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176. David Frum sums it all up neatly

Thu Sep 27, 2018, 03:43 PM

Sep 2018

David Frum
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Kavanaugh's message - "the Left"; "Borking"; "revenge on behalf of the Clintons"; "goes around comes around" - is that of a man who has already lost his Court seat, preparing for his next career
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***Kavanaugh thread 3*** post break [View all] underpants Sep 2018 OP

When the Dems start to question Kavanaugh, guarantee that Assley Grassley will try to stop every qu. SummerSnow Sep 2018 #1

If Kav is watching, any interruption of his thought by Grass will rattle him NCjack Sep 2018 #64

K&R JonLP24 Sep 2018 #2

Senator Hirono is up! demmiblue Sep 2018 #3

Thanks for the posts, underpants. blaze Sep 2018 #4

Wish we could clone Mazie Lars39 Sep 2018 #5

She is awesome. Silver Gaia Sep 2018 #8

Thank you, underpants. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #6

LOL Lucinda Sep 2018 #28

Every. Damn. Day. jberryhill Sep 2018 #60

Yep Solly Mack Sep 2018 #62

Lindsey Graham to Manu Raju: "I'm looking for corroboration - this is not an emotional decision... iluvtennis Sep 2018 #7

if Graham wants corroboration NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #9

+++ agree...and Mitchell needs to get to the sexual assault. Tired of these questions abt polygraph iluvtennis Sep 2018 #12

Mitchell is hanging them with polygraph questions. Nevilledog Sep 2018 #17

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2018 #14

He just said "who would the FBI interview" and two reporters said "Judge!" LOL bettyellen Sep 2018 #73

You want corroboration? regnaD kciN Sep 2018 #10

I thought you were going to say NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #16

That, too... regnaD kciN Sep 2018 #46

Because Lindsey doesn't accept the testimony of a woman. Nevilledog Sep 2018 #13

I hated watching him earlier bdamomma Sep 2018 #201

This prosecutor is AWFUL. What we're they thinking? nolabear Sep 2018 #11

+1, she's doing an investigation at the same time needing to be adversarial. can't work uponit7771 Sep 2018 #22

Personal experience with long time Maricopa prosecutor in a rape trial. Nevilledog Sep 2018 #34

Brilliant! nolabear Sep 2018 #39

Good Lord. Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #70

Under my breath I said, "Geez, I feel sorry for his wife" Nevilledog Sep 2018 #75

Lol grantcart Sep 2018 #86

Love that SayitAintSo Sep 2018 #155

Amusingly, it was pointed out that the 11 white male Hortensis Sep 2018 #40

They're trying to catch her in some tiny lie and are failing. nolabear Sep 2018 #15

+1, where as KNaw will mostly evade like he has done uponit7771 Sep 2018 #21

She must have gotten a talking to during the break. demmiblue Sep 2018 #25

It is easy to be a good witness when you are telling the truth. redstatebluegirl Sep 2018 #32

It's going to be interesting. He can't just be okay. nolabear Sep 2018 #33

Wish that were the case... regnaD kciN Sep 2018 #51

They seem to now be suggesting a Democratic Party set-up? brooklynite Sep 2018 #18

Green Eggs and Ham would've been more effective than Mitchell. Don't know where they're going uponit7771 Sep 2018 #19

Yahoo front page a few minutes ago NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #20

Oh yeah. She's got the support of the world. nolabear Sep 2018 #24

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2018 #27

You can tell that someone talked to the prosecutor during the break. bearsfootball516 Sep 2018 #23

+1, but what can the prosecutor do? She has to go on a fact finding mission at the same time being.. uponit7771 Sep 2018 #29

Cory Booker is making her cry. I hope it's not misplayed. nolabear Sep 2018 #26

Dr. Ford is still on? Iliyah Sep 2018 #30

Hirono and Booker talking too much Awsi Dooger Sep 2018 #31

Pro bono counsel! Lars39 Sep 2018 #35

Where did you get your lawyer? Botany Sep 2018 #36

Somehow Dr. Ford manages to be supportive of her questioners. nolabear Sep 2018 #37

Yes, she is. You can tell it's her general nature. iluvtennis Sep 2018 #43

Yes her demeanor is remarkable indeed. PA Democrat Sep 2018 #44

That is so true!! nt blaze Sep 2018 #45

she is the picture of a patriotic citizen doing the right thing simply because questionseverything Sep 2018 #48

Agreed! llmart Sep 2018 #69

coming into this conversation late bdamomma Sep 2018 #140

repubs doing the right thing? probably not...that is why we must force them questionseverything Sep 2018 #156

