Thoughts on Dr. Blasey Ford & Judge Brett Kavanaugh | #KavanaughHearing
THE ACCUSER
The alarm was set for 6 a.m. and coffee was brewing. In about an hour, Dr. Blasey Ford would testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegations that Brett Kavanaugh, Mr. Trump’s Supreme Court Justice nominee, sexually assaulted her when she was 15 and he was 17, in the summer of 1982.
Dr. Blasey Ford entered the Senate committee room and sat down. She was unassuming and normal. She was instantly likeable, polite, and collegial. She put on no airs. She began to read her opening statement. Her voice cracked. She was nervous. I was riveted. At times, I was in tears. I listened carefully. She spoke carefully and credibly without exaggeration. I was moved by the bravery of this fellow survivor and gentle soul.
Unlike Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony later that day, Dr. Blasey Ford was never defensive or evasive, never raised her voice or lost her cool, or used sarcasm to deflect, or rudeness to disrupt. She was not political or partisan. She answered every question, thoughtfully and respectfully.
THE PROSECUTOR & INTERROGATORS
Dr. Blasey Ford was questioned by the Republican Senators’ hired-gun, a female prosecutor from Arizona, Rachel Mitchell, who specializes in sex crimes and was designated to question Dr. Ford. The all-male panel of 11 Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee wanted to avoid the Anita Hill optics of all-male Senators attacking a woman.
Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell did a better job than I feared of respectfully, but methodically questioning Dr. Blasey Ford, on behalf of the Republicans. After five minutes, the questioning stopped and switched sides, allowing the Democratic Senators to question Dr. Ford themselves. The five minute intervals of questioning for each side seemed to disrupt and undermine the process.
THE CORROBORATION
Although the disruptive process was less than ideal, a number of points were made through the questioning by the prosecutor and the Democratic senators that helped bolster Dr. Blasey Ford’s allegations.
- Polygraph: The fact that Dr. Blasey Ford took a polygraph test and passed.
- PTSD: The fact that she lives with the effects of the trauma, including PTSD, anxiety, and phobias.
- Imperfect Peripheral Recall: The fact that she does NOT have perfect recall and memory of all the peripheral events and details is consistent with sexual assault survivors. A perfectly recalled story is consistent with lying.
- Encoded Traumatic Memory: The fact that during a traumatic experience certain chemicals in the brain encode the traumatic memories in the hippocampus, forever burned, while the lesser important details and events fade. Dr. Blasey Ford explained this to the committee as her own expert witness, with a PhD and two Masters degrees in the field of psychology and related disciplines.
- Witnesses Don’t Remember: The fact that the people whom she remembers being at the house party don’t remember it is expected. If the small gathering was not remarkable, and nothing remarkable happened to the individuals, then it is consistent with the witnesses not remembering it. They never said it did not happen, but rather that they don’t remember it. The only two who said it never happened are the two men who allegedly perpetrated the assault, Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge, who assisted.
- Non-Partisan: The fact that the Doctor came forward before Brett Kavanaugh was picked as the SCOTUS nominee, with no partisan agenda or motive, other than what she described as her “civic duty,” gave her credibility.
- Told Husband in 2005: The fact that she told her now-husband about the sexual assault and named Brett Kavanaugh by his full name around 2005.
- Told Medical Professionals in 2010s: The fact that she talked about the attempted rape to medical professionals, who annotated it in their 2012 and 2013 notes.
- Told Friends in Years Prior: The fact that friends came forward who remembered Dr. Blasey Ford telling them of her sexual assault and assaulter, years earlier.
- Sought Confidentiality: The fact that she did not want to make her name or accusation public; she only wanted to notify the President and the Senate of the assault. She wanted her name and letter to be kept in confidence. She wanted to maintain her anonymity.
