More Creepy Stuff Comes Out About Kavanaugh

[Rose Karuna]

And there he goes ... tossed under the bus by the biggest frat boi in America.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/02/politics/donald-trump-brett-kavanaugh-testimony/index.html

but the part that made me laugh the hardest was this:

Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn, Trump also drew a line on lying to Congress.
"I don't think you should lie to Congress and there are a lot of people over the past year who have lied to Congress," he said. "For me, that would not be acceptable."

 

[Jolene Benoir]

That's rich coming from a man who lies constantly and to everyone.

 

[Lianne Marten]

Donald just gets around that by never being in a situation where he's under oath.

 

[Lianne Marten]

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

 

[Jorus Xi]

I like what this guy is saying, but the fact that he looks like an unmitigated dumpster fire in every video he appears in bugs the shit out of me for some reason. It's like on SNL where you have the angry disheveled corespondent, only this guy isn't really that angry and he's playing the whole gig straight and not as a gag.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

They also had Kanye on and he gave a pro-donnie rant after the show went off the air.

That's to be expected. Kanye is a fucking douchenozzle. Apparently, he who now wants to be known as "Ye", is planning to market "Yeezy" basketball shoes that the NBA plans to ban.

And then there's this:

 

[WolfEyes]

Some people just make me want to commit mass murder. Good thing I'm not capable of it.

 

[Lianne Marten]

I like what this guy is saying, but the fact that he looks like an unmitigated dumpster fire in every video he appears in bugs the shit out of me for some reason. It's like on SNL where you have the angry disheveled corespondent, only this guy isn't really that angry and he's playing the whole gig straight and not as a gag.

Cody Johnston used to do Some News at Cracked. It was basically the same thing. No one really paid any attention to it until the trumpster fire got into full swing and then it became pretty popular. He then left Cracked and started Some More News and seems to be doing well with it and his patreon and such.

Initially in Some News he was dressed normally and just gave comedic takes on the news. Then as the stuff he began covering got more serious and awful his dress and shaven-ness degraded along with. Now he's just kept the look because things are still shitty and awful so there's no time to clean up in between shitty awful things happening to report on.

 

[Cristiano]

 

[Myficals]

He then left Cracked and started Some More News and seems to be doing well with it and his patreon and such.

More specifically, he was retrenched last December along with two dozen others, including almost the entire video crew, hence why the Youtube channel is effectively dead.

 

[Kara Spengler]

Cody Johnston used to do Some News at Cracked. It was basically the same thing. No one really paid any attention to it until the trumpster fire got into full swing and then it became pretty popular. He then left Cracked and started Some More News and seems to be doing well with it and his patreon and such.

Initially in Some News he was dressed normally and just gave comedic takes on the news. Then as the stuff he began covering got more serious and awful his dress and shaven-ness degraded along with. Now he's just kept the look because things are still shitty and awful so there's no time to clean up in between shitty awful things happening to report on.

Hmm, I watch him on youtube but had not even noticed that was not the cracked channel anymore.

 

[Arilynn]

It is hard for me to understand why Grassley et al. are willing to sacrifice the Supreme Court’s legitimacy and public support for this one nasty ass. He will join the court under a bigger black cloud than Thomas, and his opinions on some many things will be scrutinized for bias. Couldn’t Trump’s minions find another federal judge who meets their terrible standards? Or is his views of the executive branch so unusual that they felt like he was the safest bet for Trump?

 

[Tigar]

All The Lies Brett Kavanaugh Told | HuffPost

Too many pop-up ads to read.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Or is his views of the executive branch so unusual that they felt like he was the safest bet for Trump?

Mitch McConnell warned Trump against choosing Kavanaugh, but McConnell seems willing to go to the wall for him now. I can't quite reconcile this dynamic with the leading two theories for why this is a hill worth dying on.

Theory #1: Trump needs Kavanaugh to protect himself against the possible Mueller findings. There is every reason to believe that Kavanaugh would agree that a sitting president can't be indicted. Okay, seems a reasonable reason for Trump to want him.

Theory #2: In the upcoming SCOTUS case of Gamble vs. U.S., Kavanaugh would vote against Double Sovereignty, which allows states to file charges separate from federal charges, for the same crimes. Without Double Sovereignty, Trump can simply pardon everyone having anything to do with the Mueller investigation and walk away (or at least try). This would protect not only Trump but every high-ranking GOP member of Congress (including Ryan, McConnell and Graham) who have taken significant sums of money that have been traced back to a Russian/Ukranian oligarch.

The Gamble theory still remains my odds-on favorite, BUT I'm puzzled why McConnell would have advised against Kavanaugh in the first place, then proceeded with a scorched earth tactic to protect him.

Trump's actions make sense -- he's always thinking only of himself and what will benefit him -- but why is everyone else in the GOP so desperate to defend a flawed candidate who should never have been the selection? There are other nominees that would have passed easily, and they ended up with possibly the only short-listed nominee with enough cracks to make this a controversy. Why not quietly strong-arm Kavanaugh into withdrawing his nomination and then shoving through a better choice?

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

It is hard for me to understand why Grassley et al. are willing to sacrifice the Supreme Court’s legitimacy and public support for this one nasty ass. He will join the court under a bigger black cloud than Thomas, and his opinions on some many things will be scrutinized for bias. Couldn’t Trump’s minions find another federal judge who meets their terrible standards? Or is his views of the executive branch so unusual that they felt like he was the safest bet for Trump?

Because he's not just a terrible judge, he has tied his wagon to absolute executive power (even when that contradicts his position in the'90s), and they want their pet presidential power puppet in place before Gamble is heard.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Also, odds are, something will come out to get all of the GOP, or a large chunk of it, and it protects them too. But, seriously, I have to wonder why they are so eager to shoot themselves in the FACE.

 

[Kara Spengler]

It is hard for me to understand why Grassley et al. are willing to sacrifice the Supreme Court’s legitimacy and public support for this one nasty ass. He will join the court under a bigger black cloud than Thomas, and his opinions on some many things will be scrutinized for bias. Couldn’t Trump’s minions find another federal judge who meets their terrible standards? Or is his views of the executive branch so unusual that they felt like he was the safest bet for Trump?

Two reasons:

1) There most likely is not time to rush a new person through the process before Rs most likely will lose their majority.

2) He has stated that a president can not be indicted (even though he did not feel that way in the 90s, but whatever).

 

[Kara Spengler]

Because he's not just a terrible judge, he has tied his wagon to absolute executive power (even when that contradicts his position in the'90s), and they want their pet presidential power puppet in place before Gamble is heard.

Psyche! Sorry, I had not read the whole thread yet before typing my reply.

 

[danielravennest]

It is not just this, but they expect a large shift in Congress next month, and every year the national demographics shift against them more. So they see it as a last chance to get their guys seated before it becomes impossible.