October 6, 2018 6:21 PM
(Now) Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh Confirmed, Georgia Versus Vandy Tonight, Braves Come Home For NLDS Game 3 Open Thread
Here are some topics for y’all to discuss while the rest of us watch the Georgia game this evening.
Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed by the US Senate this afternoon with a vote of 50-48.
The Atlanta Braves will try to make gains on the LA Dodgers tomorrow at SunTrust Park.
Consider this a weekend OPEN THREAD.
And GO DAWGS!
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The dumb asses, including the resident Archie Bunker telling everyone but his cheerleaders to stifle, do not care what is, or is not an open thread. Also this appears to be the case with the management. Reasonably intelligent political discussion is dying here. And so it goes.
His stifle comment was in reference to Roe not being overturned. Learn how to read.
He has used the term abundantly on many threads, not just on the Perdue one. As to reading comprehension, he doesn’t even understand his own typed words even when they aren’t plagiarized. To some degree his attempt to silence other views has worked as many reasonable commenters from all political stripes no longer participate here. Even on Nathan’s post striking a conciliatory tone we get him showing up as the turd in the punch bowl with the typical:
I agree, but it’s always theotherguy… they are the assholes… the price of rice in China today is 30 yuan… and it’s all Mueller’s fault… (paraphrased)
Who are these former reasonable posters who’ve been run off? And, honestly, which side has made their own cottage industry out of calling DTM and me racists and Nazis? Cmon, Will!
There are many that no longer or rarely comment—some no doubt continue to read—because of the embarrassment, even using a nom de plume, of being on the same side of issues as you and DTM, except not for disreputable reasons.
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No one other than themselves ought to name them since it wouldn’t be constructive.
So our opinions are disreputable? Lol! Well, that’s one for the growing list that includes dregs and deplorables. Lord!!
Glorification of a dirtbagt and taking joy in damage to the country is indeed disreputable.
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Those on the side lines take note of your standards and principles and their application. I’m sympathetic, as a gay that did little to advance gay rights, to those that value reputation more than character.
The Republicans will rue the day they pushed Kavanaugh’s confirmation thru. He does NOT have the temperament to be a sitting judge, much less a SCOTUS justice.
Because he strongly defended himself? That’s the temperment you’re talking about?
The left doesn’t like it that they have been caught lying and abusing power. They have gotten away with it for decades. The press has been outed as an arm of the DNC and anyone is welcome to diasagree.
The Mueller investigation is more dishonest and rotten than the Supreme Court fiasco. So the tactics of the left have been exposed and sunlight is disinfecting it. I thought all liberals wanted things in the open and the truth to come out! Am I wrong on that? Who likes innocent until proeven guilty!? Did you see what Harvard Law school did… Those damn fools won’t even let Kavanaugh come on campus to speak which he has done for years. These are the next generation of leftist dishonest lawyers….It’s stunning to me. Oh the ACLU is now for guilt until proven innocent! How corrupt are these people? How deep is this rot?
I’ve said it several times- he could have defended himself thoroughly without even a whiff of belligerence or contempt for Congresspersons- or partisanship. It was the contempt that was the worst though. If he was in a regular courtroom a Judge would have ended his contempt and made him answer questions in the beat of an eye. As Judge, Kav would probably do the same.
I’ve also asked before- wondering if this hearing doesn’t change him– and make him more tolerant and empathetic of Defendants, maybe even be more supportive of womens’ rights, minority rights, and dare I say less partisan– because now he has a legacy to think about. If he just continues to side against such rights, he will just cement his legacy as a privileged partisan suppressor.
But I think the hearing will continue to change him. Demonstrated by his apology to Klobuchar.
So, his vigorously defending himself against charges he said never happened is belligerent? Hope you’re never accused of something awful. If you are, however, I hoe you just meekly take it.
He was aggressive against members of Congress, not to mention snide and disdainful and disrespectful when he didn’t even answer questions asked. As pointed out below, he admits he was having a temper tantrum.
