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Demit

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62. Oh for heaven's sake. Okay, it's only an example of deliberate deception.

Tue Oct 2, 2018, 05:56 PM

Oct 2018

He didn't lie with words, he lied by the omission of them, in such a way that his audience would draw the obvious inference. Most of us think that, as lies go, it's a distinction without a difference.

But okay, we'll cross it off the list of his outright lies. You can award yourself the point, whatever you think such a nitpicky point is worth.

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This one is NOT a lie: "The drinking age was 18 in Maryland for most of my time in high school." [View all] Trumpdumper Oct 2018 OP

I think a bigger question may be? kentuck Oct 2018 #1

He turned 18 on February 12, 1983. Maryland raised the age to 21 in 1982. NEVER LEGAL! TheBlackAdder Oct 2018 #50

So he was drinking illegally when he was 15, 16 and 17? nt DURHAM D Oct 2018 #2

Well, yeah, but no, but yes but no... awesomerwb1 Oct 2018 #9

Correct. Including the "skis" on July 1, 2018 that he acknowledged. yardwork Oct 2018 #64

Boofing only vestigially refers to drinking jmowreader Oct 2018 #70

I know that. yardwork Oct 2018 #72

Although the statement is true, he is implying a lie. He was 17 that year and couldn't drink legally Shrike47 Oct 2018 #3

He was always drinking illegally. 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 SharonAnn Oct 2018 #59

All of that time before his senior year, he was under even the 18 year old MineralMan Oct 2018 #4

Yes but he wasn't 18 until he was a senior jcgoldie Oct 2018 #5

Which means he wasn't grandfathered in which he claimed he was. Cuthbert Allgood Oct 2018 #22

During the time in question when he was 17, it was not legal for him to drink...only those born in Demsrule86 Oct 2018 #6

Lawrence O'Donnell states it simply and accurately: Atticus Oct 2018 #7

That's right. dchill Oct 2018 #30

law went into effect 1982 mikeysnot Oct 2018 #8

Link mikeysnot Oct 2018 #10

I don't care pintobean Oct 2018 #11

Yep, that's not where his problems lie. Hoyt Oct 2018 #13

I did not. My school mates did not. DURHAM D Oct 2018 #14

You think you're in the majority? pintobean Oct 2018 #16

Do you ? stonecutter357 Oct 2018 #31

Same here. This is misleading ('most' did not imo). triron Oct 2018 #34

Making a big deal out of the fact that he lied about it (and other things) isn't, though. Cuthbert Allgood Oct 2018 #23

Meh, that's the DU take pintobean Oct 2018 #24

It's about deliberately lying over and over to make himself look "better" dawg day Oct 2018 #28

As someone who was alive at the time and remembers the grandfathering clause Cuthbert Allgood Oct 2018 #29

Exactly. Kavanaugh knew the same way we all did that Hortensis Oct 2018 #71

That is BS. triron Oct 2018 #35

Meh, that's the honest person's take. kcr Oct 2018 #60

It is not an "insignificant detail." SunSeeker Oct 2018 #67

He has lied so much JonLP24 Oct 2018 #68

Most of us did not drink while underage. LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #25

You are correct mercuryblues Oct 2018 #36

his drinking problem goes directly to Dr. Ford's claim bigtree Oct 2018 #44

Seriously? EffieBlack Oct 2018 #45

Did you lie about it under oath? Then it's nothing like "most of us" is it? (nt) ehrnst Oct 2018 #54

I see your statement has raised some heated discussion. Amimnoch Oct 2018 #55

I didn't either Ms. Toad Oct 2018 #58

The point is he lied under oath. alphafemale Oct 2018 #73

Kavanaugh was 17 when the drinking age was changed to 21. OliverQ Oct 2018 #12

And he would be 20 mainstreetonce Oct 2018 #17

IT IS A LIE leftynyc Oct 2018 #15

Again and again. Enoki33 Oct 2018 #19

He may have implied that he was legal, but he didn't not say that he was legal. LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #27

Fine - HE BROKE THE LAW leftynyc Oct 2018 #32

I agree that he broke the law. But he provably did NOT lie with that statement. LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #38

I agree that his whiny, pathetic, hissy fit leftynyc Oct 2018 #52

He explicitly said that the seniors were legal, to create the impression that b/c HE was a senior, Demit Oct 2018 #53

Devious, yes. But NOT a lie. LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #56

Oh for heaven's sake. Okay, it's only an example of deliberate deception. Demit Oct 2018 #62

Look in the mirror for nitpicky. I'm not having to use weasel words to try to bend reality. LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #63

Studious avoidance of the relevant is yet still a lie. LanternWaste Oct 2018 #37

"A v. -A"? LakeSuperiorView Oct 2018 #47

I think that's "A versus ¬A" or "A versus not A" n/t sl8 Oct 2018 #66

The Reagan/GOP threatened state funding if the drinking age wasn't changed to 21 tenderfoot Oct 2018 #18

they talk a great gederalism game as well. rampartc Oct 2018 #49

True, except there was not one minute where he was 18 and the drinking age was 18 karynnj Oct 2018 #20

Was he 18 years old for the 4 years he was in high school? Merlot Oct 2018 #21

I would identify his senior year of high school as the first day he attended school LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #26

#facknews ! stonecutter357 Oct 2018 #33

What it shows is that he was a drunk from an early age. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #39

So, it was never legal for him to drink in high school. EffieBlack Oct 2018 #40

He turned 18 in February, so had only four months to legally help drink those 100 kegs. brewens Oct 2018 #41

Half the truth is a whole lie Maeve Oct 2018 #42

But it was 21 100% of the time he was 18 NT Adrahil Oct 2018 #43

Kavanaugh was born Feb 12, 1965 underthematrix Oct 2018 #46

Notably, even if it HAD been true, his statement would Hortensis Oct 2018 #48

The "drinking age" was whenever you drank, the "LEGAL drinking age" was always beyond his reach fob Oct 2018 #51

It's deliberately DECEPTIVE because he's pretending that that made HIS drinking legal. pnwmom Oct 2018 #57

He was implying that it was legal for him to drink, which wasn't true. kcr Oct 2018 #61

He tried to rape the 15 year old Ms. Blasey when he was 17. Blue_true Oct 2018 #65

When to purchase or drink manicdem Oct 2018 #69

unless you are caught SoCalDem Oct 2018 #74