks

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Dems. Be VERY leery about this deal. It's probably a set up (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 OP
Flake can't be trusted Thrill Sep 2018 #1
We had nothing anyway. mobeau69 Sep 2018 #5
What would have been accomplished by saying no? It wouldn't have kept him off the court. n/t pnwmom Sep 2018 #2
Yes but two weeks. If they said never mind then they Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #17
Avenatti's putting Julie Swetnick, the gang rape victim, on TV Sunday night, and she has pnwmom Sep 2018 #20
I was just thinking Avenatti and Clune should have their Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #33
It might be a weak deal for sure calguy Sep 2018 #3
Weak week deal :) Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #34
agree 1,000 % jodymarie aimee Sep 2018 #4
Right...he's playing both sides. But if you watch Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #18
I've been saying this since the news broke... ADX Sep 2018 #6
Brilliant. Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #19
11-6 wow !!! At Fenway! Wow Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #48
And another win today 8-5... ADX Sep 2018 #49
There is no reason for the Red Sox to risk getting someone hurt. Blue_true Sep 2018 #55
Time will tell... ADX Sep 2018 #56
Lol...nice response ADX Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #60
Thanks! Now, back to the Bronx... ADX Sep 2018 #61
Ahh screw the Yankees, john657 Sep 2018 #54
yup. pretend to have an investigation so you can vote to confirm whilst pretending to have RockRaven Sep 2018 #7
GOP chicanery at its best! RestoreAmerica2020 Sep 2018 #39
I agree. It's political theater. n/t Greybnk48 Sep 2018 #8
Buys some time. backscatter712 Sep 2018 #9
Yes. And on Sunday night Julie Swetnick tells her story on TV. pnwmom Sep 2018 #23
Maybe other people will come forward in the interim. procon Sep 2018 #41
Why would they need a "set-up"? Either they have Flake, Murkowski and Collins or they don't. brooklynite Sep 2018 #10
This. I think he will withdraw if they can't control the FBI thing. So it's all good. bettyellen Sep 2018 #13
I think so too, bettyellen. sheshe2 Sep 2018 #21
I'm sorry but, fuck his family. His job is the last of their problems. He needs to dry out, bettyellen Sep 2018 #28
+1 Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #35
They're living on blood money. At least Manafort's daughter paused to bettyellen Sep 2018 #38
Like some repuke said, you don't act like that Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #44
You are so right about that. It's a major world view change I think.... bettyellen Sep 2018 #45
Well at least we learned some new sex terms Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #47
He's not withdrawing Charlotte Little Sep 2018 #58
Totally agree. Owl Sep 2018 #11
Anything that buys us a week, buys us time to uncover more Kavanaugh crimes.... scheming daemons Sep 2018 #12
Exactly! I knew I loved you SD! ❤️👊❤️ bettyellen Sep 2018 #14
THIS THIS THIS! budkin Sep 2018 #26
I agree...but they should be out there saying its Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #27
Do we have a choice at this point ? Trust Buster Sep 2018 #15
Yes..take it on TV until vote. Avenatti already Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #30
On Showtime, on a show entitled "The Circus" Charlotte Little Sep 2018 #59
It's all an attempt to exonerate Kav at Dr. Ford's expense. Owl Sep 2018 #16
It appears to have been forced upon them. WeekiWater Sep 2018 #22
They did not have votes to confirm ... thats the reason MyNameIsKhan Sep 2018 #24
I can't see how this is bad thbobby Sep 2018 #25
They also may have overnight poll numbers Wednesdays Sep 2018 #42
Of course! The Dems begging for more investigation Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #46
Absolutely. awesomerwb1 Sep 2018 #29
True. And we are not seeing the forest for the Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #31
Why? awesomerwb1 Sep 2018 #40
Yes ..I posted here about it..but it was kind of Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #43
The more time torius Sep 2018 #32
Hope you are right. Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #36
THEY'RE ALL REPUBLICANS! blueinredohio Sep 2018 #37
Yeah, it should have been obvious that they were too happy about the deal unitedwethrive Sep 2018 #50
I don't trust the Republicans and I don't trust the FBI after what they did to Hillary helpisontheway Sep 2018 #51
I wonder if Trump will be withdrawing the nomination dawg day Sep 2018 #52
They still think it will happen cuz they limited the scope Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #57
Anita Hill got three days. Grasswire2 Sep 2018 #53

