Based on what I saw in today's Tribune (originally published in the WaPost), the interview wasn't bizarre at all -- for Trump. He was the star of the show, which is what it's all about. The report said he enjoyed himself thoroughly throughout.
I think we may be sure that whatever happens at today's BK hearing and what follows, the GOP is actively driving millions of people to the polls--to vote Democratic.
Grassley is being such a jerk. Does he really have to yell? And the infighting in the Committee...wow. D Guys, does she really have to be there for this meeting?
So now comes all the spewing of negativity, doubt casting, and name calling.
Lindsey Graham was just interviewed on CNN, and was being such a jerk.
The R's are going on the attack....mostly against the Dems because they really can't attack Ford. They're saying she is a nice woman and something happened, but they don't have enough evidence that it was BK.
Graham was trying to say that because Ford doesn't have perfect recall of the location and how she got home that night, etc., that her entire account is in question. Apparently he chooses to remain ignorant of how trauma actually affects humans. People who have been assaulted have clear memory of the assault and fuzzy memory around it. There are neurological reasons for it.
Maybe if they had listened to any ONE of the FIVE other women who came forward. But, I forget, they don't want any concrete proof, although it IS available, because they want to ignore everything and seat that animal.
It took awhile but I got through and, as the mother of two and grandmother of three in Kennebunk, one of whom is a town selectman, I left a good VoiceMail message for Senator Collins, asking her in her integrity that I value, to please call for an FBI investigation and a polygraph test for Judge Kavanaugh. I said that I have waited to hear the testimony and I am heartsick and my intuition is screaming that we need to take care of this. I hope it helps.
Quote Of The Day [Click] “My family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed. This confirmation process has become a national disgrace. You have replaced ‘advice and consent’ with ‘search and destroy.'” — Judge Brett Kavanaugh, quoted by the New York Times.
One cannot injure another without DIRECTLY injuring oneself. It may take a long time, the effect will depend upon the circumstances, but no one can set aside the Law of Karma.
I have received the SIM card to match up my new phone with my old service provider. No time to work on setting it up right now, but before long I will be no longer uncellphoneless. I have played with the idea of using bit of a Janis Joplin song for a ring tone; that should be distinctive. If I want distinctive. Now art homework--a cubist exercise in graduated shading with graphite pencil.
P.S.: whether it is votes enough to get out of committee or votes enough to be confirmed, it is probably votes enough to deep-six at least a couple of GOP senators.
P.P.S.: And remember that it only takes a majority vote and presidential approval to pack the court--the number of justices is not fixed by the Constitution. FDR tried to get the number increased to 15, allegedly for the sake of efficiency.
Emerging from a closed-door meeting late Thursday, GOP senators said the Senate Judiciary Committee would meet Friday morning to consider the nomination and a procedural vote by the full Senate would occur on Saturday, the Washington Post reports. ================== New York Times: “With millions of Americans alternately riveted and horrified by the televised drama, Dr. Blasey and Judge Kavanaugh left no room for compromise, no possibility of confusion, no chance that they remembered something differently. In effect, they asked senators to choose which one they believed. And in that moment, these two 100 percent realities came to embody a society divided into broader realities so disparate and so incompatible that it feels as if two countries are living in the borders of one.” ============= “Sen. Jeff Flake, seen as a key swing vote who could either put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court or kill his chances, is not committing to voting for the nominee at a Friday morning Judiciary Committee markup,” Roll Call reports.
“The Arizona Republican sounded very conflicted Thursday evening following a meeting of the Senate Republican Conference after the Judiciary panel spent nearly nine hours Thursday hearing from Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her at a party decades ago when they were both in high school.”
USA Today: “Flake spoke for only one minute and said little. His brief, but likely vital appearance, near the end of the daylong hearing lent a cliffhanger quality to a nomination still hurtling toward a dramatic finish.”
What a crybaby!
ReplyDeleteChairman Grassley is fussing like crazy.
He sure is setting the tone. Heh.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein gave a fabulous statement!
ReplyDeleteI am so grateful!
Gee—so many Kavanaugh-related stories this morning. Herewith just a few headlines from politicalwire.com [Click]
ReplyDelete—Alan
Trump’s News Conference Did Kavanaugh No Favors
Kavanaugh Said to Be ‘Hopping Mad’
>>Note: That is a VERY bad for a witness—it makes mistakes and manipulation far more likely.
Today’s Painful Spectacle Didn’t Have to Happen
From the sidebar:
6-in-10 Americans plan to watch the Kavanaugh-Ford hearing — but more already believe her.
Washington Post 10:22 am
>>>>>Gee!
Also from the sidebar:
Trump’s notable ‘obstruction’ concession
Washington Post 10:18 am
Also from sidebar:
Handwritten note on Kavanaugh, Ford hearing room table: 'Good luck, Dr. Ford'
On Trump’s Rambling News Conference
In case you missed it, USA Today [Click]has highlights from the president’s “bizarre” news conference.
