# Can Democrats actually stop the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 4, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-democrats-actually-stop-the-nomination-of-brett-kavanaugh/820733 "2018-09-04T12:49:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-democrats-actually-stop-the-nomination-of-brett-kavanaugh/820733/2465 "2018-09-22T15:16:36Z")

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> [@wonky](#):
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> I hope that any person on this board who had any remaining shred of respect for you has lost it. They should have lost it long before, but this is just like a little extra shit frosting on your shit cookie.
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> Whether you believe this horrifying nonsense you are spewing or you are just employing it for cynical purposes, you are a disgusting boil. You spread corruption and ignorance and you’ll never face any repercussions for it.
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> I’m out. There are a lot of great people on this board, but staying here is like staying at a party where everyone has your shit on their shoes: the stench is disgusting and a nasty disease all too likely.

Personal attacks mean you got nothing. I have said many times that I have no idea whether this allegation is true, partially true, or absolutely false. I am just running through possibilities, but your side seems to say that he is guilty, no other possibility. That, in my mind, says more about your side.

> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#):
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> I agree this is an interesting head-scratcher.
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> On one hand, you’d think Kavanaugh and/or his allies wouldn’t be _that_ stupid and careless as to mount a defense founded on details that had not been disclosed by Ford. Wouldn’t that be a rookie mistake? Wouldn’t a seasoned lawyer see this quicksand pit from 500 miles away and deftly avoid it? Who doesnt realize this is how dumb criminals who talk to cops without having a lawyer present often incriminate themselves? For all we know, the names of all the female party attendees might be known by Ford but at the advice of her lawyer, she withheld that information specifically to see if Kanavaugh would knee-jerkingly reveal awareness of their names. Could he be \*that \* incompetent as to fall for that?
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> On the other hand, Team Kanavaugh was apparently dumb enough to think coming out with the doppelgänger theory made a lick of strategic sense. So this tells us that we can’t assume too much about their competence and sophistication. Anything therefore is possible.

That is indeed interesting. I wouldn’t think that a third year law student would make such a stupid move. Criminals? Yes. Lawyers? No.

> [@Lance\_Turbo](#):
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> I’m going to start you off with an easy one. A big fat meatball right over the heart of the plate.
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> Are these details corroborated or uncorroborated?

Of course those details are corroborated, but that doesn’t corroborate the allegation. Unless you are saying that any woman who went to high school in a two county area from me has corroborating if she would make a similar allegation against me. I mean, hell, if a guy is murdered in your hometown is that corroboration that you killed him?

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