THE ACCUSED
After Dr. Ford’s testimony concluded, followed by a long break, Brett Kavanaugh entered the room and sat down to read his re-written opening statement, which he made a point to say that he wrote himself. It was a different version from the one that he had released the night before to the press and the committee. Unexpectedly, a political partisan conspiracy theorist emerged, blaming the Clintons and the Democrats and the lost 2016 election for the women who came forth with sexual assault allegations against him. What?
Earlier this month, in the first few days of his hearing, before the allegations, Kavanaugh acted like a nice guy, soft-spoken and even-tempered, but that guy was nowhere to be seen. His opening statement was delivered with self-pity, arrogance, anger, and resentment. He was loud, almost shouting, to punctuate each sentence in an oddly out of place staccato rhythm. He drank voluminous amounts of water. He sniffed repeatedly. His nose crunched up and his face contorted as his tongue pushed repeatedly against the inside of his left cheek. He was emotional. His voice would crack and he would pause whenever he spoke of his dad, mom, daughters, and friends. He concluded, and startled everyone, by loudly slamming closed his binder in anger.
Prosecutor Mitchell finally got to introduce herself to the Judge, the same way she did with Dr. Blasey Ford. She began her questioning, outlining the definition of sexual behavior, reminding Brett Kavanaugh that this definition included “rubbing or grinding your genitals against somebody, clothed or unclothed,” be it “sexually motivated or, for example, horseplay.”
The prosecutor asked the nominee about Dr. Ford’s allegations that he attempted to rape her and he denied that it was him. She asked him if the Senate Judiciary Committee had interviewed him about Deborah Ramirez’s allegation “that you waved your penis in front of her” and about Julie Swetnick’s allegation “that you repeatedly engaged in drugging and gang-raping, or allowing women to be gang-raped” and he said that he was interviewed about those allegations by the committee.
Prosecutor Mitchell asked him about his drinking and what he considered ‘too many beers,’ to which he defensively and smugly replied, “Whatever the chart says,” referring to the blood alcohol chart. Leaning back, with side-ward glance, he seemed to resent being questioned.
MITCHELL: OK. Have you ever passed out from drinking?
KAVANAUGH: I — passed out would be — no, but I’ve gone to sleep, but — but I’ve never blacked out. That’s the — that’s the — the allegation, and that — that — that’s wrong.
In response to Mitchell’s question if he had “ever passed out from drinking,” Kavanaugh stumbles over his words and says that he has gone to sleep, “but I’ve never blacked out.” He says this even though in Senator Diane Feinstein’s opening statement she directly quotes three friends of his who have come forward to dispute his claims that he never drank so much he couldn’t remember what happened.
Specifically, Senator Feinstein cited:
- James Roche, Kavanaugh’s freshman roommate at Yale, who said that he was “frequently incoherently drunk” and that was when “he became aggressive and belligerent.”
- Liz Swisher, a friend of his from Yale, who said, “There’s no medical way I can say that he was blacked out, but it’s not credible for him to say that he had no memory lapses in the nights that he drank to excess.”
- Lynne Brookes, a college classmate, who said the picture Kavanaugh is trying to paint doesn’t match her memories of him, “He’s trying to paint himself as some kind of choirboy. You can’t lie your way onto the Supreme Court, and with that statement out he’s gone too far. It’s about the integrity of the institution.”
THE BREAKS
Judge Kavanaugh seems to have arranged with Chairman Grassley to get frequent and regular breaks. I couldn’t help but feel, as a former public relations professional, that these breaks had an orchestrated purpose to get feedback on his performance, and to get prepped for the next set of questions, because there seemed to be tweaking in his behavior and answers after the breaks.
After one of those early breaks, Senator Lindsey Graham, lashed out with an angry emotional outburst against the Democrats, and for the cameras, abandoning the Republican plan to speak only through the female sex crimes prosecutor. The other Republican senators couldn’t help themselves and followed suit. Adopting Kavanaugh’s angry, loud, and belligerent tone, aimed at their Democratic colleagues, the Republicans took over the questioning, creating their own dramatic camera moments, all without reprimand or notice from Chairman Grassley.
