Sen. Joe Manchin is doing it right. He's looking at Kavanaugh's career, not this he said-she said junk.
So, you want Kavanaugh to go away. I'd like to know what your opinion is about joe nobody. The one that did a dumb thing and got sent to jail. He's out now, and wants to go to work. He knows he screwed up. Are you going to continue blaming him for something he did long ago? Sounds like you will.
Kavanaugh got dragged into a mess just because your party doesn't like him. He got accused of doing dastardly things. What is he most hated for? He was chosen by conservatives, because he'll want to uphold the constitution, and make dems live by the rules. He flared up, because Dems blamed him for things THEY did when they were teens. Not everyone lives that way. We believed our parents when they said don't do certain things.
Just because they did it, it doesn't mean everybody did it also.
I dont care where Kavanaugh goes, honestly. I am the first to admit how stupid kids can be and that they should not be punished for it for their entire lifetime.
Once a person does grow up, they are expected to take RESPONSIBILITY for their behaviors, not shirk, excuse, or justify them.
What is more the question here is not about kids behavior its about the integrity, honesty, and character of a SUPREME court justice, emphasis again on the word SUPREME which means they are supposed to be BETTER than others in their character, behavior, and integrity. The more of it they have, the higher up on the list they should be to serve, the less of it they have, the lower. That simple. Its about the job, not his guilt or innocence or where he should go. I could care less about where he goes. I just dont feel he is the BEST person for this job because of his character, demeanor.
Kavanaugh got dragged into a mess because a woman made an accusation about his past and a request for further review of his character. My 'party' was not in that couples counseling, nor did they write a letter which included a request for confidentiality. If there was nothing to hide, K could have handled it that way. He could have had SUPREME character to not only acknowledge something may have happened to the accuser, but to own up to what was probably a seriously obnoxiously drunk demeanor when he was youthful. Instead he was combative and evasive, not SUPREME behavior at all.
He did acknowledge something may have happened to her, and it wasn’t him. But why would he “own up to a seriously obnoxiously drunk demeanor when he was youthful” if he didn’t do it? You had him guilty of doing what he was accused of with no proof except for the the questionable memory of Dr Ford. That’s not how our country works.
because his own words when he was younger described himself that way.
I had him likely to have done it for many reasons:
BECAUSE he doth protest too much (his combative and defensive demeanor out the gate)
BECAUSE the BS meter that went off on so many of his statements regarding things like:
a. drinking but 'remembering EVERYTHING',
b. being a part of the ralph club because of sensitivity to spicy foods (not drunkenness)
c. falling out of a bus at 4 am trying to put things together of what had happened referring to 'someone else'
d. the now recovering addict former best friends description of his drinking being the result of merely roommate issues and not true
BECAUSE Ford has no reason to lie and no one except an X boyfriend has said anything negative about her character or honesty.
BECAUSE Ford had described this incident in a situation where SHE WAS PAYING SOMEONE ELSE (as opposed to getting paid for a story like other accusers in high profile cases have done), namely couples counseling
BECAUSE Ford welcomed, took, and passed a lie detector test
BECAUSE Ford was cooperative, professional, direct, and welcoming of the questions and of further investigation into her claims
Those are SOME of the circumstantial things that COLLECTIVELY lead me to believe K is lying through his teeth and the woman was telling the story to the best of her recollection, not for fame or money, just for disclosure.