He could have Easily defended himself- and passionately- without that passion being aggressive and disrespectful.
If you can’t tell the difference between respectful passion and disrespectful aggression, I would say– makes sense coming from you.
You’re much more an optimist than I. I think it very unlikely it has/will change him for the better. The takeaway is that lying and weak investigations pay off, and there’s joy in it.
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An apology intended to help elevate himself to SCOTUS is meaningless.
BTB, suggest you read this mocking the Kavanaugh “apology”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/10/05/i-am-an-independent-impartial-judge/?utm_term=.59c7820d861b
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Just the opening, generously excerpted below:
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“How to say this?
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So last week I feel like we got off on the wrong foot a little bit. Like Justice John Paul Stevens, you may have seen the guy shouting about beer and “revenge on behalf of the Clintons” and thought, “Yeeeegh, I don’t love this. Can someone else be lifetime-appointed to the Supreme Court?”
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I just want to say: That wasn’t me. I mean, technically, it was me, but in a broader, representational sense, it wasn’t.
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I was only throwing a temper tantrum as a father, a son and a husband. As a judge, I am a mind of pure light floating in a vat. The person you saw will cease to exist when he is appointed to the highest court of the land. He will just vanish, poof, like the contents of a keg consumed by someone else, a total stranger to me.
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Everything that has seemed bad about this confirmation process is just because you have been trying to judge me as a person. But Person Me and Judge Me are so completely different that that’s really unfair. Hashtag #NotAllMes. Don’t judge me as a person, whom you have seen. Judge me as a judge, whom you have not. (Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe, as I think Jesus said, or whoever was deciding how much of my record needed to be reviewed.)”
The thing is he didn’t defend himself. What he and the white house did made him absolutely look guilty. You could very well imagine the face Dr. Ford saw that day and the anger. You could easily imagine him doing what Dr. Blake said. He acted on that day the exact way Dr. Ford said he did. He made her more credible not less.
You could have chimed in at any time.
You have to at least give me credit fot not dropping my signature phrase.
Regardless, here’s what’s gonna hapen in the next month. Democrats, all Dems, for any and every office from federal, state and local will be asked if they supported the Dem tactic of personal destruction and character assassination as it related to Kav. And fair minded voters of either party will vote accordingly.
Andrew your reasoned hateful baloney focused on impeachment after the right thing happened…right little buddy!? Why don’t you quit blowing hateful smoke out of your a—! It is not very attractive …but it is comical! And it’s dishonest as hell. Maybe some libs will learn that crime doesn’t pay!!
You never did answer if you approved of the way the Dems waited until the last minute to drop the bomb after having it for months prior. After not bringing it up in one one one meetings or even in closed session? Just give me one of your sometimes one word answers. Approve or not?
Your question assumes we all know exactly how the story got leaked. We don’t.
Don’t assume, because assuming ….
But we may find out what happened at some point.
But I do approve that- at least from appearances-that Sen . Feinstein maintained the requested confidentiality for as long as it appeared possible.
First Tech, then Georgia. All that’s left is for the Braves and Falcon to perform a miracle and the temperature to drop below the mean temperature in hell for this to be a perfect weekend.
No Falcon miracle
Go Braves!
Still hot as suburban hell!
Revenge is a dish best served one Supreme Court decision at a time. Over, what? The next 30 years maybe? LOL!
I can only hope that JUSTICE Kavanaugh will be as partisan as you brain dead leftists say he is.
Now, JUSTICE Kavanaugh is more honest and decent than every leftest in this country combined. He has always been scrupulously fair. And I have no doubt he will continue to attempt to be. But he is also human. Plus, I can assure you that every day for the rest of his life, one Ashley Kavanaugh will remind him of of what the left attempted to manufacture about him. And about who was behind all of these baseless lies.
I love the smell of a new conservative Supreme Court in the morning!