In the end, Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell was never heard from again in that hearing, nor was she formally dismissed, thanked, or acknowledged after that. Perhaps, Ms. Mitchell was not partisan enough for the Republicans, but the optics of how she was summarily sidelined did not look good for the Republicans, who already have a “woman” problem when it comes to the upcoming elections.
THE CALENDAR
On the other side, the Democratic Senators — who, by the way, have equal number of male and female Senators on this committee — repeatedly asked for an FBI investigation and questioned Kavanaugh about his high school yearbook and his 1982 calendar.
Kavanaugh referenced his own 1982 summer calendar as proof that he could not have done what Dr. Blasey Ford alleged, because he was busy or out of town on most of those weekends. But what does that prove when young people party on weekdays during the summer?
To exonerate or corroborate, the FBI needs to conduct an investigation to verify the information and interview the people mentioned in Kavanaugh’s calendar. The FBI is uniquely qualified, with the means and the power, to investigate those calendar entries.
For instance, the July 1st entry is annotated with “Go to Timmy’s for skis w/ Judge, Tom, PJ, Bernie, Squi.” This entry easily fits Dr. Blasey Ford’s description of a small gathering that included beer or “skis,” short for brewskis. She mentions there were “at least four boys” who included Kavanaugh, Mark Judge, PJ, and a boy whose name she could not remember. Kavanaugh lists three of them in that entry. Couldn’t the FBI find out who “Timmy” is and interview him? Couldn’t the FBI find out where Timmy lived to see if it fits within the 1 mile radius of the Columbia Country Club, as Dr. Blasey Ford referenced?
The Unhinged
Judge Kavanaugh plowed on, repeatedly interrupting, filibustering, snapping, and yelling at ranking member Senator Diane Feinstein and the rest of the committee’s Democratic Senators. On a number of occasions, he would stare defiantly at a Senator, without answering the question. At other times, he would angrily, loudly, and repeatedly insist that the Senator answer their own question.
For example, when Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is always respectful and kind, asked if he had ever experienced a loss of memory after drinking, Kavanaugh didn’t answer, instead, asking her in a disrespectful and rude manner, if she had ever blacked out.
KLOBUCHAR: So you’re saying there’s never been a case where you drank so much that you didn’t remember what happened the night before, or part of what happened.
KAVANAUGH: It’s — you’re asking about, you know, blackout. I don’t know. Have you?
KLOBUCHAR: Could you answer the question, Judge? I just — so you — that’s not happened. Is that your answer?
KAVANAUGH: Yeah, and I’m curious if you have.
KLOBUCHAR: I have no drinking problem, Judge.
KAVANAUGH: Yeah, nor do I.
KLOBUCHAR: OK, thank you.
In the same vein, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse asked the Judge about multiple accounts of his excessive drinking in high school and in college, reported by Brett Kavanaugh’s friends and roommates, to which the Judge snapped with a a non-answer, repeating the refrain that he likes beer, “I like beer. I like beer. I don’t know if you do…Do you like beer, Senator, or not? What do you like to drink?”
Imagine doing that at a job interview.
Kavanaugh came across as a spoiled toddler throwing a tantrum. Someone who felt privileged and entitled to the job, seeing the Democrats as obstructionists standing in his way, and not as Senators doing their jobs with legitimate concerns for him to assuage.
What would he do if he were interviewing a candidate for a job with allegations of sexual assault and serious drinking problems made by many credible people?
THE YEARBOOK
At one point, because of its proximity in time to that of Dr. Blasey Ford’s 1982 allegations, Senator Whitehouse asked Brett Kavanaugh to define various words referenced on his personal page in his 1983 yearbook.
Judge Kavanaugh seemed to resent the questions, offering dismissive answers or innocuous definitions for every reference.