Sure she is an outstanding teacher grantcart Sep 2018 #87

The questions by the prosecutor are getting worse Hav Sep 2018 #38

The lawyers are pro bono. nolabear Sep 2018 #41

And splat -- another attempt backfires on the prosecutor! Hortensis Sep 2018 #47

KAMALA! BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #42

And Kamala said "I believe you" -- love it. iluvtennis Sep 2018 #49

Great answer Ford; " I don't expect them to remember, nothing happened to them at that time" uponit7771 Sep 2018 #50

Why not just come out and ask if she was coached? Solly Mack Sep 2018 #52

Someone should get to point out that the prosecutor Hortensis Sep 2018 #55

Exactly. That needs to come out. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #59

She seemed to be throwing out overly general questions in the hope that Ford would give some suffragette Sep 2018 #74

And WH aides running practice sessions with Kavanaugh Isn't coaching? sinkingfeeling Sep 2018 #78

Mitchell basically saying, here's why this sucked for me BeyondGeography Sep 2018 #53

Mitchell is more effective for our side than any of the Democratic senators Awsi Dooger Sep 2018 #54

I disagree. Mitchell is trying to lay traps for gotcha questions. redstateblues Sep 2018 #65

The traps fail because Dr. Ford is so genuine and truthful and marvelous Awsi Dooger Sep 2018 #79

She is sweet and sincere. Our senators are mostly Hortensis Sep 2018 #66

The points can be made in 15 seconds not 3 minutes Awsi Dooger Sep 2018 #76

That's a 3-minute break for Ms. Ford before handing Hortensis Sep 2018 #80

I totally agree with this point. LAS14 Sep 2018 #85

Senator Kamala Harris to Dr. Ford: You have passed a polygraph test. Judge Kavanaugh has not.... iluvtennis Sep 2018 #56

Go Blumenthal! Silver Gaia Sep 2018 #57

wouldn't a therapy session be the equivalent of a interview session? shirleye Sep 2018 #58

THAT is what I kept yelling to the TV. BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #63

Court recesses at 2:15 ET for 45 minutes. bearsfootball516 Sep 2018 #61

What was Kennedy (R Louisiana) after? MadLinguist Sep 2018 #67

Graham "I don't know who paid for the polygraph but somebody did!" JonLP24 Sep 2018 #68

Didn't Ford state that her lawyers paid for it, as protocol? bearsfootball516 Sep 2018 #71

Graham is losing it JonLP24 Sep 2018 #77

Yes, her lawyers said the law firms paid for it as per protocol iluvtennis Sep 2018 #82

Pic of the GOPers during the Dr Ford testimony - all disgusting cretins. iluvtennis Sep 2018 #83

POS all of them bdamomma Sep 2018 #221

+++ agree iluvtennis Sep 2018 #232

Nobody paid lol grantcart Sep 2018 #72

LOL, kind of the equivalent of.... Adrahil Sep 2018 #81

MSNBC showed Graham's entire ranting spin, but now Hortensis Sep 2018 #84

I don't know if I can stomach to see Kavanaugh and GOP Senators JonLP24 Sep 2018 #88

And we're off with Grassley smearing Republicans. PA Democrat Sep 2018 #89

The self righteous liar begins iluvtennis Sep 2018 #90

ANGRY! PA Democrat Sep 2018 #91

Just going to make the same comment DeminPennswoods Sep 2018 #92

Oh, boy, was I wrong! Wow. Fantastic! Hortensis Sep 2018 #183

Trump laid out the playbook yesterday Silver Gaia Sep 2018 #93

Kavanaugh is in full political mode - nothing about that he wasn't an alcohol and sex abuser... iluvtennis Sep 2018 #94

more lies ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #100

Mean people are borking me! Solly Mack Sep 2018 #95

I think he may be a goner. David__77 Sep 2018 #96

"Revenge on behalf of the Clintons?" Renew Deal Sep 2018 #97

I caught that one too iluvtennis Sep 2018 #119

Her emails!! Bayard Sep 2018 #123

Dude, bitter much? Solly Mack Sep 2018 #98

F*** you kavanaugh, threatening what comes around goes around ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #99

There's the real Kavanaugh. Fuck you and everyone not me. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #101

OMG He's showing what he really is. A political tool. He blew his cover. Snellius Sep 2018 #102

Yup, I can totally see him being angry enough to assault someone. unitedwethrive Sep 2018 #108

"TO HER"? That's Dr. Ford to you, a hole ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #113

One of my best friends was sexually assaulted. Seriously? Seriously? Solly Mack Sep 2018 #103

oh, man, Kavanaugh's poor friend who consulted him about sexual assault ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #104

Mommathon! Solly Mack Sep 2018 #105

Don't cry, dude ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #106

Last thing he needs is a red nose. nolabear Sep 2018 #126

it brings out the gin blossoms ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #128