Well, you are spouting what the far right thinks but nobody else in this country does. What you are advocating for is straight out of the handmaid’s tale. Who says life can’t imitate art? And I agree that Ashley Kavanaugh is a Serena Joy. Good luck with everybody obeying a deligitimized supreme court, Aunt Lydia.
We need more of you, Alpha!
It smells like….victory!!
Cheri Jacobus tweeted that conservative women are very damaged people. I think she is onto something. I would say conservative women all fall into the category of Aunt Lydia or Serena Joy. Karen Handel is definitely an Aunt Lydia.
Please define what those terms mean.
Really you should be aware of this because it is what conservatives are proposing for women:
The Aunts are a class of women assigned to indoctrinate Handmaids with the beliefs of the new society and make them accept their fates. This is what gaslighting conservatives like yourself have been doing on this blog for quite a while now.
Wives are a class of women in the Republic of Gilead. They are amongst the highest ranking women in the nation, though they are still oppressed and in subjugation to their husbands.
However, it appears that the Wives (and the Aunts) have a considerable amount of power and influence in the Republic of Gilead (especially over the Handmaids and other people of both genders, below the Wives) and many of the Wives have played a major role in the establishment of the Republic of Gilead, especially in creating and implementing Gilead’s draconian religious laws, constitution, and strict class/caste system. So a Serena Joy would be someone like Ashley Kavanaugh who puts other women down in order to obtain her own status even though she has very little power or self determination herself.
Good Lord!! What the hell are you talking about!!!??? How is/has Mrs. Kavanaugh done anything negative in any way whatsoever?????
It’s on Hulu.
That may be too new of a technology for you.
Ask a grandkid to help you out.
But more importantly, it’s about gender roles and power.
Your buddy Alpha is the one that made the point Ashley Kavanaugh is a Serena Joy. Take it up with him.
You Libs need to read this and take what it’s saying very seriously.
https://nypost.com/2018/10/07/how-the-nations-mothers-reacted-to-brett-kavanaughs-confirmation/
Anecdotal to be sure, but the the moms and wives I’m talking to are furious at the entire Dem spectacle!! My buddies are literally having to try and calm their wives down!! Palin’s ‘Mamma Grizzley” term has never been more applicable! Do not ever, never, ever, never piss off a Delorable female!!! There will literally be Hell to Pay come Election Day!! Y’all have no idea!!
Oh great, you’re back? I thought you might had gotten into a car accident (preferably fatal) or something.
Tell your buddies that when people are upset, the last thing they generally wan to hear is “Calm Down”.
Just listening and acknowledging is the best policy.
Lol! Thanks Dr. Phil!!
Seriously if you get up every morning and worry about being accused of sexual assault you need to start looking in the mirror for the solution to that problem.
Andrew you are sicker than I thought. Hope you don’t have to undergo a psychological exam in your work.
Is it me or do most folks notice how many (not all) of the liberal males on this blog are extraordinarily mean, cruel and hateful and have no sense of humor? Does anyone here think these guys would be fun to have a beer with?
Guys are you the miserable schmucks that we see ransacking the Capital and making sure everyone else is as miserable as you are?
They seem to be perfectly happy destroying a guy with no evidence at all if it achieves their radical socialist agenda. Why is that?
I see you thoroughly engaged in hateful language and hatred of liberals, all wrapped up inn a basket of not listening.
So, maybe worry first about the things you have control over.
And one more note. Is Leland Keyser the ONLY honest democrat in the entire country? Hey bethebalance, you know, the Leland Keyser that I believe it was you who stated I was “ making it up” about her being the key. You sir , or whoever it was that said that, is/are an idiot. I do not need to make things up. I don’t make things up when I dunk on Pope’s head. I was not making up anything about Keyser. I am apparently ( much ) more well read than you and your ilk.
