The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Free Vulcan on September 16, 2018, 08:17:11 pm
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has no plans to delay a confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, which is scheduled for Thursday.
“It’s disturbing that these uncorroborated allegations from more than 35 years ago, during high school, would surface on the eve of a committee vote after Democrats sat on them since July. If Ranking Member Feinstein and other Committee Democrats took this claim seriously, they should have brought it to the full Committee’s attention much earlier. Instead, they said nothing during two joint phone calls with the nominee in August, four days of lengthy public hearings, a closed session for all committee members with the nominee where sensitive topics can be discussed and in more than 1,300 written questions,†Grassley’s office released in a statement Sunday afternoon. “Sixty-five senators met individually with Judge Kavanaugh during a nearly two-month period before the hearing began, yet Feinstein didn’t share this with her colleagues ahead of many of those discussions.â€
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/09/16/grassley-were-not-delaying-a-vote-on-brett-kavanaugh-n2519528
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Good! Now stick to that!
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Don't go squishy now.
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We'll see if the pubbies hang tough.
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Delay the vote, hell. I’d move it up to Tuesday.
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We'll see if the pubbies hang tough.
I think they will on this.
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He's been vetted 6 times by the FBI...
stay tough Grassley!
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We'll see if the pubbies hang tough.
They won't.
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They won't.
I don't know about that. The Stupid Party seems to be learning that there is no upside to caving to the Rats.
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Don't go squishy now.
Now is not the time to go wobbly, Chuck.
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Sean Sullivan
â€Verified account @WaPoSean
NEWS: Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) tells me in an intv he that doesn’t think the Judiciary Cmte should move ahead with its Thursday vote on Kavanaugh until they hear more from Christine Blasey Ford. “For me, we can’t vote until we hear more.â€
Flaka Flake, playing his role.
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Flaka Flake, playing his role.
Of course he said that. Doesn't tell me anything about how he'll vote. Fortunately we now have a full compliment of Senators.
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UPDATE:
Sen. Jeff Flake, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in an interview Sunday evening that until he learns more about the sexual assault allegation regarding Brett Kavanaugh, he is “not comfortable voting yes†on Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court at a scheduled Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday.
The Arizona senator is one of 11 Republicans on the narrowly divided panel, and without his support, the nomination cannot move forward given Democratic opposition. “We need to hear from her. And I don’t think I’m alone in this,†Flake told POLITICO.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/16/kavanaugh-allegation-anonymous-republicans-825855 (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/16/kavanaugh-allegation-anonymous-republicans-825855)
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So far Flake and Graham..there will now be others..look for Collins and Murkoski to say the same...falling right into the rats hands..how stoopid can you be
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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/16/kavanaugh-allegation-anonymous-republicans-825855 (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/16/kavanaugh-allegation-anonymous-republicans-825855)
Just when we get McCain buried this ass hole lame duck pops up to be the dickhead we know and love.
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So far Flake and Graham..there will now be others..look for Collins and Murkoski to say the same...falling right into the rats hands..how stoopid can you be
Knowing Flake, this is his screw Trump any way I can moment.
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Knowing Flake, this is his screw Trump any way I can moment.
His smarmy "Thumbs Down moment".
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Todd Starnes
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JUST IN: Fox News reports some Senate Republicans do not want to move forward on the Kavanaugh nomination until they hear from his accuser. Among those balking -- Sen. Jeff Flake.
The Establishment Republicans will always turn on Conservatives and side with Democrats. Always.
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Technically, Republicans don't need Flake's vote to confirm Kavanaugh's. His nomination can still be voted on by the full Senate even if the Committee votes down the nomination.
We just can't lose anyone else in addition to Flake.
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So far Flake and Graham..there will now be others..look for Collins and Murkoski to say the same...falling right into the rats hands..how stoopid can you be
The usual suspects. As for Flake, his new partner Senator from AZ was Kavanaugh's "Sherpa," guiding him through the meet and greets in the Senate. Kyl is no McCain.
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Technically, Republicans don't need Flake's vote to confirm Kavanaugh's. His nomination can still be voted on by the full Senate even if the Committee votes down the nomination.
We just can't lose anyone else in addition to Flake.
I think Flake will end up voting "aye." This waffling is just his way of making his mortal enemy in the White House sweat.
