There was actually plenty of time three months ago. It was Diane Finestein that elected to wait until the hearings were practically completed before bringing all of this up. That's what makes it clearly a political stunt. I don't know what Kavanaugh did when he was 17, but I DO know what Bill Clinton did when he was in the White House. I don't recall hearing liberals weeping and wringing their hands about that, and pouring out their hearts about "the healings of trauma victims". No, then it was an avalanche of poison directed at Lewinsky who, thankfully for her, had held on to her evidence. Where was your weeping and heartfelt emotions then? So it's all about politics after all, and nothing about justice, either for Kavanaugh or Ford. It's just an opportunity for otherwise indifferent liberals to parade their phony concerns for women.

Republicans have no time to bring witnesses? What witnesses? There are none. They have bent over backwards to accommodate this accuser, but she has no witnesses. What would they present? A yearbook page, or a book, neither of which have any direct bearing on the accusation? It seems the dems have seized on this because they have nothing else to go with. They have behaved shamefully. Cory Booker sits there with a straight face asking questions when he is the one person in the room who is admittedly guilty of groping a girl in his teen years. All those democrats who say they are concerned about women's rights,why haven't they addressed that, or the Keith Ellison issue? What a noble bunch. It makes me glad beyond belief that I am not a liberal democrat. Repubs have their own sets of problems to be sure. As it says in Romans, "There are none righteous, no not one," and politics is frequently a dirty business. But when democrats attack a man who, from all accounts, has led an honorable life, then that is going too far. Is it possible he did something stupid in his teen years? Of course it is, and the lady might be telling the truth for all I know, so we'll just have to see what happens on Thursday. It is just unfortunate that this is being turned into a political circus. Barring the unexpected, if the republicans don't have the courage to approve Kavanaugh, then they will be as cowardly as the democrats.

Typical democrat propaganda. On the first one, if Dr. Ford does not get enough time, it will be on her since she is the one who largely set the parameters for the interview. For the second one, the evidence for the accusation is so weak that I wouldn't think he would need an alibi.

imagine that ;he was a ring leader of a drug and gang rape cult in high school and no one knew about it for 30 years ! This nerd kept a personal calendar for over 30 years . His accusers can't remember when where and how . The most we have found out about him is that he was possibly an underage drinker . That would disqualify about 95% of my class.

On that basis you would ignore the allegations that are vehemently denied to push this fellow to the highest court of the land?


What's telling is not only the GOP's reluctance to slowdown and seriously investigate fully these claims, but the accusers willingness to testify under penalty of the consequences of law. So just a fair process it seems would put this to rest and clear your choir boy of all these allegations. That's clearly not what is being done here, neither by the boy scout or his pack leader the dufus. He said many times he wants a fair process, so let's take him at his word and look for the truth in a fair open way.

For that to happen there has to be a fair and unbiased seeker of truth to elevate this from the smears that both sides are engaged in. We can't have that until the GOP slows down from this effort to have a VOTE before the FACTS can be found.

I say this as the 3rd accuser comes forth, ready and willing to submit herself to FBI investigation under penalty of law.

https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/a...e-girls-drinks

show me the evidence . Kavanaugh's nomination is a political process . The "fair process" is to have the opportunity to testify and be questioned by the members of the Judiciary Committee even though these are 11th and a half hour revelations withheld by Senators who's only interest is in delaying the process .

If they have charges against Kavanaugh they should make them formally to the law enforcement agencies .You know and I know that this is an act of desperation to stall the confirmation until after the midterms .It is one of the most transparent hail Mary passes I've ever seen. I have yet to see a smidgeon of credibility to any of it .


BTW ;when did you stop beating your wife ? heard rumors you did 30 years ago . I'm wrong ? Prove me wrong.

I've heard similar stories from people who went to party schools. Fraternities are where the best-looking and ofttimes wealthiest guys live. Alcohol removes inhibitions. And young women don't consider the consequences, too often think, "[It] won't happen to me."

actually she was an adult going repeatedly to high school parties . and she kept on going according to her tale until she was raped .

