Did Judge Kavanaugh

Page 15 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

Starbuck1975

Lifer
Jan 6, 2005
14,698
1,909
126
There is no requirement for Congress to prove him guilty of a crime to show he is unfit for the lifetime appointment, either. Stop acting like it's a trial.
Impeachment is a trial, and no one in their right mind would impeach a SCOTUS judge over lying about beer.
 

dank69

Lifer
Oct 6, 2009
37,309
32,900
136
In a setting where others would willingly lie to prevent the persons hiring? It's not even a question. Handing a virtual veto to anyone that wants to make a sexual misconduct claim is nothing short of insane. There absolutely has to be evidence. In this latest claim there is nothing, it's not as compelling as a rumor.
Let's look at it another way, let's make it personal. What if it was you who was on the chopping block? What if someone at the company Kwanzaa party that didn't like you said you touched them inappropriately? Would you agree the accuser has to be believed? Would you hang your head in shame and walk out the door a ruined man? We both know the answer to that, we both know that there are innumerable people that would make any claim necessary to keep a republican off the bench.
This is 100% political. No one actually gives a fuck about what an idiot kid did back in college, no one gives a fuck if someone wore black face at a halloween party, or said great person 50 years ago. This is simply another weapon in the political arsenal, a reason to fake some outrage and point a trembling finger at the vile evil doer.

To answer your final question, Kavaughna's chance of being a sexual predator is exactly the same as your's or mine, it's 50/50 for everyone that hasn't been convicted.
If anything, your post is loaded with multiple insane statements of the year. BTW, the only person I know for sure stupid enough to make up false accusations to stop a political opponent is Jacob Wohl, who did so to try to prove how easy it was. Turns out it isn't so easy. Turns out it is pretty difficult actually. But you go right ahead and keep believing that people like Ford started lying about her incident with Kavanaugh decades ago when people were already talking about it because she knew in 2018 he would be up for a SCOTUS nomination and she would want to be able to prevent it. Makes perfect sense.
 

dank69

Lifer
Oct 6, 2009
37,309
32,900
136
Impeachment is a trial, and no one in their right mind would impeach a SCOTUS judge over lying about beer.
GOP certainly thought it was a good idea to try to impeach a President for lying about a blow job, but nobody was under any illusions that the GOP was out of their fucking minds then.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Pohemi

interchange

Diamond Member
Oct 10, 1999
8,026
2,879
136
The idea that a motive for making a false report is sufficient defense for any claim that lacks physical proof is extremely disturbing. In this case, it is easily thwarted. Multiple witnesses have stated for various accounts that they had heard them prior to Kavanaugh's nomination. Christine Blasey Ford brought it up in marriage therapy so there is a factual record.

If course the "if it happened, it's not relevant to today" line is even more ridiculous. That could be debated had he been forthright and atoned for past behavior. But at this time if anything close to what a number of other people described happened he has blatantly perjured himself. That is definitely relevant.
 
Last edited:

Starbuck1975

Lifer
Jan 6, 2005
14,698
1,909
126
GOP certainly thought it was a good idea to try to impeach a President for lying about a blow job, but nobody was under any illusions that the GOP was out of their fucking minds then.
Yep, and the Senate decided it was A-Ok for a sitting President to lie under oath and obstruct justice. Perjury is perjury, right?
 

ch33zw1z

Lifer
Nov 4, 2004
39,746
20,322
146
Yep, and the Senate decided it was A-Ok for a sitting President to lie under oath and obstruct justice. Perjury is perjury, right?

It's your race to the bottom

so it seems you would support impeachment at this point.
 
Last edited:

dank69

Lifer
Oct 6, 2009
37,309
32,900
136
Yep, and the Senate decided it was A-Ok for a sitting President to lie under oath and obstruct justice. Perjury is perjury, right?
Actually I don't think they ever found proof that Clinton obstructed justice. And yes, the Senate decided that lying under oath about a topic not related to the investigation at hand, just trying to keep something that was nobodies business other than Bill, Hillary and Monica out of the public eye, did not constitute an impeachable offense.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Pohemi and ch33zw1z

Pohemi

Lifer
Oct 2, 2004
10,874
16,958
146
There is no requirement for Congress to prove him guilty of a crime to show he is unfit for the lifetime appointment, either. Stop acting like it's a trial.
Impeachment is a trial, and no one in their right mind would impeach a SCOTUS judge over lying about beer.

First off- way to oversimplify the issue in order to let him off the hook for perceived non-questionable actions. It does not matter WHAT he lied about. The fact is that he was lying. Under oath, during the hearings to determine his eligibility and worthiness of the appointment to the SCOTUS.

Secondly- since your reading comprehension is apparently subpar...my statement you quoted and replied to was in regards to the confirmation hearings, not an impeachment investigation and hearings that will never happen during this administration and Congress as it sits now.
 

