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I can't believe it's been nearly a full year now since all that started.

The whole thing reminds me of when John Mulaney is asked about how great it must be for comedians in the Trump era. It's at the end but basically: "People say, 'You couldn't write this stuff.' Yeah, you could, but you wouldn't want to and no one would wanna see it. 'I'm writing a movie about a demented game show host who takes over the United States. Wanna see it? Oh also...it has NO ending."

Sasse is going to Rand Paul his way to irrelevance with his empty posturing. Nobody in power in Nebraska has any use for him anyway, from what I've read. Deb Fischer is the one with the connections.

At least I can laugh at how the Republicans yesterday who insisted on there never, ever, ever being an FBI investigation and the people who went on about how he already had 6 investigations (or was it 5?) look like damn fools now.

Thanks. I still don't have any trust in Flake and friends, but bless those brave women in the elevator.

How does Flake know they will actually have an investigation?

Good for him, considering he's in a tight race this year in a state where a man like Kavanaugh likely has a ton of support. He could have easily voted for this hellish man and gotten cover. I'm glad that he and Doug Jones aren't taking the easy way out, even if it costs them. This is also why the whole idea there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats is BS, when you see Republicans like Flake who have nothing to lose still cowering and buckling.

Shocker. An attention-seeking, pandering phony from start to finish. I just hope the Democrat wins his seat over the media darling they will try their best to make into the next McCain.

It seems to have become some kind of idea. I saw people saying they were "flirting" at McCain's funeral, which I highly doubt. It gave me deja vu because people used to say that about Rice as well.

He was saying it even during the election, but most people don't care. I've always been a bit put off by the way that so many use W's friendship with the Obamas as some kind of a great noble act on his part. I'm sure that it is a genuine friendship, but when I hear people go on and on about W and Michelle I'm reminded of when they did the same about him with Condi Rice, which always has the undertone of applauding him for not keeping a black woman at arm's length. I saw that about the ABA. It was amusing to see the far right immediately claim the ABA was just a liberal lie machine (even though extremists like Kavanaugh and Lindsey Graham were happy enough to brag about ABA support yesterday) and also lie about things like the ABA not supporting Robert Bork. This will just make them put even more importance on the Federalist Society and that ilk, even though they are to blame for getting the disastrous Kavanaugh where he is now, rather than someone who actually knows how to behave.

A CBS reporter who covered the Thomas hearings talks about today. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anita-hill-hearings-rita-braver-compares-to-christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-hearing-2018-09-27/

I agree. I think that the writing for Kim was pretty layered throughout her run. Even in her last year, Steve Marchant was the one who did the really bad things, like leaving Kathy for dead and trying to kill her in hospital. Kim herself was always more complex than just being a "bitch." I don't think Claire King sees her that way, sadly, so I'm not sure that it will carry over this time around. I sure hope it will. Given the amount of times they tried to make Lachlan seem sympathetic after he murdered his own mother and his best friend, Kim doesn't deserve to just be a hellbitch.

The above article from Vee about W and his people fighting so hard for Kavanaugh's confirmation just reinforces why it is so important to make sure the public remembers that the GOP was not "stolen" by Trump, that they were what they are now before Trump, and they will be again after him. Many on the left have been happy to give W a pat on the head because he mostly smirks in isolation, only showing up in public to support one of his failed family members or to glom onto the Obamas. The media, which dearly loved that era (because unlike Obama he made them feel special and he helped them go out in tanks and play soldiers, which made them feel like big men), will work hard and has worked hard to make those years seem like an oasis compared to Trump, to help make sure people will support whatever Republican runs after Trump is out. So may have a vested interest to make that happens and to normalize an era that led to everything we have now, whether it be how much the world hates us and wants us to fail, the blood our country coated the Middle East in, the Supreme Court that wants to take us back to 1818, or our devastated economy that is about to crash once again at any day or any moment. It can't happen. W is no better than Trump. None of the other Republicans of that era, or of his father's era, are any better. They are all the same. They have all put us where we are, and they will do the same again. Kavanaugh is their man. He's what they always were and always will be. And that bloated, rage-filled face needs to be a permanent memory for anyone who ever thinks that the Republican Party is anything outside of Trump and his dumb kids.

The last few years have made it clear - not that it wasn't already 99% of the way there - how much the GOP hates women, and that only women who hate other women have any chance with them. This whole day has been a victory lap for misogyny and abuse of women. And when Kavanaugh is confirmed it will be because of men like Lindsey Graham and Trump who hate women and are active in punishing them for existing.

If nothing else at least we can say that the Senate Republicans are out and proud about what they are. The media oohed and aahed over Lindsey Graham, especially his great trio with McCain (RIP) and overhyped Kelly Ayotte, yet he's now a frothing at the mouth lunatic (he always was but he sometimes tried to hide it). They oohed and aahed over Ben Sasse for his empty posturing about Trump, but he has huddled up to Kavanaugh when it matters most. They cooed over Susan Collins, who has made herself a professional victim and made it clear she's supporting Kavanaugh in the end. They just have one paper tiger (Jeff Flake, who will also talk about how hard all of this is for him before doing as he's told) left, and he's leaving soon. They will have to find some other "sensible" and "moderate" conservative to make into their imaginary friend. Good luck with that.

And he is obsessed with Bill Cosby. I think he believes that's a clever line to use. It's not.

Of course. He knows his audience. CNN in his corner too. Same old 'liberal' media.

I read that some woman on CBS went on about being so in awe of his emotions she had to look away. It's amazing how many in the Beltway eat these [!@#$%^&*] sandwiches with pride. Talking points talking points talking points. They got their scripts and they are sticking to them. Meanwhile he gets a break to, presumably, go get a tranquilizer dart to be more of the loveable, cuddly soccer dad and less of the raging alcoholic dad you hide in your room from as much as you can.

I guess it is the epitome of rich white privilege. Kavanaugh has never been in this position before. That means no one ever knew the true him. Now we do. He's lucky that he has so much room to just do whatever he wants. He's probably the luckiest man to ever be in this position. True. And today I also wonder if the GOP would pick any black judge, even an arch-conservative judge beloved in Federalist Society circles.

This isn't for us. It's for Trump and the press at large who will buy into the idea of the righteous husband and father fighting a smear campaign. Notice the headlines are things like "Kavanaugh chokes up while defending his name," and along those lines. People who have bought and paid for him do. The catch is that he seems truly unhinged and desperate in a way that Clarence Thomas never was in the same position. He also tries to switch personalities a lot. He's very unstable and will likely be dangerous to all on the Supreme Court, even those who are selling their souls for him. But they don't care, they won't admit their mistake, just as they won't with Trump. They're all in.

It's a shame SNL is so terrible now (and many at SNL likely 100% support Kavanaugh). They would have lit him up.

Oh I'm just talking out of my ass, probably...but it's what I think. This man, and vile Mary Matalin's "questions" for Ford a few days ago in an interview, reinforce just how unhinged so many of the Bush-era Republicans were. They were protected and were able to publicly hide their rage, but they were awful people. They have, by and large, gotten too much of hindsight praise in the last few years because W was mostly smart enough to go away with his paintbrush.

This is a performance for Trump and the GOP/their money men. If he postures and gets ragey while also playing the victim, he will have their support, which is all he needs. It means he's promising his backers that he will make Democrats pay if he is confirmed. This is what they want to hear and need to hear.