- RALPH was indeed throwing up, but not because he drank too much, rather he had a weak stomach. [Yearbook: “Beach Week Ralph Club — Biggest Contributor”]
- RENATE ALUMNUS, was indeed a reference to a girl, but not because of a sexual conquest, rather a friendship. [Yearbook: “Renate Alumnius” (sic)]
- BOOFING was simply “farting.” But it wasn’t. [Yearbook: “Judge — Have You Boofed Yet?”]
- DEVIL’S TRIANGLE was simply a “drinking game.” But it wasn’t. [Yearbook: “Devil’s Triangle”]
The committee listed additional references in Brett Kavanaugh’s personal yearbook page, which point to probable inappropriate behavior or excessive drinking. These references include:
- “Maureen — Tainted Whack”
- “Anne Daugherty’s — I Survived the FFFFFFFourth of July” [NOTE: The 7Fs preceding the Fourth of July, have nothing to do with a stuttering problem by a friend of Kavanaugh, as he stated. The Urban Dictionary lists the 5Fs, the 6Fs, and the 7Fs — all of which are things that you do to a girl: find, flirt, fondle, finger, f*ck, forget.]
- “Keg City Club (Treasurer) — 100 Kegs or Bust”
- “Georgetown vs. Louisville — Who Won That Game Anyway?”
- “Orioles vs. Red Sox — Who Won, Anyway?”
- “Summer of ’82 — Total Spins (Rehobeth 10,9…)” [NOTE: ‘Rehobeth’ is no doubt a reference to nearby Rehobeth, Delaware. The beach & boardwalk there could be a great place for the “Beach Week” referenced in the 1982 calendar. The two references in the yearbook to the Rehobeth Police are interesting and might be worth checking out for the FBI.]
- Rehobeth Police Fan Club (with Shorty)” [NOTE: See above.]
- “Wendy Whitney Fan Club”
After Senator Whitehouse’s turn, I looked up “BOOFING” and “DEVIL’S TRIANGLE” in the online Urban Dictionary and I was shocked. Not so much because of the definitions, but because Judge Kavanaugh may have committed perjury.
In the Urban Dictionary, boofing refers to abusing alcohol or drugs by inserting it into the anus; and the devil’s triangle refers to a threesome, between two men and one woman.
Did Judge Kavanaugh purposely lie to Senator Whitehouse under oath?
Perhaps choir boy Kavanaugh, was a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
The Mean Drunk
Who was this guy? It was easy to see the “mean drunk” one of his friends described. It was easy to hear the mocking laughter Dr. Blasey Ford remembers. It was easy to imagine him being the guy who attempted rape. It was easy to believe he did participate or was in the room while the boys gang/train-raped a drunk girl at a house party. It was easy to see the predator who drugged girls, who shoved his penis in a girl’s face, and who was verbally, physically, and sexually abusive with vulnerable or shy girls.
Throughout his testimony today, he was volatile, angry, rude, loud, evasive, and at times, like a petulant child, he simply refused to answer questions or he flat out lied. He has such arrogance and disdain for the process, that he lied about easily provable things, like when Senator Kamala Harris asked if he had watched Dr. Blasey Ford’s testimony. Brett Kavanaugh said he had not. An aide told the Wall Street Journal that he was watching Dr. Ford’s testimony.
The Unfit
I was taken aback. He lied about small things and big things. His sense of entitlement and disrespect for the Senators was astonishing. He was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who exposed and proved to the world that he does not have the temperament or character to be a Supreme Court Justice.
The process did little to elucidate anything, lacking an FBI investigation or the testimony of Mark Judge, allegedly in the room during Kavanaugh’s alleged attempt to rape Dr. Ford. In the end, the allegations by Ms. Ramirez and Ms. Swetnick and others remained unanswered, nothing more than a stench in the air. We were left with no answers; more questions; and a growing cloud over Brett Kavanaugh.
