23 minutes ago, Khan said:

Man, Brett really needs to stop drinking, lol.

Yeah, but of course they don't. At least not until there are severe consequences, which is why so many of us cringe when we hear alcohol used as an excuse. These guys know they have behaved badly under the influence before, but they keep drinking.

This is a harrowing read. I'm calling it: Kavanaugh does not make it to Thursday. As marceline so often says, everything Trump touches dies.

 

 

Grassley releases Professor Ford’s letter https://t.co/WTOvRRIRdE

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 24, 2018

As for levity:

 

Remember when Kavanaugh was "the carpool dad"?

That feels like centuries ago

— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) September 23, 2018

My brother just asked how it is that 93% of Kavanaugh’s judicial records can’t be found but he has no problem locating his teenage alibi calendar. 🤔

— Jennifer Mendelsohn 🇺🇸 (@CleverTitleTK) September 23, 2018

25 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

Allegations made by that "Tiger Mom" lady, no less.

 

ICAM, Carl.

 

Before this week is over, I guarantee we'll see the number rise into the double digits.  Sexual predators are like me at an all-you-can-eat buffet: they don't stop until management cuts them off.

Yeah, but it wasn't exactly an allegation.  She was advising the women on how to fit into his mold, which makes her complicit at least.  How messed up is that?

The Whisperer speaks:

 

 

Trump is calm, two of the people in touch with him say, and sticking with Kavanaugh. But there is drama between Kavanaugh team and some White House aides, who Kavanaugh team blame for WaPo leak out of their moot session last week.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 24, 2018

15 minutes ago, Juliajms said:

She was advising the women on how to fit into his mold, which makes her complicit at least.  How messed up is that?

 

Very.

 

"Trump said this is why they should have been fighting the Ford allegations from the beginning."

 

That might have stopped some women from coming forward, but it wouldn't have stopped them all.

 

"Trump is calm [...] and sticking with Kavanaugh."

 

And here I thought there was no honor among p***y thieves.

Edited September 24, 20187 yr by Khan

Some of the corroborating witnesses that Ramirez has are men.  I know it's sad, but I think that will help her case.

20 minutes ago, Juliajms said:

Yeah, but it wasn't exactly an allegation.  She was advising the women on how to fit into his mold, which makes her complicit at least.  How messed up is that?

She was basically acting as a madam. One has to wonder if she told them to do anything else besides dress a certain way.

No offense Vee but why on earth do we care about Haberman. Her sources are either Trump or Javanaka so why are we supposed to believe she is credible.

 

 

17 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

Very.

 

"Trump said this is why they should have been fighting the Ford allegations from the beginning."

 

That might have stopped some women from coming forward, but it wouldn't have stopped them all.  Some would have found the same courage that Ford has exhibited throughout this ordeal.

 

"Trump is calm [...] and sticking with Kavanaugh."

 

And here I thought there was no honor among p***y thieves.

Actually Trump getting behind him might have made even more women step forward. 

Edited September 24, 20187 yr by JaneAusten

As I have said before, I can't stand Maggie Haberman but she is a pipeline to the mentality inside that demented administration. You can know either their feuds or what they're floating as strategy by taking her in with a grain of salt.

2/ The people who are apoplectic are the operatives running Republican campaigns right now. This is the worst possible scenario for them. Those folks don’t give a crap abt BK and they don’t even care that much abt the Court, at least as it concerns their day jobs.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 24, 2018

4/ vulnerability and guarantees it will be talked about every day. The key point not being that either party has a monopoly on virtue but that hanging over this election from the start is the universal knowledge that the President is a serial sexual predator and the ...

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 24, 2018

6/ spark a backlash among some male voters. But the way this is moving that will be overwhelmed by those two other factors. And the real gas on the fire - DJT entering vocally into this fight - has not even happened yet.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 24, 2018

These pandering scumbags would love to shove the rapist through even now, I have no doubt. But unlike with Clarence Thomas, midterms are coming, and all indications are that the GOP is in for a nasty ride. Shoving the rapist through would be basically having the GOP wave the white flag and giving the keys to Dems now.

 

There are women who are in Stepford mode in the GOP - and who support Trump.

 

But think of the Women's Marches, and I'm convinced there are more who are ready to annihilate these enablers than not.

15 minutes ago, ReddFoxx said:

She was basically acting as a madam. One has to wonder if she told them to do anything else besides dress a certain way.

Lord.  It's really seems all the worse when you have a woman with so much power and she just goes along, instead of trying to change things.

Sorry Vee I am not discounting you or what you say. It's just very frustrating to me that this woman still has relevancy when her own coziness with the powers in the WH and the fact her mother does work for the Kuchnars should disqualify her from any reporting tied to it. Her being the main one on twitter pushing that Rosenstein story should tell anyone where the source of that story originated from and it was Trump or Bill Shine no matter what the talking heads debate. Does it really matter where Michael Schmidt got the info from, Haberman was the first one pushing this story on social media.

9 minutes ago, Wendy said:

These pandering scumbags would love to shove the rapist through even now, I have no doubt. But unlike with Clarence Thomas, midterms are coming, and all indications are that the GOP is in for a nasty ride. Shoving the rapist through would be basically having the GOP wave the white flag and giving the keys to Dems now.

 

There are women who are in Stepford mode in the GOP - and who support Trump.

 

But think of the Women's Marches, and I'm convinced there are more who are ready to annihilate these enablers than not.

My nephew's ( a Trump voter in 2016) wife is so pissed over this she has ordered him to vote against anyone republican and is talking to her friends in the neighborhood about going to vote together on Nov 6. Both are millennials. The only reason I mention this is she is one of the least politically aware persons I know. They have a 2 year old daughter and are expecting their next child in October that is also a girl.

Edited September 24, 20187 yr by JaneAusten

As I posted a few days ago, Maggie got roasted by David Simon the other day for pushing that story. She's got a reckoning coming.

 

And now, from a NYT staffer I actively despise:

 

 

Evangelical leaders warn GOP: Confirm Kavanaugh quickly, defend him, or our voters will stay home in November. @elizabethjdias & I on the growing anxiety on the right over Blasey Ford's accusations. https://t.co/ldImWoXbVG

— Jeremy W. Peters (@jwpetersNYT) September 20, 2018

48 minutes ago, Juliajms said:

Yeah, but it wasn't exactly an allegation.  She was advising the women on how to fit into his mold, which makes her complicit at least.  How messed up is that?

 

Once in an interview, I was told of the director of an organization's preference for the attire of his assistants and there was never a mention of what the assistant should wear if he were a man, only women.  The person conducting the interview was a woman.

19 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

 

Once in an interview, I was told of the director of an organization's preference for the attire of his assistants and there was never a mention of what the assistant should wear if he were a man, only women.  The person conducting the interview was a woman.

I'm sorry that happened to you.

 

Women are definitely a  part of the problem. I'd need a degree in sociology to understand why so many women go along, but partially it has to be socialization.  A lot of evangelicals still believe women should submit to men, so I understand why that group supports the status quo.  It's just beyond me why educated women in positions of power (like the one from Yale law school) don't stand up and try to stop it more often.  She should know better, but I guess some people only care about holding onto power.