Quote (ThatAlex @ Sep 25 2018 01:29am)
Just finished watching the full Kavanaugh interview. He came across as very rigid and anxious, not wanting to deviate from his very strict script at all.
I don't really blame him. This has to be the most stressful time of his life. And if these allegations are all false, this really is a horrible assassination of character.
But it also made me remember that Kavanaugh is Trump's B team pick. Gorsuch is much smoother...he likely would have handled these tough questions much better. Scalia probably would have also knocked this interview out of the park. Well, as well as anyone could in such high-stakes circumstances.
Iunno. Just haven't been very impressed by Kavanaugh during his hearings or many parts of this process. Most SCOTUS Justices have that "it" factor, where the room lights up when they talk about their life story and the law. Definitely got that vibe from Scalia, Kennedy, and even Gorsuch during his testimony last year.
Kavanaugh just seems kinda meh to me. Don't get me wrong, he seems very qualified and smart as fuck, and I think most people, including me, would behave similar to him in a such a crazy stressful situation like this. But SCOTUS Justices aren't normal people. Clarence Thomas, who was also accused of sexual misconduct, looked a lot more confident, charasmatic, and convincing in his hearings. Guess Kavanaugh would make a good pair with Stephen Breyer, the court's other relatively uninspiring and middling justice.
Also, how fucking weird is it that we have a SCOTUS nominee esentially pleading his case on a highly political cable news network? Felt like he was campaigning. Maybe it's necessary with all the attacks he has had slinged at him, but whether it's the fault of Democrats, Republicans, or both, this once sacred process has gotten so political that it's sad.
I think Kavanaugh is being very careful about what he says, because unlike a Senator let's say, accused of a sex w/e. He is about to be come a judge. I think judges have a lot less latitude with responses.
They stand the risk of be held to a certain wide reaching viewpoint, in any little thing they say.
I think we've all noticed that for judges, they can't just spout off an opinion about some immigration issue, w/o being immediately classed as pro or con for ALL immigration issues.
/e And totally unrelated to that, Avenatti is a joke. Half the courts in the land are after him for seriously shady money issues. He keeps getting fired by or misrepresenting clients. Even his wife is after his ass for alimony/ child support, w/e.
It's not like anyone has to LOOK to see if Avenatti is a crook, it's more like they have to look very hard to see where he hasn't been a crook.
This post was edited by Ghot on Sep 25 2018 01:11am