Cruz Won’t Commit to Serving Out Senate Term [Beto will]
Based on what I saw in today's Tribune (originally published in the WaPost), the interview wasn't bizarre at all -- for Trump. He was the star of the show, which is what it's all about. The report said he enjoyed himself thoroughly throughout.
DeleteThis is not just talk, this is history in the making.
ReplyDeleteI think we may be sure that whatever happens at today's BK hearing and what follows, the GOP is actively driving millions of people to the polls--to vote Democratic.
ReplyDeleteAlan
George Will: There's no such thing as [political] rock bottom [Click] I don't always agree with George Will; he often seems too clever by half. But he's a very good writer.
ReplyDelete--Alan
Grassley is being such a jerk. Does he really have to yell? And the infighting in the Committee...wow. D
ReplyDeleteGuys, does she really have to be there for this meeting?
"D Guys" should read, "Gee Guys"
DeleteFord went to her grandmother's funeral then took a polygraph test. Wow. I can hardly take in what this woman has been through.
ReplyDeleteSo now comes all the spewing of negativity, doubt casting, and name calling.
ReplyDeleteLindsey Graham was just interviewed on CNN, and was being such a jerk.
The R's are going on the attack....mostly against the Dems because they really can't attack Ford. They're saying she is a nice woman and something happened, but they don't have enough evidence that it was BK.
Graham was trying to say that because Ford doesn't have perfect recall of the location and how she got home that night, etc., that her entire account is in question. Apparently he chooses to remain ignorant of how trauma actually affects humans. People who have been assaulted have clear memory of the assault and fuzzy memory around it. There are neurological reasons for it.
DeleteIndeed.
DeleteAlan
Maybe if they had listened to any ONE of the FIVE other women who came forward. But, I forget, they don't want any concrete proof, although it IS available, because they want to ignore everything and seat that animal.
DeleteIt took awhile but I got through and, as the mother of two and grandmother of three in Kennebunk, one of whom is a town selectman, I left a good VoiceMail message for Senator Collins, asking her in her integrity that I value, to please call for an FBI investigation and a polygraph test for Judge Kavanaugh. I said that I have waited to hear the testimony and I am heartsick and my intuition is screaming that we need to take care of this. I hope it helps.
ReplyDeleteQuote Of The Day [Click] “My family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed. This confirmation process has become a national disgrace. You have replaced ‘advice and consent’ with ‘search and destroy.'” — Judge Brett Kavanaugh, quoted by the New York Times.
ReplyDeleteOne cannot injure another without DIRECTLY injuring oneself. It may take a long time, the effect will depend upon the circumstances, but no one can set aside the Law of Karma.
--Alan
GoFundMe account for family of Christine Blasey Ford [Click]
ReplyDeleteAmomynous was I.
DeleteAlan
I have received the SIM card to match up my new phone with my old service provider. No time to work on setting it up right now, but before long I will be no longer uncellphoneless. I have played with the idea of using bit of a Janis Joplin song for a ring tone; that should be distinctive. If I want distinctive. Now art homework--a cubist exercise in graduated shading with graphite pencil.
ReplyDeleteAlan
Christine Blasey Ford family GoFundMe account is closed; raised $472,862 of $150,000 goal.
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Looks like they have the votes.
ReplyDeleteHEAVY Sigh.
Then we have to make sure to get out the blue vote and Impeach him!
DeleteVotes to get out of committee?
DeleteAlan
P.S.: whether it is votes enough to get out of committee or votes enough to be confirmed, it is probably votes enough to deep-six at least a couple of GOP senators.
P.P.S.: And remember that it only takes a majority vote and presidential approval to pack the court--the number of justices is not fixed by the Constitution. FDR tried to get the number increased to 15, allegedly for the sake of efficiency.
Excerpted from politicalwire.com
ReplyDelete--Alan
Emerging from a closed-door meeting late Thursday, GOP senators said the Senate Judiciary Committee would meet Friday morning to consider the nomination and a procedural vote by the full Senate would occur on Saturday, the Washington Post reports.
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New York Times: “With millions of Americans alternately riveted and horrified by the televised drama, Dr. Blasey and Judge Kavanaugh left no room for compromise, no possibility of confusion, no chance that they remembered something differently. In effect, they asked senators to choose which one they believed. And in that moment, these two 100 percent realities came to embody a society divided into broader realities so disparate and so incompatible that it feels as if two countries are living in the borders of one.”
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“Sen. Jeff Flake, seen as a key swing vote who could either put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court or kill his chances, is not committing to voting for the nominee at a Friday morning Judiciary Committee markup,” Roll Call reports.
“The Arizona Republican sounded very conflicted Thursday evening following a meeting of the Senate Republican Conference after the Judiciary panel spent nearly nine hours Thursday hearing from Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her at a party decades ago when they were both in high school.”
USA Today: “Flake spoke for only one minute and said little. His brief, but likely vital appearance, near the end of the daylong hearing lent a cliffhanger quality to a nomination still hurtling toward a dramatic finish.”
It occurs to me to wonder if BK will be the October surprise--or one of the October surprises. We still have about five weeks until the polls close.
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