Politics Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing, now with New allegations!

I have been. And I have never done that. But, it happens all the time.

 

You’ve seen someone denied a job because of something outside the qualifications? Their sex or race or religious persuasion? Their past record?

 

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I think it’s interesting that the Ds signed up to a 1-week “investigation”. The FBI is either gonna throw someone like Strozk at this to toss chum in the water, or they’re going to come up with similar findings that we already know.

One part that has been discussed is that the “believable” Dr has a lack of detail in many of her allegations. Fair enough...I barely remember what day I graduated, much less any parties the cool kids may have gone to. But the thing she DID bring up with specifics...the 2012 home renovation with 2 front doors, happened in 2007, per permits. Using Sen. “Stolen Valor” Blumenthal’s metrics, what are we supposed to think?
Personally, I also think the Ds miscalculated the level of anal retentiveness of a dude that kept 40 yrs worth of calendars to refute stuff like this.

 

You’re not allowed to take stuff like that into account. I don’t know how to say it clearer than that. Labor laws are pretty cut and dried, and not in favor of companies.

 

I see where you're going, and I think it would've been struck down anyway. That's why I'm not super-worried about if Hillary or Kamala or ??? becomes President (or Trump for that matter). They're not going to turn the country socialist. They're not going to take any guns. He's not going to set up concentration camps or induce segregation. I have faith in the court to stay non-progressive.

 

I already know how 4-5 posters here will respond.

 

I too am confused by exactly what it is that Brian is saying can't be taken into account when hiring.

barfo

 

But what's the charge? "At some point, in a place and time I don't remember, 36 years ago, when one or both of us may or may not have been drunk (but not "blackout drunk"), he sexually assaulted me"?
He already said that at no time did he assault her. The people she said witnessed it said they didn't witness anything. The "trigger" for her seeing a therapist (the "PTSD" from 2012 causing her to have 2 front doors installed) is, at least per basic investigation into permits, 5 years off and made for a rental entrance. She said he doesn't fly, and yet flew all over the place for polygraphs, vacations, etc.
I sympathize with the plight of women who've been abused and assaulted...when I ask similar questions to this on my FB page I get a lot of responses from women who have actual, verifiable stories of horror who've been forced silent over the years. So many that it's heartbreaking to me. Not just for their loss, but because "society" (be it their family, their school, their church, law enforcement, the courts) let them down and in many cases allowed the perpetrator to continue onto other victims. You guys know me...I've been very outspoken that I'm in favor of the death penalty for rape. If there were allegations that could even remotely be justified, I'm all for consequences coming down harshly.

I also have enough memory to realize that the Duke Lacrosse Team got
Brian Banks spent 5 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit.
Look up Nikki Yovino. Or farther back (I had to look up the name, but "fake rape new york garbage bag kkk" search came up) Tawana Brawley

Having 2 X chromosomes doesn't compel one to truth any more than anyone else. By all means investigate (I think that 3 weeks of all this has answered some questions and shown that some answers aren't there), but all the "I'm with her" folks still have yet to show me how any of her story holds water.

 

I don't think they are going to assign a counterespionage expert, but maybe I'm wrong.

That's one possibility, but I don't see how it is a foregone conclusion.

I don't think this is at odds with her testimony:

Getting therapy isn't a requirement for getting a building permit (maybe it should be), you can do the therapy later, even years after the work is done.

Nobody puts 'got really drunk and tried to rape a girl' on their calendar. It refutes nothing, and potentially gives the FBI some leads to work with.

barfo

 

ANything other than qualifications for that position. A quick google search shows CA laws (even if Kavanaugh would've been arrested for this, it can't be brought up in an interview or as an item "taken into account when hiring." Title VII of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission states that

One would likely be able to reasonably conclude that Kavanaugh's post-1981-or-so resume shows he would be a responsible, reliable and safe judge. that's IF he had been charged and convicted, much less had some hearsay about it.

Again, I'm not saying don't look at the personal history of Supreme Court nominees. I'm saying to call this a "job interview" means that you can't. So let's just stop that.