Why are the Republicans trying to rush the process? After all, the Republicans had no problem stopping President Obama from being able to nominate and fill a vacant Supreme Court seat for 14 months. Perhaps, the Republicans are desperate and determined to appoint Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in time for opening day, October 1, 2018, because of important cases coming up before the Court, which may impact Presidential pardon powers.
Surely they know how important it is to get the right person, with the right temperament and character, for this lifetime appointment. Regardless of the allegations of sexual assault, the behavior Judge Kavanaugh displayed today is unworthy of a Federal Judge, much less a Supreme Court Justice of the United States of America.
Senators, I urge you to vote ‘No.’ To do otherwise is disrespectful to women across this country and disrespectful to the Supreme Court.
We will all be voting soon, but the women of America will be out in force on election day, and we do not forget.
Martie Hevia © 2018 — All Rights Reserved
The Live Tweets
Following are my live tweets of Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony and answers before the Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon, September 27, 2018. (@BlueBeachSong)
— — —
Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell is going to question Brett Kavanaugh for the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, as she did for Dr. Blasey Ford.
Mitchell:
Sexually motivated or for horseplay, ‘grinding’ is included in the definition of ‘sexual assault.’ #KavanaughHearings— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Judge Kavanaugh begins his testimony very loud & ANGRY. No tears, but a major sniffing problem, face contortions, toungue-poking-cheek, and massive water drinking. Trying to sound like he’s crying and emotional, but no tears. Now he’s yelling at @SenFeinstein. #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
BK says that the Swetnick thing is “a joke! A farce!”Now he keeps repeating that he likes beer.Prosecutor asks him what’s too many beers for him. He responds that whatever the blood alcohol chart says is too many beers.
He went to sleep but never passed out.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Prosecutor asks BK if he was ever told about something that he did that he did not remember or did he ever wake up in a different place. Did he ever engage in sexual behavior, grinding, consensual or not with Dr. Ford.
And he replied “No.” to all.#KavanaughHearings— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
BK is being asked about the calendar. He says he wrote them and he kept them because his father also maintained and kept calendars. And he didn’t change anything in them. And he asked for a break. #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
The problem with this process of having just Dr. Ford and just Judge Kavanaugh testify to the sexual assault allegations resolves nothing for the process of selecting a SCOTUS. There is no FBI investigation to corroborate or disprove anything. He/She Said. #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
BK’s defense is that no one at the small get-together remembers it, but just because others don’t remember it, doesn’t mean the assault didn’t happen. And just because your girl friends say you didn’t rape them, doesn’t mean he didn’t sexually assault Dr. Ford.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Why did he want a break so soon after starting? To get feedback/coaching or just a pee-break because he was drinking so much water?
Why the over-the-top anger and accusations at the Democrats and Senator Feinstein? Pleasing Trump because he likes tough guys?#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Sen. Leahy asks BK if Mark Judge should be at the hearing as a witness, since Dr. Ford said he was in the room. BK gets belligerent. Now asked if he is Bart O’Kavanaugh in Mark’s book about being Wasted Gen-Xers.
BK says you’d have to ask him. Leahy agrees.#KavanaughHearings— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Wow. This new angry, loud and belligerent Brett Kavanaugh is scary. I can see how he would have been a mean drunk. He is being rude to the Democratic senators. The public is watching him. This will not help with public opinion. He is scary. #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
This new, angry version of BK is consistent w/the man who refused to shake the hand of the father of a Parkland student victim on the 1st day of his hearing. It fits w/ friends who have talked about him being a mean drunk. And it fits with a sexual assaulter. #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Prosecutor asks him how many times he has been interviewed by the committee since Dr. Ford’s allegations came out. Yes. And after Ms. Ramirez’s claim that he waved his penis in her face. Yes. And after Ms. Swetnick’s claim of gang/train rape or allowing it. #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator Durbin asks BK to ask WH Counsel Don McGann to ask the White House to request an FBI investigation into these matters. Senator Grassley shouts that we are not suspending this hearing for an investigation. #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
BK says this was sprung on him at the last minute. However, there is no real hurry or timeline or deadline for this SCOTUS nominee review. Why are the Republican Senators in such a hurry to ram this through? BK still avoiding the FBI investigation question. #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Kavanaugh is volatile, angry, rude, loud, evasive, refusing to answer.