Keyser blew Ford’s allegations out of the water. Her testimony should have ended the entire charade. And apparently, in her additional testimony in the supplemental fbi investigation she indicated that someone in Ford’s camp attempted to suborn perjury.
Had she been a typical liberal, she would have lied. And then this entire fictional farce would have ended differently.
Leland Keyser is an unsung hero. She has my respect.
Wasn’t me.
But how is calling all liberals liars any different than calling all conservatives deplorable?
Also, do you have a link for the inside knowledge of her statements to the FBI? (I haven’t seen one.)
I don’t know if you are referencing Clinton or not but she never called all conservatives deplorable. It was that Trump had a bunch of “deplorables” who support him which was, and is, absolutely true. You see the pieces of crap that prance around on this MB.
Balance, how many liberals honestly think Kavanaugh did those idiotic charges?
Doesn’t that make them liars if they support destroying a guy over them? When did liberals abandon the innocent until proven guilty foundation of this country?
Caroline, when did you give up on that?
You are so stupid that it is nearly impossible to respond to you.
Do the world a favor and kill yourself. Seriously.
I’ll try to explain for you again, with extra empathy.
I think not only most liberals, nut many conservatives believe Kav assaulted Ford. But like Sen. Collins, some say that it was about proof.
Proof is different than belief.
That’s why the argument abt proof is at least tolerable, because even though you’re ignoring your obvious belief, you’re following a standard of evidence.
But you can choose to believe what you want.
Each individual can.
Not sure why anyone would disbelieve Ford– every single piece of circumstantial evidence points to Kav being capable and engaged in doing those things– getting black out drunk, obnoxious. That’s why Kav couldn’t admit he ever blacked out– that would be to admit his lack of memory was in no way exonerating. But he at least paid some price.
And I won’t even with the innocent until guilty thing. Did anyone get convicted then exonerated? Nope. It was pure spin. What happened was that there was evidence presented from both positions. You can choose to believe what you want.
“But he at least paid some price.”
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We and the legal system will be paying the price.
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Kavanaugh, he got a raise and a promoted to as high as one can go in his position.
In the long-run, I don’t know. But these past weeks, the truth got out in some fashion or other, and he had to face it publicly, and privately. That’s some measure of justice, even if not a lot.
He’s being hailed a hero with those that matter to him, not paying any price. Thinking about lemonade isn’t consolation in enduring this lemon. In the long run, we’ll all be dead and our democracy may be no more.
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And have you heard? McConnell, the guy that proudly proclaimed he was never more proud than when he looked Obama in the eye and told him he would never fill the Supreme Court vacancy, has changed nomination rules again. Mitch declared it’s “tradition” that vacancies aren’t filled only when the President and majority of the Senate aren’t of the same party.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell-refuses-to-say-he-wouldnt-confirm-a-supreme-court-nominee-in-2020/ar-BBO3UHT?ocid=spartanntp
It was always about party, and everyone knew it.
It was never about election years– as if McConnell was just so subservient to the will of all Americans.
No, in 2016, it appeared he had at least a roughly 45% chance to get a Repub elected, and the vacancy could help those odds even more. Pure politics.
But the Constitution is set up to require some cooperation between Senate and Pres. With McConnell’s raw partisanship, and not a whiff of bipartisanship, it is easy to see how Sup. Ct. vacancies can become a huge political prop to increase turnout. And how the Sup. Ct. gets more and more political appointees.
Keyser did not blow Ford’s accusations out of the water. She stated that she believed Dr. Ford. The only ones making that statement is wingnut welfare.
They just keep on giving us presents!
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/crazed_leftist_tweet_about_ruining_kavanaugh_gives_the_lefts_game_away.html
WSJ and Soros involvement. I know some say Soros is not behind a lot of this disruption….Lets change the Supreme Court, lets pack it like Roosevelt, let get rid of the electoral college, lets simply create chaos…vote democrat. If you are for mob rule welcome to leftist America.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/george-soross-march-on-washington-1538951025