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demmiblue

(36,854 posts) Tue Sep 18, 2018, 09:51 AM Sep 2018

Now this stunt makes a whole lot more sense.

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Now this stunt makes a whole lot more sense. (Original Post) demmiblue Sep 2018 OP

And it looks a lot more ominous than it did when it happened. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #1

and yet, somehow, it doesn't make him seem any less creepy. unblock Sep 2018 #2

Ikr MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #11

Will Kavanaugh request their attendance again when he and Ford answer the panels questions? Freethinker65 Sep 2018 #3

Yikes - I did not see that. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #4

Dear Abbie, Girard442 Sep 2018 #5

Ew. (n/t) Iggo Sep 2018 #6

And were they forbidden to wear pants? Iggo Sep 2018 #7

They were probably told to look like Young Republicans FakeNoose Sep 2018 #22

It may make more sense, but it also looks even creepier EffieBlack Sep 2018 #8

Governance by stunts. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2018 #9

I thought it was creepy AF and MontanaMama Sep 2018 #10

This will backfire spectacularly, along with that binder full of 65 women who say they know him. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #15

Binders of women ? .. reACTIONary Sep 2018 #29

Women are apparently just thought of en masse, like a chorus line. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #30

A candidate for suprme court judge should be above props like that. The simple fact he felt it was a Afromania Sep 2018 #12

The thought of him being around all those young ladies makes my stomach churn.. HipChick Sep 2018 #13

Yup. Creeptastic (nt) Recursion Sep 2018 #14

Republicans are now Very Concerned gratuitous Sep 2018 #16

I really don't care. Do U? Initech Sep 2018 #24

Maybe it's bias, but this use of young girls in rape-handy skirts Hortensis Sep 2018 #17

The more they try to disprove this, the guiltier they look. Initech Sep 2018 #18

Roy Moore and Woody Allen SCantiGOP Sep 2018 #19

What's the likelihood he came on to at least one of them...? griloco Sep 2018 #20

So so so creepy. Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #21

Keep those ankles crossed and hands together in your laps, ladies. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2018 #23

They sure look super happy to be there renate Sep 2018 #25

Vile man hiding behind a phalanx of kairos12 Sep 2018 #26

Some of us have called ALL republicans vile and disgusting traitors and assholes for decades. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #27

Skeevy volstork Sep 2018 #28

vote for me and all this will be yours Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2018 #31

It says just that. Agreed Corvo Bianco Sep 2018 #36

Can we be sure... cannabis_flower Sep 2018 #32

I felt that they were a stunt but not for these allegations Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2018 #33

And all along I thought it was the Muslims who were UpInArms Sep 2018 #34

Sticking this here (even though I already posted the video): demmiblue Sep 2018 #35

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,351 posts)

1. And it looks a lot more ominous than it did when it happened.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 09:53 AM

Sep 2018

unblock

(52,241 posts)

2. and yet, somehow, it doesn't make him seem any less creepy.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 09:54 AM

Sep 2018

MaryMagdaline

(6,855 posts)

11. Ikr

Reply to unblock (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:35 AM

Sep 2018

Freethinker65

(10,022 posts)

3. Will Kavanaugh request their attendance again when he and Ford answer the panels questions?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:00 AM

Sep 2018

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

4. Yikes - I did not see that.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:01 AM

Sep 2018

That is so effing creepy and disgusting.

Girard442

(6,075 posts)

5. Dear Abbie,

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:07 AM

Sep 2018

How do I talk to my daughters (and sons too) about why their basketball coach has been accused of rape? Oh, yeah, and is about to become one of the most powerful men in the land, despite those accusations.

Iggo

(47,554 posts)

6. Ew. (n/t)

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:16 AM

Sep 2018

Iggo

(47,554 posts)

7. And were they forbidden to wear pants?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:17 AM

Sep 2018

Again, ew.

FakeNoose

(32,639 posts)

22. They were probably told to look like Young Republicans

Reply to Iggo (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:05 PM

Sep 2018

... so, no jeans or rock-band t-shirts allowed.

