Brett Kavanaugh, Facing New Allegations, Vows He Will Not Withdraw

[Le Gaucher]

Source: New York Times

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WASHINGTON — Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, facing mounting allegations of sexual impropriety and growing doubts over his confirmation to the Supreme Court, vowed on Monday to fight the “smears,” saying he will not withdraw his nomination.

“These are smears, pure and simple. And they debase our public discourse,” he wrote in a letter to the senior Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee. “But they are also a threat to any man or woman who wishes to serve our country. Such grotesque and obvious character assassination — if allowed to succeed — will dissuade competent and good people of all political persuasions from service.”

“I will not be intimidated into withdrawing from this process,” he continued. “The coordinated effort to destroy my good name will not drive me out. The vile threats of violence against my family will not drive me out. The last-minute character assassination will not succeed.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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translation: If Blotus gets to be shameless - So should I

[libdem4life]

1. Well, one thing I agree with him on...it will seriously reduce the number of (especially men)

who will be willing to run. OMG...hey are going to have to be honest, clean, respect women in word and deed, men of courage and, most of all...servants of the PEOPLE. That's a tough bar these days. (Go, Beto!!)

[MyOwnPeace]

13. OK, I'm fine with that........

BRING ON THE WOMEN!!!!
This world is f'd up by men in power - I, for one guy, would love to have a cabinet of WOMEN running the country, with a marvelous commander-in-chief being a woman.
Don't really know how Hillary's cabinet would have been staffed, but, DAMN - we were robbed!

[Scarsdale]

2. Translation:

Nobody is going to rob me of a lifetime, cushy job by bringing up my indiscretions. I am a good, family values republican, with the full support of the gop. Besides, I have absolutely no honor.

[Calista241]

4. He already has a lifetime cushy job.

He just wants a slightly better lifetime, cushy job.

[Iliyah]

3. Oh the NYT's. No thanks.

[bearsfootball516]

6. It's the NYT, but that doesn't change the content inside the letter he wrote.

[Fred Sanders]

10. Baby meet bath water is not my thing either. I support any "enemy of the people" media.

[bitterross]

5. Proceed Judge Kavanaugh.

Even if they do ram you through you're not done.

[lagomorph777]

17. Yes, please drag your Party through the mud as long as possible before the midterms.

You'll be dumped in the end anyway. May as well let a few more of your victims exact their revenge first.

[lapfog_1]

7. The fact that they are even trying to proceed means at least two things

1. They have to know that all the republicans (maybe minus 1) are on board and ready to vote "aye"

2. It's not just Trump who's ass will be in the sling if Mueller is allowed to finish and publish (remember that they have to vote on the release of the findings)... and they need Kav on the Supremes to prevent a public indictment (instead of a simple report). The investigation is going to show that many (if not most) Republican Senators and Congresscritters benefited in material ways from the Russian interference... possibly through manipulation of voter roles or outright vote theft. Possibly even in races where this wasn't even absolutely required... remember that Nixon didn't NEED to send his spy team to the Watergate... he was already way in front of McGovern... but his paranoia made him do it.

[lagomorph777]

21. Since when does SCOTUS vote on releasing a DOJ report?

Even if Trump were to challenge it, it will come out, even if in little pieces.

[lapfog_1]

23. reread my post

I said that CONGRESS votes to release or not release the report.

The theory is that Mueller may know in advance that Congress will not release the report nor act on it. Should that be the case, his next step is to actually indict the President. Now that will almost certainly go to the Supreme Court and we know that Kav has opined that the President cannot be indicted for anything while he or she is in office. This is WHY Kav was selected from the federalist society list of potential nominees. Others may well be relied upon to overturn Roe v. Wade or hold for corporations against unions... but only Kav is in favor of near dictatorial powers for the President. This is why McConnell was not in favor of Kav and why he was on nobodies short list but the White House.

[lagomorph777]

24. Oh, sorry, "they" was ambiguous.

So, no, I don't think Congress gets to block it. Especially if they are implicated in it.

[lapfog_1]

26. It will leak... and we will be told that it is "fake news"

and enough Trumpanzees are around to believe that and not demand action.