I hear he gets belligerent when he drinks Freethinker65 Sep 2018 #107

what about every roommate and friend who says ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #109

His daughters prayed for Dr. Ford. Get out your hankies! PA Democrat Sep 2018 #110

temper temper you jerk! orleans Sep 2018 #111

I see you, Alyssa Milano! demmiblue Sep 2018 #112

here comes the waterworks ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #114

Sniffles. Right on Cue. zonkers Sep 2018 #117

My children even prayed for Dr Ford! Solly Mack Sep 2018 #115

From screaming to blubbering. What a mess! PA Democrat Sep 2018 #116

yeah, you've been investigated ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #118

Trump doesn't like weak crybabies... Silver Gaia Sep 2018 #120

O'Donnell on the opening statement DeminPennswoods Sep 2018 #121

Yes. It really is just that. Pathetic. Hortensis Sep 2018 #210

Here comes an avalanche of lies ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #122

This message was self-deleted by its author LibDemAlways Sep 2018 #158

I only associated with Catholic girls as a Catholic boy, so that means we were all pure. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #124

Gag me. He associated with girls from th CATHOLIC schools. PA Democrat Sep 2018 #125

LOL...i agree iluvtennis Sep 2018 #130

I didn't do it ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #127

His wife looks pissed. underpants Sep 2018 #129

Looks like the SC justices spouse club is slipping away ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #132

She does. Silver Gaia Sep 2018 #177

She's likely a believer, like him. And why blame themselves Hortensis Sep 2018 #215

Calendars bringing him to tears now BeyondGeography Sep 2018 #131

Now he starts to cry about keeping a calendar. Un fkn believable iluvtennis Sep 2018 #133

38 years! Booo hoooo hooo ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #135

Nice little story about how Dr Ford simply was not of his social status to be part of his group. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #134

I know, the nerve of him to make such an insinuation. I despise this guy. iluvtennis Sep 2018 #157

Me, too. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #161

Wow--doesn't that play right into the story that the boys spooky3 Sep 2018 #167

It does for me. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #175

And the irony is spooky3 Sep 2018 #202

Yep Solly Mack Sep 2018 #224

I can see both of Dr. Ford's attorneys back there, Silver Gaia Sep 2018 #136

oh, really? ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #137

The Calendar! Just look at my calendar! Forget about all my professional papers. It's the Calendar! Solly Mack Sep 2018 #138

He is not displaying the demeanor of a judge ... kentuck Sep 2018 #139

Even if not a rapist, he's guilty of being a drunk looney Repub tool. Snellius Sep 2018 #141

Jesuit Opus Dei? Like Scalia without any brains. Snellius Sep 2018 #152

I'm hearing megalomania and probably paranoia. Hortensis Sep 2018 #222

Drunks are people too. Snellius Sep 2018 #243

Oh Christ are we going to have to listen to every entry on his calendar PA Democrat Sep 2018 #142

Then after me and Biff prayed that no evil women would touch our peepees before marriage... flibbitygiblets Sep 2018 #209

his grating voice, crying and scrunched up expressions are ugly as hell peacebuzzard Sep 2018 #143

sniffing, licking lips, drinking lots of water, yelling, what an ass peacebuzzard Sep 2018 #189

The calendar never lies! Dammit! Why can't you see that?!?! Solly Mack Sep 2018 #144

Basketball camp! Booo hooo hooo ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #145

You also didn't list your various sexual assaults. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #146

OMG PLEASE don't cite going to church as if it has ANYTHING to do with your ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #147

Priests were in church daily...... How'd that work out for the kids? Nevilledog Sep 2018 #235

Boo Fucking Hoo! Bayard Sep 2018 #148

Bravo! Exactly ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #150

+++ agree. He needs to say that he calls for an FBI investigation. iluvtennis Sep 2018 #165

Tobin's House!!! Booo hoo hooo ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #149

He wishes that water shanti Sep 2018 #151

I wish it was a beer too. That way we could loosen him up to get the truth. KWR65 Sep 2018 #184

Or worse, he'd start dry humping the furniture flibbitygiblets Sep 2018 #213

This calendar defense is laughable. Goodheart Sep 2018 #153

Kavanaugh taking on water. The nomination I mean. kairos12 Sep 2018 #154

How about Renate? BeyondGeography Sep 2018 #159

Will anyone have the balls to ask? Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2018 #197

I like beer, too major debacle Sep 2018 #160

I had female friends! Heres'a list of names!! booo hoo hoooooo! ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #162

Those are the few he didn't try to rape. LibDemAlways Sep 2018 #169

God, enough of this shit. AngryOldDem Sep 2018 #163

I like Beer!! Boooo hooo hooo ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #164

