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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 02:43 PM Sep 2018

Kavanaugh has so many "tells" that I feel like I'm listening to the effing William Tell Overture.

This boy should have had a few more practice sessions.

He stutters, his eyes do the ping-pong thing, he squirms like a perp being questioned by Sipowicz on NYPD Blue.

It's been a fascinating game of back-and-forth...the Republicans praise him and encourage him to discuss the warm and fuzzy details of his life, the Democrats say "HEY Buddy...we know WHO you are and WHAT you are."

He handles adoration MUCH better than he handles scrutiny.

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Kavanaugh has so many "tells" that I feel like I'm listening to the effing William Tell Overture. (Original Post) Miles Archer Sep 2018 OP
not remotely qualified...imagine an ideologue like this from the left going on the court Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #1
You can't handle the truth, True Dough Sep 2018 #2
Sipowicz him!!! StarryNite Sep 2018 #6
The biggest tell is written all over his face lunatica Sep 2018 #3
Sipowicz!!!! MyOwnPeace Sep 2018 #4
He also Faux pas Sep 2018 #5
His decisions will tell it all so just quit the kaubuki weasel words eleny Sep 2018 #7
Why would you want to involve his children in this? john657 Sep 2018 #13
It's a favor to the kids eleny Sep 2018 #14
So you want to try to destroy his relationship with his children because of john657 Sep 2018 #15
Better to know who the people around you are Bettie Sep 2018 #16
I doubt that they see their father that way, john657 Sep 2018 #18
I, personally, am not trying to destroy any Bettie Sep 2018 #19
+1 eleny Sep 2018 #31
He's an ultra right wing nut job so I doubt he's a model father eleny Sep 2018 #30
Given what we've seen from the spawn of Bettie Sep 2018 #32
It Matters Not LandOfHopeAndDreams Sep 2018 #8
If they establish he lied in his responses Danascot Sep 2018 #12
The hearing results could also suppy a basis for impeachment in the future pazzyanne Sep 2018 #23
He comes across as a con artist. madaboutharry Sep 2018 #9
He has a doughy brow taint. Baitball Blogger Sep 2018 #10
#DoughyBrowTaint going viral in 3...2...1 Achilleaze Sep 2018 #25
LOL! Baitball Blogger Sep 2018 #27
Nevertheless, he will be confirmed. Of that I have little doubt. What I want to see now Nay Sep 2018 #11
No You Don't LandOfHopeAndDreams Sep 2018 #22
Sadly this seems to be fait accompli... jcgoldie Sep 2018 #17
Awww, come on, give the guy some credit Bettie Sep 2018 #33
The manner in which he treated Fred Guttenberg Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2018 #20
+1 uponit7771 Sep 2018 #21
Kavanaugh had Guttenberg detained? Link? Achilleaze Sep 2018 #26
"Parkland Dad Says Brett Kavanaugh Winked At Him Just Before He Was Detained" Achilleaze Sep 2018 #28
"squirms like a perp" Achilleaze Sep 2018 #24
Kavanaugh is Obviously Shady dlk Sep 2018 #29

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
3. The biggest tell is written all over his face
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 02:55 PM
Sep 2018

He doesn’t seem to have much of a repertoire as far as facial expressions. He sure doesn’t seem to have a poker face at all.

Unfortunately for him no matter what face he puts on his looks are boyish, and not in a cute way. Come to think of it maybe that’s why he’s so mean. I’m sure the high school jocks threw him against the wall a few times, so he decided to be a bully like them, only from a position of geeky power.

The girl behind him seems to be very still today. Obviously someone told her she was getting critizised online. All I can say is welcome to the real world, where people on the other side get to comment, fair or not!

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
4. Sipowicz!!!!
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 02:55 PM
Sep 2018

GAWD, loved that guy - what a great character!
But, what about letting Bunk or McNulty from "The Wire" do the questioning?

And, as to the "William Tell Overture: AKA - "The Lone Ranger"............

The Lone Ranger: "Tonto, wake up, we've got a problem - we're surrounded by Indians!"

Tonto: "What do you mean, 'We?'"

Faux pas

(14,684 posts)
5. He also
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 02:58 PM
Sep 2018

purses his lips when he's asked uncomfortable questions. He's just another gigantic boil on the ass of life.

eleny

(46,166 posts)
7. His decisions will tell it all so just quit the kaubuki weasel words
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 02:58 PM
Sep 2018

And Dems should just flat out call him a weasel - hopefully with his kids watching the spectacle.

 

john657

(1,058 posts)
13. Why would you want to involve his children in this?
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 09:54 PM
Sep 2018

What did his children do to deserve your disdain?

eleny

(46,166 posts)
14. It's a favor to the kids
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 10:57 PM
Sep 2018

Let them understand who he is.

