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Botany

(70,508 posts) Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:50 AM Sep 2018

Desert News: Orrin Hatch said he believes Brett Kavanaugh, calls accuser 'mistaken'

Hatch said in an interview with CNN that Kavanaugh told him during a telephone conversation
Monday that "he didn't do that and he wasn't at the party" where the incident is alleged to have
occurred, so "clearly somebody's mixed up."

The senator said he thinks Kavanaugh's accuser is "mistaken. She's mistaken something that I
don't know. I don't know her." Asked if he believes Kavanaugh, Hatch responded, "I sure do."

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The committee is expected to hear from Kavanaugh and Ford on Monday.

Hatch spokesman Matt Whitlock said during the senator's call with Kavanaugh, the nominee "continued to categorically deny the allegations" and "also suggested to Sen. Hatch that Dr. Ford may have mistaken someone else for him."

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900032303/hatch-process-must-be-followed-in-kavanaugh-hearing-but-any-accuser-deserves-to-be-heard.html

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How could any woman vote republican? Dr. Ford is just some silly girl who is mistaken and mixed up?

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Desert News: Orrin Hatch said he believes Brett Kavanaugh, calls accuser 'mistaken' (Original Post) Botany Sep 2018 OP

And he can conclude all that without hearing her spooky3 Sep 2018 #1

And Kavanaugh now remembers that he didn't go to a party 36 years ago? Botany Sep 2018 #3

Well that's a pretty stupid admission, since all it would take is one spooky3 Sep 2018 #4

Who doesn't remember something that did not happen 40 years ago? Botany Sep 2018 #5

Fuck you, Orrin Hatch. Paladin Sep 2018 #2

so orrin has already made up his mind...fuck you hatch spanone Sep 2018 #6

Since Orrin has been so supportive of Kavanaugh and his accusations... Frustratedlady Sep 2018 #7

This is good, we want a long drawn out fight over this. Amishman Sep 2018 #8

I just heard Charlie Pierce say that his sources tell him that Kavanaugh will be gone .... Botany Sep 2018 #9

That's what I am afraid of Amishman Sep 2018 #12

When you have a great nominee, confirmation comes fast gratuitous Sep 2018 #10

The chances are VERY low that we will get the Senate spooky3 Sep 2018 #14

The Prevagen is not working. nt DURHAM D Sep 2018 #11

Sure, it's easy to mistake some guy on top of you ripping off your clothes WhiteTara Sep 2018 #13

Deseret, not desert. marybourg Sep 2018 #15

spooky3

(34,456 posts)

1. And he can conclude all that without hearing her

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:53 AM

Sep 2018

testify, without any FBI investigation? Pure bias and willful ignorance since he has learned nothing from his hateful treatment of Prof. Hill.

Botany

(70,508 posts)

3. And Kavanaugh now remembers that he didn't go to a party 36 years ago?

Reply to spooky3 (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:57 AM

Sep 2018

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NEW: Orrin Hatch told CNN that Kavanaugh told him that his accuser may be mistaking him for someone else. Hatch says Kavanaugh told him that he wasn’t even at the party in question.https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/kavanaugh-sexual-assault-allegation-dle/index.html …
2:52 PM - Sep 17, 2018

spooky3

(34,456 posts)

4. Well that's a pretty stupid admission, since all it would take is one

Reply to Botany (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:02 AM

Sep 2018

Other witness who saw him there.

Botany

(70,508 posts)

5. Who doesn't remember something that did not happen 40 years ago?

Reply to spooky3 (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:05 AM

Sep 2018

Paladin

(28,262 posts)

2. Fuck you, Orrin Hatch.

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 10:56 AM

Sep 2018

Looking forward to your making a total ass out of yourself at the hearings on Monday. It appears you won't be able to help yourself do otherwise.

Long-delayed revenge for Anita Hill. Gotta love it.

spanone

(135,838 posts)

6. so orrin has already made up his mind...fuck you hatch

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:05 AM

Sep 2018

"She's mistaken something that I don't know. I don't know her." Then orrin, how the fuck do you know she's 'mixed up'?

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)

7. Since Orrin has been so supportive of Kavanaugh and his accusations...

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:09 AM

Sep 2018

I'm beginning to think Orrin knows how he feels...like maybe he's been there/done that.

Just thinkin'.

Amishman

(5,557 posts)

8. This is good, we want a long drawn out fight over this.

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:16 AM

Sep 2018

Torpedoing Kavanaugh too quickly would leave too much time on the clock.

RBG was confirmed in something like 40 days, these things can be fast. They have time for several tries if their sock puppets get thrown down too quickly. We won't get the Senate back until January.

I worry that knocking down Kavanaugh for sexual assault could open the door to an even more conservative woman being put forward as an answer - Barrett or Grant.

We need this to be a months long brawl over Kavanaugh.

Botany

(70,508 posts)

9. I just heard Charlie Pierce say that his sources tell him that Kavanaugh will be gone ....

Reply to Amishman (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:18 AM

Sep 2018

.... before Monday's hearings.

Amishman

(5,557 posts)

12. That's what I am afraid of

Reply to Botany (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:26 AM

Sep 2018

Anyone the Pubs put up will be nominally qualified and lies their ass off or give non answers during their Senate interviews. They'll say the exact empty platitudes needed to give vulnerable R's an excuse to vote for them.

To get Pubs to break ranks, we need to be able to drop surprises on them like this. If we fail to pull the rabbit out if the hat (our should it be skeleton out if the closet?) They get the SCOTUS for a generation. Pubs tend to be pretty dirty (even by modern political standards), but we can't count on finding the dirt in time.

Also finding last minute scandals time after time just feeds the right wing narrative that it is all made up.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

10. When you have a great nominee, confirmation comes fast

Reply to Amishman (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:21 AM

Sep 2018

When you have a flawed (or worse) nominee, confirmation comes half-fast. But "Justice" Thomas is on the bench for life. The good news is that he's been looking about as healthy as Antonin Scalia lately.