Thrill

(19,178 posts)
1. Flake can't be trusted
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:39 PM
Sep 2018

He’s full of shit as always. He knows damn well they can’t complete an investigation in a week, stop falling for his bullshit

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
17. Yes but two weeks. If they said never mind then they
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:47 PM
Sep 2018

Can only say they tried not that they did it. Repukes love this idea. Phillip Mudd actually saying same thing right now on CNN. Not enough time and it only helps Republicans look better. They do not want that as a campaign issue

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
20. Avenatti's putting Julie Swetnick, the gang rape victim, on TV Sunday night, and she has
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:50 PM
Sep 2018

either one or two corroborating witnesses willing to testify.

In another week I doubt the GOP will look much better.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
33. I was just thinking Avenatti and Clune should have their
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 04:07 PM
Sep 2018

clients on the steps of the FBI stairs Monday at 9am

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
18. Right...he's playing both sides. But if you watch
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:49 PM
Sep 2018

That clip on elevator...he was pressing door close the whole time...schmuck

 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
6. I've been saying this since the news broke...
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:42 PM
Sep 2018

...It's a scam, plain and simple. Much ado about nothing.

On another note...GO YANKEES!!!

 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
49. And another win today 8-5...
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 08:43 PM
Sep 2018

...AND the new MLB record for regular season team HR's with 265 and counting. Not to mention 100 wins on the season!!!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
55. There is no reason for the Red Sox to risk getting someone hurt.
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 10:37 PM
Sep 2018

From what I understand, they have home field advantage as long as they stay in the playoffs. That is huge at playoff time. The Red Sox appear to have the pitching to shutdown the Yankees when they deploy it, which they will in the playoffs, rested arms.

 

john657

(1,058 posts)
54. Ahh screw the Yankees,
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 09:55 PM
Sep 2018

Go, oh wait, I live in Wyoming, we don't have any professional sports teams.

Well, shit, ok, go Yankees.

RockRaven

(14,784 posts)
7. yup. pretend to have an investigation so you can vote to confirm whilst pretending to have
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:42 PM
Sep 2018

taken the matter seriously.

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
23. Yes. And on Sunday night Julie Swetnick tells her story on TV.
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:51 PM
Sep 2018

And Avenatti says she has at least one corroborating witness willing to testify.

procon

(15,805 posts)
41. Maybe other people will come forward in the interim.
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 04:37 PM
Sep 2018

Serial sexual abusers do not stop. They don't go cold turkey and turn into choir boys. There's a very long list of victims out there, women who are just like the ones who've stepped out of the darkness to spotlight Kavanaugh's criminal behavior.

brooklynite

(93,883 posts)
10. Why would they need a "set-up"? Either they have Flake, Murkowski and Collins or they don't.
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:43 PM
Sep 2018

If they don't then Flake et al wouldn't be going along with the "set-up"

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
28. I'm sorry but, fuck his family. His job is the last of their problems. He needs to dry out,
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:58 PM
Sep 2018

Get right w the universe and stop being a soulless piece of shit and bottom-feeder.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
38. They're living on blood money. At least Manafort's daughter paused to
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 04:21 PM
Sep 2018

Think about that at some point. Mrs Kav knows just as well, she should be raising her daughters w more self respect than is allowed around that man.

good to see you LPMAD!

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
44. Like some repuke said, you don't act like that
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 06:39 PM
Sep 2018

(didn't believe charges) and just change. He really DID act like that and he probably hasn't changed and the wife knows it.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
45. You are so right about that. It's a major world view change I think....
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 06:43 PM
Sep 2018

That respecting other human beings is not in the menu for him. Indeed, his whole career points to a lack of respect for human life. This is just the technicality we are busting him on.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
47. Well at least we learned some new sex terms
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 06:52 PM
Sep 2018

Lol. I could see you explaining away one from a jot on a calendar...but what were there 5-6?. Mathematical improbability.. Heard him say FFFFourthofjuly was a joke based on his stutterer friend? Puleeze.

