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Ender said:
Nothing justifies shameful behavior, but then that description doesn’t really apply to Kavanaugh’s reaction. I suspect the point @MonteRCMS was making is that it is one thing to be accused of gross criminal behavior, and something else again to have those accusations repeated daily on every news outlet in the country for weeks, all the while asserting that they should simply be believed and that your denials of the charges are themselves evidence of guilt. Have we no sense of proportion here?
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Anyone in politics knows what they’re getting into. Kavanaugh’s been around a long time. Presumably, he knew he was in for a rough ride, especially when the country is as divided politically as it is today. I don’t care for him, but I don’t think he’s naive about politics or the political process.
 
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How is being a Supreme Court nominee more of a justification for shameful behavior than being someone who is not so nominated, but has been accused of worse things?
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Nothing justifies shameful behavior, but then that description doesn’t really apply to Kavanaugh’s reaction. I suspect the point @MonteRCMS was making is that it is one thing to be accused of gross criminal behavior, and something else again to have those accusations repeated daily on every news outlet in the country for weeks, all the while asserting that they should simply be believed and that your denials of the charges are themselves evidence of guilt. Have we no sense of proportion here?
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Are you saying that having the charges appear widely in the media justifies the differential response? I don’t think so. If one is upset that the media is reporting charges, that might justify anger at the media. But in the Senate Committee, the anger and disrespect was directed at the Senators. He should have left his anger at the door when he entered that room. Also, I don’t know the circumstances ConstantLearner was referring to, but if it was a public hearing, it is likely that it received at least local press coverage. I think we should expect more control from our Supreme Court Justices.
 
You quote the HuffPost,so credible they are.Agan maybe expand your news resources beyond liberal hacks
 
Jeanne_S said:
You quote the HuffPost,so credible they are.Agan maybe expand your news resources beyond liberal hacks
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Oh, I listen to or read five or six sources and judge credibility by FACTS, not OPINION. I can see that what they wrote are FACTS.

Both parties have dirty hands, and if a liberal Democrat were up for confirmation, Republicans wouldn’t care what uncorroborated dirt was slung at him or her, and they’d be throwing it. They have thrown it.

Politics as usual.
 
No,really you are just wrong here.What the Dems did was so low it was a new low for even them.Just shameful and where did it get them? No where except exposing themselves to the voters. not good and won’t bode well for them at the polls ,thankfully that is the silver lining here
 
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There is no precedent for this, no smear campaign like this has happened practically never…

Sotomayor, Kagan, they got through.
 
Jeanne_S said:
No,really you are just wrong here.What the Dems did was so low it was a new low for even them.Just shameful and where did it get them? No where except exposing themselves to the voters. not good and won’t bode well for them at the polls ,thankfully that is the silver lining here
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You will never convince me, so no use trying. I don’t know why you’re wasting your time with me. I’m one who does not believe Ford and doesn’t care if Kavanaugh was confirmed or not. Sure, I’d prefer someone else, but I can, and will, live with Kavanaugh.

All these Democra conspiracy theories are silly though. Really silly. The accusation was Ford’s idea.
 
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ConstantLearner said:
Anyone in politics knows what they’re getting into. Kavanaugh’s been around a long time. Presumably, he knew he was in for a rough ride, especially when the country is as divided politically as it is today. I don’t care for him, but I don’t think he’s naive about politics or the political process.
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I think it safe to assume he expected the rough ride to be about his constitutional philosophy, not uncorroborated allegations of sexual misconduct from 36 years ago, sprung on him just a few days before the vote, intentionally hidden from him, even during private conversations.
I’m thinking he wasn’t expecting that. I’m worried and saddened that future nominees will need to expecting it.
 
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So much for those acting as though it was a bad thing to be as emotive as he was. Had he taken their advice, he may not be on the bench today.
 
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LeafByNiggle:
Yes, it is clear that being a bully is the ticket to success in today’s world.
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Are you acknowledging the Dems were bullies, or suggesting Kav was somehow a bully?
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Well, unless you think the Dems are winners, why would you think my statement refers to them. No, I was thinking of Trump, Kavanaugh, Putin, and many other world leaders who riding this wave of bully-worship.
 
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When people stand in the hall and scream at their legislators, that is bullying.

Whey they parade through the hearing room and disrupt the proceedings with yelling and outbursts, that is bullying.
 
I wouldn’t call it bullying.Thats the tactics of the left.What we have observed from Trump and now from a few of the Republican Senate is they are no longer back on their heels. They are fighting back and we love it!
 
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I wouldn’t call it bullying
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Trump was wildly criticized - across the aisle - for his mockery of Ford in a speech. He is also now boasting that those remarks really helped push him over the top. I would call it bullying and then some.
 
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