Tom T. Hall underpants Sep 2018 #207

Did he take rambling lessons from Donnie? major debacle Sep 2018 #166

WTF is saying if you drink beer you're a rapist? Solly Mack Sep 2018 #168

I really don't think he knows what he is saying major debacle Sep 2018 #178

He seems to be going off track a little Solly Mack Sep 2018 #180

Betty Bowers thinks it may be vodka... iluvtennis Sep 2018 #194

LOL! I love Betty Bowers. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #217

me too. iluvtennis Sep 2018 #220

My yearbook entry was sabotaged!!! Booo hooo ohoooo ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #170

OMG he's attacking the yearbook. 😂😂😂 nolabear Sep 2018 #171

It's all someone else's fault: yearbook editors, news reporters. Not me! suffragette Sep 2018 #190

Mostly it's the meanie Democrats' fault. LibDemAlways Sep 2018 #198

Yep. Never thought I'd see worst than Scalia, but this guy is. suffragette Sep 2018 #228

This is absurd. Really. Goodheart Sep 2018 #172

Typical drunk personality: either mad or maudlin. Snellius Sep 2018 #173

say brett, how about a cold one? miyazaki Sep 2018 #174

David Frum sums it all up neatly DeminPennswoods Sep 2018 #176

Renate was one of us!!!! BOOO hoooo hoooo hoooo it was affection! booo hooo hooo ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #179

When do we break for cocktails? C_U_L8R Sep 2018 #181

Ha. Goodheart Sep 2018 #192

Taking odds of whether he will pass out. Snellius Sep 2018 #182

50-50 at this point ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #195

This message was self-deleted by its author LibDemAlways Sep 2018 #223

That tongue action is well...icky. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #185

This message was self-deleted by its author AngryOldDem Sep 2018 #193

This is beyond bizarre. n/t demmiblue Sep 2018 #186

One for the ages, to be sure... AngryOldDem Sep 2018 #199

No! Not the sex history!!! AngryOldDem Sep 2018 #187

I'm thinking Judge Kavanaugh should have a drink....you know, calm his nerves. brooklynite Sep 2018 #188

I can't believe he is saying again he was a virgin ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #191

Make him show us the calendar commemorating the occasion of his deflowerring!! Nevilledog Sep 2018 #240

Thread #4 here underpants Sep 2018 #196

I think this guy is a little too fragile and unstable to be a SC justice. Booo hooo hooo ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #200

This fool is acting. iluvtennis Sep 2018 #211

and poorly ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #239

good man good man good man . Booo hooo hooo!!1 ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #203

his "defense" is more damning than the accusations. so fucking weird. Snellius Sep 2018 #204

Renate Alumnius Jim__ Sep 2018 #205

He's definitely not SC material. Self-pitying political hack who's been exposed as a creep. nt Cognitive_Resonance Sep 2018 #206

I've got friends, and that's a fact... Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2018 #208

I'm sorry to say it... cab67 Sep 2018 #212

It wouldn't matter if he got up there LibDemAlways Sep 2018 #218

I have friends. I definitely have friends. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2018 #214

Is that his wife behind him looking at him like he's so pathetic? Snellius Sep 2018 #216

He wrote this himself? Jim__ Sep 2018 #219

Last night. In his hotel. With a stiff drink. nolabear Sep 2018 #226

Kav is going to take 36 years reading this drivel lovemydogs Sep 2018 #225

Well, I'll give him his time. Especially when it's going so well. nolabear Sep 2018 #227

Not offering to take that polygraph is he. voteearlyvoteoften Sep 2018 #229

Or belatedly asking for FBI investigations into Hortensis Sep 2018 #236

Merrick Garland didn't even get a hearing you self-pitying douche BeyondGeography Sep 2018 #230

I am judging you by that standard asshole. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #231

This part about due process is 100% steaming hot BS Jarqui Sep 2018 #233

Mitchell again. demmiblue Sep 2018 #234

Btw, LOL, this is the eminent, nationally renowned Hortensis Sep 2018 #246

Can't wait for Sen Maize & Harris & Feinstein to stick a fork in him Bfd Sep 2018 #237

Can you imagine if SHE was this hysterical? Fuck this sniveling motherfucker. ancianita Sep 2018 #238

DiFi asks why not ask for an investigation BeyondGeography Sep 2018 #241

Now he's yelling down Feinstein Hav Sep 2018 #242

If he's not drunk, he REALLY has a problem. Snellius Sep 2018 #244

crying and beer. ass loves beer peacebuzzard Sep 2018 #245

Don't know how much he drinks today, but acting Hortensis Sep 2018 #247