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

8. It may make more sense, but it also looks even creepier

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:21 AM

Sep 2018

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

9. Governance by stunts.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:24 AM

Sep 2018

A more oafish and blundering group of legislators you would be hard pressed to find.

MontanaMama

(23,317 posts)

10. I thought it was creepy AF and

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:25 AM

Sep 2018

posted it here on DU. No way would I let my child be used in this way. WTH is wrong with people?

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

15. This will backfire spectacularly, along with that binder full of 65 women who say they know him.

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #10)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:15 AM

Sep 2018

reACTIONary

(5,770 posts)

29. Binders of women ? ..

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #15)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:26 PM

Sep 2018

... where have I heatd that before?

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

30. Women are apparently just thought of en masse, like a chorus line.

Reply to reACTIONary (Reply #29)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:28 PM

Sep 2018

Mittens Romney probably dreamed up that strategy.

Afromania

(2,768 posts)

12. A candidate for suprme court judge should be above props like that. The simple fact he felt it was a

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:13 AM

Sep 2018

perfectly alright thing to do should have been enough to turn folks off on him.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

13. The thought of him being around all those young ladies makes my stomach churn..

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:14 AM

Sep 2018

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

14. Yup. Creeptastic (nt)

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:14 AM

Sep 2018

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

16. Republicans are now Very Concerned

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:16 AM

Sep 2018

Jason Chaffetz is Very Concerned that Judge Kavanaugh's daughters are going to be traumatized by the kerfuffle

Won't Somebody Think of the Props?

Isn't it touching how suddenly the concern blossoms for Kavanaugh's kids?

Initech

(100,078 posts)

24. I really don't care. Do U?

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #16)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:07 PM

Sep 2018

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

17. Maybe it's bias, but this use of young girls in rape-handy skirts

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:22 AM

Sep 2018

doesn't come off well to me either. I'm fighting "creepy," trying to imagine how others see it, but it's not too strong a word for my take.

Between the obvious use of these young girls and general #metoo national mood, wonder if this will help them at all, and even backfire.

Initech

(100,078 posts)

18. The more they try to disprove this, the guiltier they look.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:53 AM

Sep 2018

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)

19. Roy Moore and Woody Allen

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:59 AM

Sep 2018

will both offer to clerk for Kavanaugh without pay.

griloco

(832 posts)

20. What's the likelihood he came on to at least one of them...?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:03 PM

Sep 2018

Power 2 the People

(2,437 posts)

21. So so so creepy.

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Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:04 PM

Sep 2018

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

23. Keep those ankles crossed and hands together in your laps, ladies.

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Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:05 PM

Sep 2018

renate

(13,776 posts)

25. They sure look super happy to be there

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:09 PM

Sep 2018

Maybe I was just a big geek but I would have been pretty stoked to have a front row seat to a hearing on the (potential) next Supreme Court Justice. Or at least awake for it.

kairos12

(12,862 posts)

26. Vile man hiding behind a phalanx of

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:14 PM

Sep 2018

of young women. Beyond disgusting.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

27. Some of us have called ALL republicans vile and disgusting traitors and assholes for decades.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:17 PM

Sep 2018

Glad to see the rest of the adult population is catching up.

volstork

(5,401 posts)

28. Skeevy

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:22 PM

Sep 2018

Repug “family values”

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,347 posts)

31. vote for me and all this will be yours

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:36 PM

Sep 2018

Stunt says, "I have control of these females! Vote for me and I will restore unto you control of ALL female creatures in the United States! Together, we can put them back in their place."

Corvo Bianco

(1,148 posts)

36. It says just that. Agreed

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #31)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 08:25 PM

Sep 2018

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)

32. Can we be sure...

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:43 PM

Sep 2018

That all those girl were on his basketball team?

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,412 posts)

33. I felt that they were a stunt but not for these allegations

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:46 PM

Sep 2018

I thought that they were there to prove about how much he cares about girls/women- whom he would almost certainly one day deprive of reproductive choice. These allegations make everything look even more creepy.

And why stunts like this for a Supreme Court Justice anyway?