He's applying for a position on the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. I myself would never even think to apply to such position, I know damn well decisions I've made in the past could possibly affect me in such a role.
If you apply into Policing, or the FBI for that matter, your entire background is scrutinized, going back to high school. That's just the name of the game.
Kavanaugh has clearly perjured himself by lying about a large number of issues here. Now his classmates are even turning against him.
To be honest even without these numerous allegations against him, I don't think he should be a judge, much less a supreme court justice.
Look at the way this man carried himself in the hearing, the anger, the vitriol, alleging conspiracy theories about the Clintons, saying what "goes around comes around". You really think someone with that type of character and fecklessness should be on the Supreme Court for life, a man who clearly has a checkered past with women, allowed to preside over 300 million people, including deciding on issues pertaining to women?
This is a job interview, if someone carried themselves such as he did in a job interview, he would never get the job. Period. No company would want to hire a guy with this much baggage.
Why not think for a second, there is a plethora of conservative justices the Republican party could choose in place of Kavanaugh. Gorsuch went through without a hitch.
Why do the Republicans still feel the need to push for this guy over their other options? It's because this guy is clearly a partisan judge, plain and simple. This is why they have decided to continue to push, which I personally think will hurt them greatly.
I will be shocked if this guy ends up getting appointed on Friday, I just don't see it. It's not worth the bad PR.
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Originally Posted by RRxtar
Politics aside, what do we think the reality of the Kavanagh allegations are?
I don't have as much time to dig into shit like I used to, but from what I understand:
she only came forward out of nowhere just recently to make the allegation.
the allegation occurred like 35 years ago when they were teenagers/college kids at a frat party
both of them were heavily intoxicated
her initial story was that she actually didn't remember any of the event, and has only 'rediscovered' her side of the story after a few weeks of *coaching*.
none of the witnesses from either side remember anything
they didn't actually have sex? he apparently grinded up against her against a wall or something?
I did read that the lawyer who is guiding her thru the process is on record in a leaked conversation from earlier this year discussing ways to 'bring down' Kavanagh
Disregarding that he might actually not be a great person, and may not be a good fit for justice, can we just talk about the actual allegation?
Is this probably a sexual assault (by its understood definition prior to the #meetoo era)? Or is this a couple of drunk teenagers/college kids at a party?
Hands up, how many of you (who aren't still virgins) could see something from their younger years being spun into a #metoo?
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