Repukes will lose the House... and may lose the Senate... but there will not be 67 votes to remove Trump in the Senate in case of impeachment and also not 2/3rds in both the House and the Senate in the case of the 25th being invoked.

[lagomorph777]

28. Majority in at least one house completely changes the dynamic.

Subpoena power will change hands.

[lapfog_1]

29. yes, but does anyone believe that the President will be impeached and removed?

I have bridges around the world for sale.

[lagomorph777]

30. That's unlikely at this point.

But halting him in his tracks and rounding up the felons in Congress will be good things.

[Qutzupalotl]

32. It depends on what an honest and thorough congressional investigation uncovers.

So far we haven’t had one yet. The Senate’s is farily good, but hindered by not compelling witness testimony. The House’s was a joke. And we still have no idea what Mueller knows. So right now, Republican senators can stand with the president with no consequences.

Just changing the majority in the Senate could alter public opinion drastically.

[Zoonart]

31. Congress can block the release of the repost from Mueller's investigation.

I don't think that they can block the reports that will be coming from the Grand Juries, which will stay in place, after Mueller is gone.

[RandySF]

8. FYI another woman came forward in Maryland

[Fred Sanders]

19. "Liars! All Liars! Just boy talk! Deep State! No collusion! See my calendar! SAD!!" is what I hear.

[Chakaconcarne]

25. I've read from CNN that is not true.

[DownriverDem]

9. Well then

If kavanaugh gets on the SC, he can be investigated. If the Dems win the House or Senate they can start to investigate him in Jan. 2019.

[Freethinker65]

11. Does he also vow to lock the door and turn up the music?

All he had to do was admit he has grown up since he was a teenager.

He appears, after all of these years, to still be that "what happens at Georgetown Prep, stays at Georgetown Prep" privileged boy.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Ka-huk. Trump's pardon range will not extend to state law.

[BigDemVoter]

14. That ugly motherfucker of a rapist having the nerve to talk about "smearing our public discourse"?

Fuck him HARD and LONG-- He knows ALL about fucking, as he is a goddamned rapist. . . I LOATHE every fucking Republican pig in the country. The idea that ANY of them would have the nerve to talk about "public discourse" after the way those shitholes behaved with Merrick Garland is absolutely appalling. Fuck them ALL. And not only do I loathe ALL of them. . . I have NO respect, whatsoever, for ANY of them. Just look at that thing they placed in the WH. How fucking disgusting can one get?

[Samspadesnark]

15. Humility does not seem to be his strong suit.

Nor does he seem to believe that any of the standards that he has used to judge others should ever apply to him. He in fact seems to see himself as an epitome of morality who should never be questioned – and that anyone questioning him should be punished. This mind-set, for a permanent, taxpayer-funded, position of ultimate power, is a horrible fit.

And this doesn't even begin to address the even more serious questions of his dodgy finances, gambling addiction, alcoholism, how he paid for a million-dollar home on his salary, why he stated that he spent money doing serious remodeling for his home – all for things that would have required local permits when no permits for any of them were shown in any relevant public record, why he seems to have stated that his wife was a realtor when state records show no evidence of her holding a realtor's license, who mysteriously paid all his debts (0ver $200,000) and why, and who are the dark forces spending tens of millions of dollars to finance him and dictate the terms of his PR.

[Pacifist Patriot]

16. Adding too stupid to the list of reasons he's unqualified for the position.

[gopiscrap]

18. I think K is toast

at least I hope he is

[Racerdog1]

20. Shady bastard

To say the least. Would you buy a used car from this asshole?

[dlk]

22. His Deeply Ingrained Sense of Entitlement Will Be His Downfall

[matt819]

27. How many accusations will it take?

One clearly didn't do it.

Two and three over the weekend seemed to have no effect.

Number four today, with the report filed in Montgomery County. Still standing his ground, along with most (all?) Republican senators.

This is sickening, and their day of reckoning will come when they are either voted out or the subjects of massive Congressional investigations when there is a Democratic majority in Congress and when there is a Democratic president.

[Javaman]

33. grudge match of the stupid.

he's staying in because of spite.

sociopaths are like that.

[tclambert]

34. That means he will withdraw in a couple of days.

The real kiss of death is if Sarah Huckabee-Sanders says he has President Trump's full confidence.