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mikesez · 09-07-2018, 10:05 PM

(09-07-2018, 08:50 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:
(09-07-2018, 01:50 PM)mikesez Wrote: I want a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, but, at what price?
http://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/...rings.html

This Article rips the Slate article to shreds.

Your article addresses a few different allegations from different people. I only agree with one of the allegations, that Kavanaugh lied to Congress. The link it made to Vox was more helpful.

"In sum, do I think future Justice Kavanaugh perjured himself? I don’t. Do I think he’s been less than forthcoming? Absolutely. Do I think he’s been more troublingly less than forthcoming than previous nominees? I do. Do I think we have less access to documents than we have with previous nominees? Yes. But I don’t think that he perjured himself."

The essay I posted invoked obstruction of justice and impeachment, not perjury, and only in the narrow context that "If President Clinton deserved to be impeached for obstructing justice, so does Kavanaugh." So the National Review and Vox are sort of strawmanning the Slate article.
I don't think a fair minded person can deny that Kavanaugh knew memos that he used to promote his goals were obtained illegally and unethically.
Trump could have done better. I would withdraw him and nominate another person not tied to this episode of stolen memos.

My fellow southpaw Mark Brunell will probably always be my favorite Jaguar.