And how many children will his policies affect? I'm sure he feels his family is insulated. Republicans went after Dukakis through a scenario involving his wife. Republicans never see the families of adversaries as off limits. It's not a matter of disdain for his kids. It's just that we're fighting a very deadly fight here. You want to be a Pollyanna go ahead. Just forget finger wagging at me for going for a jugular. Talk to the hand.

 

john657

(1,058 posts)
15. So you want to try to destroy his relationship with his children because of
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 11:26 PM
Sep 2018

his politics?
So sad.
From everything I've read of him, he's a good father and husband, yet there are those that wish to destroy that relationship because of his politics.

To me. that's abhorrent.
Just my opinion.

Bettie

(16,111 posts)
16. Better to know who the people around you are
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 11:30 PM
Sep 2018

if your father is scum, better to know than grow up being just like him.

It isn't his politics, it is his lack of character that they should see and recognize.

 

john657

(1,058 posts)
18. I doubt that they see their father that way,
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 11:33 PM
Sep 2018

they seem to be a tight knit family, but if you want to try to destroy that relationship, I, IMO, is abhorrent.
Again, just my personal opinion.

Bettie

(16,111 posts)
19. I, personally, am not trying to destroy any
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 11:48 PM
Sep 2018

relationship.

I do, however, wish I'd known who some people in my life were earlier. I'd have made some different choices.

Also, HE chose to bring them to a hearing where he knew he would be asked about his actions. He is choosing for them to hear and see what a piece of work he is, not anyone else.

Frankly, it is unfortunate that, like Mike Huckabee, he will very likely raise humans who will lie, cheat, and steal to get what they want without a second of regret at having done the wrong thing, while declaring others morally inferior for not following their particular religious beliefs.

eleny

(46,166 posts)
31. +1
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 04:43 PM
Sep 2018

Your assessment of him sounds rational to me. He's not the kind of role model I'd want for any kid I know.

Bettie

(16,111 posts)
32. Given what we've seen from the spawn of
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 05:02 PM
Sep 2018

other ultra right wing nutjobs, I suspect you are right about that.

 
8. It Matters Not
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 03:09 PM
Sep 2018

Dog & Pony Show. Not sure why they're wasting their time, when the outcome is already set in stone.

If he admitted that he assured Drumpf that he would stand in the way of any subpoena, or if he said he couldn't wait to overturn Roe V Wade, every repub would still vote for him. And maybe a few Dems as well.

But I know people here think having the Democrats ask questions is the best way to go, so enjoy!

Danascot

(4,690 posts)
12. If they establish he lied in his responses
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 09:44 PM
Sep 2018

it's grounds for possible impeachment in the future ... if we get the chance. I wish Al Franken was there grilling this twerp.

pazzyanne

(6,556 posts)
23. The hearing results could also suppy a basis for impeachment in the future
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 06:38 AM
Sep 2018

if the right circumstances arise. This is my hope since the republicans will confirm anything with an (R) behind his name. Yes, Kavanaugh is a registered republican.

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
9. He comes across as a con artist.
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 03:32 PM
Sep 2018

He is also a partisan hack. It is disgraceful that he has gotten this far in his career.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
11. Nevertheless, he will be confirmed. Of that I have little doubt. What I want to see now
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 04:36 PM
Sep 2018

is that NOT ONE DEMOCRAT votes for this POS. Any who do, I want them gone.

 
22. No You Don't
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 04:25 AM
Sep 2018

I completely understand the way you feel.

But we need every last Senator we can get, and then some. Unfortunately it has to be tribal.

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)
17. Sadly this seems to be fait accompli...
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 11:32 PM
Sep 2018

The one redeeming fact is that he can't possibly turn out to be as completely worthless of a piece of shit as Clarence Thomas...

Bettie

(16,111 posts)
33. Awww, come on, give the guy some credit
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 05:04 PM
Sep 2018

I'm sure he'll work his butt of to be the most corrupt AND useless guy on the bench ever.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
20. The manner in which he treated Fred Guttenberg
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 12:26 AM
Sep 2018

Was reprehensible. The following day, he had Guttenberg detained for questioning by the Capitol Police. What kind of a person does that ? A person who will allow trmp to shit all over the Constitution.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
26. Kavanaugh had Guttenberg detained? Link?
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 07:34 AM
Sep 2018

That would be a heinous and vile republican fascist clampdown move against the grieving father of a child slaughtered in a school shooting. DANGER DANGER DANGER Fascist Move. DANGER.

Do you have a link that documents this? Please provide.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
28. "Parkland Dad Says Brett Kavanaugh Winked At Him Just Before He Was Detained"
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 08:45 AM
Sep 2018

Huff Post:

"When the father of a girl killed in a school shooting earlier this year attempted on Tuesday to shake the hand of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, he was visibly snubbed.

"Now, the father says Judge Brett Kavanaugh winked at him just moments before he was detained by Capitol police..."

Link:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/parkland-dad-fred-guttenberg-brett-kavanaugh-wink_us_5b90193fe4b0162f472950a7

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