Obviously the FBI never went back far enough, and OBVIOUSLY NEVER talked to his Yale roomie Mr. Roche. Even now reports are emerging that some of those females who endorsed him before are admitting they didn't know him but figured he was a good guy given his breeding and school affiliation.

Listening to you guys though always talking about his past vetting, seems a very simple and easy matter to have the FBI interveiw these accusers and put this crap to bed. So why not just do that to move on and call the left wing bluff? Why hasn't the Dufus moved to put this to bed with a SIMPLE and QUICK investigation and end the he said, she said?

Why is that so hard for you guys? The prez is having a news conference right now which would be better characterized as a filibuster session.

Let's talk about those parties and the time period (and what partygoers -- of what age -- usually did at them). Then let's talk about how much older the "adult" Julie Swetnick was and why she attended.

I did not attend parties in high school . But I attended many parties in the mid-70s in college. I do not recall ever seeing or hearing about gang rapes happening at those parties. She not only allegedly witnessed them (as an college adult going to high school parties) but she also claims to be a victim of them even after knowing the risk she was taking. Presumably there were many people attending and yet she can only identify 2 people .
Now Swetnick has had presumably multiple FBI backround checks from her positions at Treasury ,Mint ,IRS .She also claims to have had security clearance with State ,DHS ,Justice ,Customs and Border Protection . Yet none of either her or Kavanaugh's backround checks uncovered illegal drug spiked booze ,gang rape parties they attended in their school days .

Hmm why did she go to sleazy porn lawyer Avenatti ? Wasn't Gloria Allred available ? Wasn't Saul Goodman ?

Btw, Julie Swetnick, the "adult" who attended ten (??) parties, is only about a year and a half older than Kavanaugh.

Very few women report such happenings, especially back then. The blowback against them would be as shaming as the incident -- and just as longlasting in its social and emotional effects.

nope Kavanaugh was born 1965 .She was born 1962 . That makes it more like 2-3 years older .She was an adult age college student attending underage high school parties.

So you think it is probable that they held parties every weekend where girls were gang raped and no one reported the incidents to any authority ? btw where did these parties occure ? These were high school kids . They did not own their own homes . Some parent or parents let them have boozy parties every weekend in their houses ? Her's is the weakest story of all the Kavanaugh "victims" . I don't think Ronan Farrow would even run with this story.

btw ;Swetnick was involved in a dispute with her former employer, New York Life Insurance Co., over a sexual harassment complaint she filed. Representing her in the complaint was the firm run by Debra Katz, the lawyer currently representing Ford. My what a small world !

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...=recirculation

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...h-accuser-sho/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...anaugh-n913581

Oh Boy this is getting rather messy. Go ahead Tom find a way to dismiss the latest accusers. It's only Wednesday.

Did you hear that dufus? Yo boy is fightin' just like you told him to. Nice evasion of the question about was he open to the FBI investigating the new allegations, Good job by McGann prepping him last week. I don't expect him to quit, but Dr. Ford was entirely credible. I have to tell you that Michael Judge would be the one to be called.

Repubs sure made a lot about dismissing an FBI report, but this circus started with Kavanaugh and his snarky interruptions of questions by senators. It was a sad sham show as predicted, except for the Ford testimony.

I believe her fully.

Perfect illustration, especially when you add that the four people who supposedly told you the rumors all claim they don't even know you.

Why wouldn't the repubs say, "OK. We'll do the FBI thing. One week only and only on the two even semi-believable accusers (the third one about gang rape is nutty). Come back in a week, no real evidence, dems look stupid (as usual), vote Kavanaugh in. Game over.

Must add that Kavanaugh was masterful dodging questions by filibustering about himself.

My understand is that senate repub staffers investigated the new allegations not the FBI.