Starbuck1975

Lifer
Jan 6, 2005
14,698
1,909
126
Actually I don't think they ever found proof that Clinton obstructed justice. And yes, the Senate decided that lying under oath about a topic not related to the investigation at hand, just trying to keep something that was nobodies business other than Bill, Hillary and Monica out of the public eye, did not constitute an impeachable offense.
So you’re willing to rationalize it when its your team. We either hold politicians accountable to a standard or we don’t. To me, a sexual predator President is more unfit for an office than a SCOTUS apointee defending himself in the face of a desperate partisan assault on his character.

The impeachable offense is whether or not he misrepented his role in the Bush Administration.
 

ch33zw1z

Lifer
Nov 4, 2004
39,746
20,322
146
So you’re willing to rationalize it when its your team. We either hold politicians accountable to a standard or we don’t. To me, a sexual predator President is more unfit for an office than a SCOTUS apointee defending himself in the face of a desperate partisan assault on his character.

The impeachable offense is whether or not he misrepented his role in the Bush Administration.

Haha, looks like GOP chose the don't option. GOP? Sexual Predators find respite here.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Pohemi

Jhhnn

IN MEMORIAM
Nov 11, 1999
62,365
14,685
136
Young adult character judgment is an odd requirement for a job interview. I better start asking all my employees if they drank in college and what they wore for Halloween!

I didn’t overlook that you moved the goal posts. Can’t prove it? There is no requirement for Kavanaugh to prove his innocence because its presumed.

It's entirely reasonable to demand that an adult tell the truth about themselves. Kavanaugh's fundamental dishonesty made him unsuitable before allegations of sexual impropriety were even raised.

"I ran with a wild crowd in high school & college. We partied often & frequently drank to excess. We did a lot of stupid things I'm not proud of today. A lot of it was hazy at the time & even more so today. I apologize for any offense given. I put that behind me long ago."

That's easy to forgive, even for Libs.

I figure he's a high functioning alcoholic. I was one myself, long ago, and I know how to recognize my own kind. His little shit fit for the senators was a classic display of alcoholic rage & denial.
 
  • Like
  • Haha
Reactions: Pohemi and pcgeek11

Starbuck1975

Lifer
Jan 6, 2005
14,698
1,909
126
It's entirely reasonable to demand that an adult tell the truth about themselves. Kavanaugh's fundamental dishonesty made him unsuitable before allegations of sexual impropriety were even raised.
Agreed, but its also entirely reasonable to expect that an adult would defend himself against a partisan hitjob.

I ran with a wild crowd in high school & college. We partied often & frequently drank to excess. We did a lot of stupid things I'm not proud of today. A lot of it was hazy at the time & even more so today. I apologize for any offense given. I put that behind me long ago."
If it was just about drinking, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. The Democrats tried to leverage an nth hour allegation and it backfired.

That's easy to forgive, even for Libs.
Some libs, not all.

The irony in this whole debate is that the person Kavanaugh was in high school and college was the type of person I absolutely despised. I don’t think he should be impeached for being that person.

I figure he's a high functioning alcoholic. I was one myself, long ago, and I know how to recognize my own kind. His little shit fit for the senators was a classic display of alcoholic rage & denial.
You are seeing things from your own personal experience. What I saw was someone coached to project anger but it didn’t naturally come to him.
 

dank69

Lifer
Oct 6, 2009
37,309
32,900
136
Agreed, but its also entirely reasonable to expect that an adult would defend himself against a partisan hitjob.

If it was just about drinking, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. The Democrats tried to leverage an nth hour allegation and it backfired.

Some libs, not all.

The irony in this whole debate is that the person Kavanaugh was in high school and college was the type of person I absolutely despised. I don’t think he should be impeached for being that person.

You are seeing things from your own personal experience. What I saw was someone coached to project anger but it didn’t naturally come to him.
nth hour...you are such a hack. The Senate can delay consideration of a Dem nomination for almost a year but Kavanaugh just HAD to be done right away. 7 days for an investigation. Don't ask anyone to take you seriously when you defend/ignore this type of behavior.
 

ch33zw1z

Lifer
Nov 4, 2004
39,746
20,322
146
nth hour...you are such a hack. The Senate can delay consideration of a Dem nomination for almost a year but Kavanaugh just HAD to be done right away. 7 days for an investigation. Don't ask anyone to take you seriously when you defend/ignore this type of behavior.

It's democrats that need to shape up - Starcuck
 

Starbuck1975

Lifer
Jan 6, 2005
14,698
1,909
126
nth hour...you are such a hack. The Senate can delay consideration of a Dem nomination for almost a year but Kavanaugh just HAD to be done right away. 7 days for an investigation. Don't ask anyone to take you seriously when you defend/ignore this type of behavior.
I don’t take you seriously