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I think Flake will end up voting "aye." This waffling is just his way of making his mortal enemy in the White House sweat.
I see Flake doing the below as a homage to his dead hero:
(http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/McCains-Thumbs-Down.jpg)
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I see Flake doing the below as a homage to his dead hero:
(http://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/McCains-Thumbs-Down.jpg)
:shrug:
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Chris Geidner
â€Verified account @chrisgeidner
27m27 minutes ago
JUST IN: Judiciary Comte spokesperson for Grassley, Taylor Foy, tells me Grassley is “actively working†to set up follow-up calls for him and Feinstein with Kavanaugh and with Ford in light of the recent developments. He reiterates there are no plans to delay Thursday’s vote.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DnQGeeIX0AAAnkF.jpg)
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Not delay? Some openly Commie college professor is now all of a sudden claiming she was almost murdered by a guy 30 years later. She is even corroborating her own story with her own select people. The info is so solid that the FBI laughed and passed on it. Real serious stuff here. This is some important stuff.
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Not delay? Some openly Commie college professor is now all of a sudden claiming she was almost murdered by a guy 30 years later. She is even corroborating her own story with her own select people. The info is so solid that the FBI laughed and passed on it. Real serious stuff here. This is some important stuff.
Yep..that's why I can't understand why Grassley doesn't tell Feinswine to shove it...
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Yep..that's why I can't understand why Grassley doesn't tell Feinswine to shove it...
The Senate is, above all else, a very exclusive club and Feinstein is a long time member.
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a much smarter man than Lindsey
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This isn't about stopping Kavanaugh, this is about having "The Republicans put a would-be rapist on the SCOTUS" as a campaign "issue" to flog every election cycle from now until the Democrats turn the US into a one party state, the US fragments or is conquered by a hostile power, Christ returns in glory, or the sun turns into a red giant, whichever happens first.
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We'll see if the pubbies hang tough.
Hahaha, I'm sorry...
That post made me involuntarily laugh a bit.
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Flaka Flake, playing his role.
He's just filling the shoes of his teacher and mentor, McCain. McCain is still trying to screw over America, even from the grave.
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Grassley needs to not delay the vote, and have a closed door interview with the woman by the committee. No gallery, no media, and therefore no spectacle, since she is traumatized and all.
Let Kavanaugh make a defense if he wishes, and take the dang vote Thursday as scheduled.
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Grassley needs to not delay the vote, and have a closed door interview with the woman by the committee. No gallery, no media, and therefore no spectacle, since she is traumatized and all.
Let Kavanaugh make a defense if he wishes, and take the dang vote Thursday as scheduled.
Yep! This kind of crap is never going to stop until someone in authority says ENOUGH!
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Yep! This kind of crap is never going to stop until someone in authority says ENOUGH!
Amen.
Full speed ahead. We (Senate pubbies) can't give in now.
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Some very interesting FACTS about the history of supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's accuser have come to light.
It seems that many years ago her parents were involved in litigation which should be considered as evidence of the weakness of her accusation.
It was a bitterly contested case, and very emotional as it involved the possible loss of her parent's home.
Aside from the FACTS that this accuser has a history of signing "petitions" against President Trump, giving financial support to various "resistance" organizations and candidates, she made no report to any authority at the time, no record exists of his name EVER coming up in any therapy session (she claims she brought it up in a 2012 session, but the therapist's notes prove otherwise.), and this court case may be the most damning of all.
But, don't expect to see much coverage of it on CNN, MSNBC, et al, because it is only FACTS after all, and doesn't appeal to the emotions of leftists.
Oh! The name of the judge that presided in that long ago case? Martha G. Kavanaugh.
Yes, she is the mother of the supreme court nominee, and no, there was no attempt to have her recuse herself because of the alleged "assault" by her son.
This is just another attempt by the perverts on the left to overturn by "revelation" what they clearly LOST at the ballot box.
"Despicable" is too nice a term for this!
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The Senate is, above all else, a very exclusive club and Feinstein is a long time member.
Her finances have been a long-running scandal nobody would touch. If Republicans had any integrity, they would have dealt with her a long time ago.
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Yep..that's why I can't understand why Grassley doesn't tell Feinswine to shove it...
Probably because he's got some Republican Senators on that Committee who already have said that the committee should delay the vote until she is heard.
