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Would Kavanaugh Ever Agree to Take a Polygraph? (Original Post) dlk Sep 2018 OP
Why, when some other dude has confessed? rzemanfl Sep 2018 #1
Like a true Republican, yes Iliyah Sep 2018 #2
No way Amishman Sep 2018 #3
Maybe, after he is sworn in on the SCOTUS and it doesn't matter. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2018 #4
Stop it with the polygraphs already! Odoreida Sep 2018 #5
Of course not... Raster Sep 2018 #6
I doubt he'd be that stupid, but I sure hope they ask. Nitram Sep 2018 #7
Never! Dem_4_Life Sep 2018 #8
Not a chance in Hell of that. MineralMan Sep 2018 #9
Ted Bundy skot748 Sep 2018 #10

Amishman

(5,553 posts)
3. No way
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 08:43 AM
Sep 2018

He is probably guilty of at least something in this mess, and even in the extremely unlikely scenario where he is innocent the chances of a false positive are too high. Just doesn't make sense from a risk reward perspective either way.

4. Maybe, after he is sworn in on the SCOTUS and it doesn't matter.
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 08:59 AM
Sep 2018

I don't think it would show anything. Pathological liars believe their lies to be the truth, so his body wouldn't register the changes in breathing pattern, heartbeat, perspiration, etc., that a lie detector is designed to measure.

Trump could pass any lie detector test.

 

Odoreida

(1,549 posts)
5. Stop it with the polygraphs already!
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 09:02 AM
Sep 2018

It's quackery.

You might as well ask for Ouija board testimony.

There is a reason why it's not admissible in court.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
6. Of course not...
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 09:05 AM
Sep 2018

...Kavanaugh will do everything to prevent ANYTHING from sullying his carefully crafted altar boy/choir boy personae, including the truth.

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