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http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2018/9/18/144853/505Brett Kavanaugh's Awful Character Witness
by BooMan
Tue Sep 18th, 2018 at 02:48:53 PM EST
Its very unfortunate for Brett Kavanaugh that the only person in the world besides himself and Christine Blasey Ford who might know with certainty what happened in that Montgomery County, Maryland bedroom 36 years ago is someone whom the Republicans absolutely do not want to call as a witness. I say this witness might know what happened because Mark Judge may have been too drunk to have remembered the incident the next morning, let alone after three and a half decades have elapsed. Professor Ford, if she testifies, will undoubtedly state again for the record that both Kavanaugh and Judge were extremely drunk that evening. And theres nothing in Judges record to make us doubt this.
In fact, Judge, who is an alcoholic in recovery, wrote a memoir about his teenage and college years back in the mid-1990s: Wasted: Tales of a Gen X Drunk. He followed that up with another memoir in 2005: God and Man at Georgetown Prep. In the former, he inadequately anonymized Brett Kavanaugh as Bart OKavanaugh when describing an incident where his friend puked in someones car and passed out on his way back from a party.
Its clearer from the record than wed ever normally expect that Brett Kavanaugh was in the habit of getting highly intoxicated at high school parties. Its also clear from the record that Matt Judge had some highly dubious judgment about what makes for an appropriate yearbook quote.
I dont know anyone who would have used that Noël Coward quote about people striking women regularly like gongs in their yearbook. Do you?
Heres what Judges own brother had to say about him and his Wasted memoir:
And thats it, thats the real problemnot alcoholism or a lousy childhood or an abusive father. Mark is a solipsist: spoiled as a child, gazing always inward, unable to recognize any pain but his own.
As you can see, Mark Judge is about the least optimal character witness you could ask for, especially on the subject at hand. And this probably explains why Lindsey Graham, who serves on the Judiciary Committee, does not think it is necessary to get Mr. Judge under oath.
The committee is currently planning Mondays hearing featuring Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. But Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) said Tuesday that they would be the only two witnesses, and that has Democrats crying foul.
First on the list of people whose presence would seem important would be Mark Judge. Hes the other person Ford has said was in the room during the alleged assault 35 years ago. Hes an alleged eyewitness who has flatly denied Fords account. And yet, per Grassley, he wont be there.
When The Posts Seung Min Kim asked Graham on Tuesday whether Judge should be called, Graham demurred.
No reason to, Graham responded. Hes already said what hes gonna say. I want to hear from her, if she wants to speak, and I want to hear from him.
At the Washington Post, Aaron Blake has an obvious response:
Indeed, this is the very point of holding hearings, and Graham knows it
But Graham also knows that if Judge is called as a character witness, the Democrats will want to know about all those nights he and Kavanaugh got black-out drunk and puked in peoples cars. Theyll ask him whether he still thinks that some women should be struck regularly like gongs. Theyll want to ask him about his advocacy for the wonderful beauty of uncontrollable male passion.
And none of that is going to be remotely helpful to Kavanaughs cause.
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)These men need to be voted out of office. They do not care about women in this country. Their purpose is to protect the white male control of the government. They are undeserving of the power they hold.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's really hard to take. I don't think I have ever felt so depressed about the progress and rights of women in my life. They are just steamrolling us.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)The Republicans long ago gave up even the pretense to be honorable citizens. They have engaged in vicious character assassination as a standard method of operation. It so ingrained into their psychic that they have embraced it rather that condemning is as fatal moral failure. Just consider what their swift boat henchmen did to Kerry and McCain. Both of whom served our nation honorably. It stands in sharp contrast to the worship of an immoral degenerate and draft dodging coward whose boots that lick. They and they alone are responsible for the polarlization of the nation's citizens. Rather than condemning the out right gross discrimination of President Obama they either applauded it or smuggly refused to condemn it. They pawned the soul of the Republican Party long ago without any intention to reclaim it.
Roy Rolling
(6,918 posts)Who better to vouch for Kavanaugh than another 17-year old drunken rich boy. He's the perfect witness to Kavanaugh's similar character.
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)their arguments.
They hold EVERY pertinent card. They don't have to come up with a plausible, reasonable, persuasive argument because they have already won.
They have the votes, they have the backing of the Administration, they have squashed the FBI and any other avenue of investigation.
And most importantly, they are willing to sacrifice every thread of integrity to get the most important thing; a WIN.
And the media? Fake News!
cungar2000
(98 posts)For quoting what may quite possibly the worst song The Who ever put out.
yardwork
(61,650 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)These weren't just teens with parents and schools, they were jocks with coaches, training, practices and games.
This could provide a variation on the tobacco executives' chant of "I believe tobacco is not addictive," though: "I was too drunk to remember anything except I couldn't have done it and didn't do it."
You obviously know nothing about elitist privileged white male prep school teens from Tony areas.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)high school football players. Besides, having checked out some of this jerk's writings, heavily given to hyperbole and over-emoting, I'd be a fool if I trusted him to tell the truth.
MountCleaners
(1,148 posts)Of course, a man must be able to read a womans signals, and its a good thing that feminism is teaching young men that no means no and yes means yes. But theres also that ambiguous middle ground, where the woman seems interested and indicates, whether verbally or not, that the man needs to prove himself to her. And if that man is any kind of man, hell allow himself to feel the awesome power, the wonderful beauty, of uncontrollable male passion.
http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2018/09/19/so-how-creepy-is-mark-judge-brett-kavanaughs-prep-school-pal-and-self-described-catholic-bikini-paparazzo-lets-go-to-the-videos/
Of course, he uses the Catholic Church to explain his creepiness.