The key is going to be getting her to testify as quickly as possible. Give her a Thursday deadline, call Kavanaugh and the other guy to testify on Friday, then hold the vote Saturday morning. The full Senate would then have all next week to consider the nomination, and hold a vote to confirm him before the next SCOTUS term begins on Monday, October 1.
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Don't go squishy now.
I am being opposed on another thread, by certain views that in losing, there is benefit.
However I never get the specifics of the "foundational principle, for losing.
I have not lost my mind to the degree, in which Hillary Clinton's Supreme Court nominee equal to Donald Trump's nominee.
This confirmation vote is where the rubber meets the oad, on Presidents and Senators.
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This isn't about stopping Kavanaugh, this is about having "The Republicans put a would-be rapist on the SCOTUS" as a campaign "issue" to flog every election cycle from now until the Democrats turn the US into a one party state, the US fragments or is conquered by a hostile power, Christ returns in glory, or the sun turns into a red giant, whichever happens first.
Caving to this last minute trick, encourages and rewards it.
I cannot remember every muscle twitch from age 17.
The alleged "victim" is a carefully rehearsed California ultra-leftist college professor psychology, and this move has been under careful development for months, if not years.
Every syllable of her claim, has been parsed, planned, rehearsed and gamed, over and over.
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Every syllable of her claim, has been parsed, planned, rehearsed and gamed, over and over.
It was as if she had been "coached".
But that could not be. These are the vivid recollections of a traumatized victim. Or a psychopath.
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It was as if she had been "coached".
But that could not be. These are the vivid recollections of a traumatized victim. Or a psychopath.
Just wait till she testifies and starts crying because of the mean ol Repub men's questions
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It was as if she had been "coached".
But that could not be. These are the vivid recollections of a traumatized victim. Or a psychopath.
LOL!
BREAKING: Is the accusation against Kavanaugh the culmination of a set-up from 2012?
https://www.spartareport.com/2018/09/breaking-is-the-accusation-against-kavanaugh-the-culmination-of-a-set-up-from-2012/ (https://www.spartareport.com/2018/09/breaking-is-the-accusation-against-kavanaugh-the-culmination-of-a-set-up-from-2012/)
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So far Flake and Graham..there will now be others..look for Collins and Murkoski to say the same...falling right into the rats hands..how stoopid can you be
If they fold on this, there will be hell to pay.
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Yep..that's why I can't understand why Grassley doesn't tell Feinswine to shove it...
I am more upset over this than I have been over anything in a long time. Praying Republicans don't fold over this totally bizarre accusation.
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I am more upset over this than I have been over anything in a long time. Praying Republicans don't fold over this totally bizarre accusation.
Me too....this is so upsetting especially when you know what the rats are doing
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Her finances have been a long-running scandal nobody would touch. If Republicans had any integrity, they would have dealt with her a long time ago.
If you want to see a real case of collusion with a Communist Government...you need to look no farther than DiFi.
She's done what the Dems desperately wish Trump had done.
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Me too....this is so upsetting especially when you know what the rats are doing
...and upsetting too because republican senators know – or should know – the game that’s being played here. It’s a perennial #1 or #2 on democrat’s playlist. Always either charges of racism or being mean to girls.
But, something’s fishy here and I suspect this time it won’t work. Even Sen. Collins is cautiously critical of the accusation and has questioned democrats motives in bringing up this matter at this late date.
We’ll see soon enough.
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Spine time.
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...and upsetting too because republican senators know – or should know – the game that’s being played here. It’s a perennial #1 or #2 on democrat’s playlist. Always either charges of racism or being mean to girls.
Sadly most of the Republicans in Congress are more terrified of being smeared as a sexist or bigot by the angry left and the MSM than they are scared of the thought of facing angry constituents for not standing up and doing the right thing.
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LOL!
BREAKING: Is the accusation against Kavanaugh the culmination of a set-up from 2012?
https://www.spartareport.com/2018/09/breaking-is-the-accusation-against-kavanaugh-the-culmination-of-a-set-up-from-2012/ (https://www.spartareport.com/2018/09/breaking-is-the-accusation-against-kavanaugh-the-culmination-of-a-set-up-from-2012/)
Man. That is not only plausible but darn near 4 steps above probable.