Charlotte Little

(658 posts)
58. He's not withdrawing
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 03:44 PM
Sep 2018

And I wish you were right so badly, that if does withdraw, I will give $25 to your favorite charity and post a receipt.

But I don't believe he will. This was all a set up for sure. And I agree with the OP. Trump & Graham were way too calm when agreeing to the "investigation." If they couldn't control it and try more tricks, they'd have been bursting blood vessels on camera.

The fix is in.

 

scheming daemons

(25,487 posts)
12. Anything that buys us a week, buys us time to uncover more Kavanaugh crimes....
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:43 PM
Sep 2018

…..or have him withdraw under pressure.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
27. I agree...but they should be out there saying its
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:57 PM
Sep 2018

Not enough time! This gives them cover now..takes away a major campaign issue against them...."they gave in and had addl FBI investigation!". Gotta weigh those two. Kavenaugh probably agreed...no worries...got everyone they can find in one week covered! If Dems could have found immediate corroboration they would have had it yesterday!

Charlotte Little

(658 posts)
59. On Showtime, on a show entitled "The Circus"
Sun Sep 30, 2018, 03:51 PM
Sep 2018


This is the aspect about Avenatti that I can't stand. He's a showman foremost and it comes out at times it would be better that he was the real deal. Putting Swetnick on Showtime, which many people don't have, is beyond useless. He should have approached 60 minutes and The View. Both shows have enormous audiences. But instead, it will be treated like a mockumentary.

To be quite honest, I'm over Avenatti.

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
25. I can't see how this is bad
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:52 PM
Sep 2018

It may be nothing, but the gop was planning on confirming him Saturday or early next week anyway. How could this be any worse? As for no apoplectic shitstorms from Graham or trump, when a coward bully makes his bluff and nobody cares, he usually shuts up.

Wednesdays

(17,250 posts)
42. They also may have overnight poll numbers
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 04:44 PM
Sep 2018

showing that their bluster was a big turn-off to the public.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
46. Of course! The Dems begging for more investigation
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 06:45 PM
Sep 2018

And the Republicans having zero reason not to. But, one week is not enough time. It's not like they are looking for a bomber and all hands on deck and they can bust every door down. They have to find and arrange interviews and then reinterview. Haven't heard but scope limited. Bet they just make it Dr Ford.

Phillip Mudd and Toobin saying same thing on CNN.

awesomerwb1

(4,256 posts)
29. Absolutely.
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 03:58 PM
Sep 2018

Anyone who trusts russiapublicans on anything these day, is just a sucker. A glutton for heartbreaks.

DO NOT TRUST ANY RUSSIAPUBLICAN POLITICIANS -EVER-.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
31. True. And we are not seeing the forest for the
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 04:01 PM
Sep 2018

Trees. Why are they all so willing to rush this schmuck through?

torius

(1,652 posts)
32. The more time
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 04:01 PM
Sep 2018

there is the better. More witnesses can come forward. In a perfect world, the 1998 victim could come out of the woodwork. Brat Kega-maw's school buddies could talk about the yearbook and the drinking.

unitedwethrive

(1,997 posts)
50. Yeah, it should have been obvious that they were too happy about the deal
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 08:45 PM
Sep 2018

Of course they didn't want their guy looked into, anyone who is being honest knows he is lying. He likely has attempted to rape women and worse.

helpisontheway

(5,004 posts)
51. I don't trust the Republicans and I don't trust the FBI after what they did to Hillary
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 08:48 PM
Sep 2018

My son is in law enforcement so I know most of his coworkers are Republicans. Even if the Republicans in the FBI do not like Trump, they probably like all of the things he does with tax cuts, judges, etc. Oh and plus Trump is this big, strong man (ROLLING EYES BIG TIME!!!). Yeah, they might be pissed at Trump for saying that they are corrupt but they will likely look past anything negative they find about Kavanaugh.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
52. I wonder if Trump will be withdrawing the nomination
Sat Sep 29, 2018, 08:50 PM
Sep 2018

More trouble than it's worth.
So all the easy-talk could be because Trump and Graham are already planning the withdrawal.
Kavanaugh is going to be fighting still, but I think he's a dead man walking.

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