Where’s the nice mousy guy who appeared in the first few days of his hearings?
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde?
Why is Senator Graham questioning BK now & shouting at Senator Feinstein?
Insane.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator Whitehouse asks about “ralph” references in the yearbook. BK says he has a weak stomach and that is what the “RALPH” references were. Sen. Whitehouse asks if it referred to alcohol. BK says he likes beer and adds angrily, “What do you drink, Senator!” #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator Whitehouse is asking BK about Renate Alumnus and about “boofing” (farting) and a reference to a drinking game.
As a former PR professional, might I advise BK to be less defensive, less angry, less argumentative. It is not coming off well for you, sir.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
BK shares something with Mr. Trump: playing the victim.
This is over-the-top anger and belligerence and woe-is-me makes it look like you are hiding something.
‘Me thinks the lady doth protest too much.’
(And I’m not talking about Dr. Blasey Ford.)#KavanaughHearings— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
For some reason, Prosecutor Mitchell is no longer asking questions?
The Republican senators have taken over the questioning.Senator Klobuchar asked BK that it would be helpful to have Mark Judge to testify and the FBI to investigate. BK says, “I’m here.’ #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator Klobuchar asks BK if he has ever had any blackouts where he didn’t remember all or part of an evening as a result of drinking. BK rudely and defensively asks Klobuchar, “Have you?!”
Kavanaugh does not seem to have the temperament to be a SCOTUS.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Another break?!?
I definitely suspect that Kavanaugh’s people and the Republicans are taking regular breaks to monitor public feedback, to give BK feedback, to prep his answers to upcoming questions…or Brett Kavanaugh has a very weak bladder.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Still on break with the #KavanaughHearings.
I’m thinking that Prosecutor Mitchell is not giving the partisan effort the Republican Senators hoped for, so they have taken over the questioning, which does not involve questioning BK, but rather bolstering him and pandering.
Sad.
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
If the testimony by Brett Kavanaugh proves anything is that he is hiding something, lying about something, and that an FBI investigation is required.
Did his mother being a judge result in any accusations by any girls to ever get ignored/swept under the rug? #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Kavanaugh perjured himself now, @JudiciaryDems, @SenFeinstein, @ChuckGrassley, @KamalaHarris, @SenBooker, @MaziehHirono, @SenatorDurbin, @SenBlumenthal, @ChrisCoons
Devil’s Triangle = a threesome (not a drinking game)
Boof = anal insertion of an illicit substance (not farting) https://t.co/qKRGjg1RZl— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator Coons is asking BK about his friends, who used to drink with him, and said he was a mean drunk, a sloppy drunk, and used to blackout.
Clearly, someone talked to BK that his anger is backfiring and he has come back from break a more mellow guy.
Actor#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Please, @JudiciaryDems, ask Brett Kavanaugh about HIS definitions of Devil’s Triangle and Boofing and those found in the Urban Dictionary.
👉DEVIL’S TRIANGLE is not “a drinking game,” but a THREESOME.
👉BOOFING is not “farting,” but ANAL PENETRATION with an illicit substance. https://t.co/qKRGjg1RZl— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Republican Senators are being DISRESPECTFUL to the ONE WOMAN on their side, albeit, temporary, Prosecutor Mitchell.
We can presume, that the Republicans do NOT want a prosecutor to get to the truth of the BK sexual assault allegations.
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator Blumenthal is asking BK about being false in one thing, being false in all things.
Asks BK about his stating that Renate Alumnus was not about sexual conquest, but just friendship.
(Check boofing & devil’s triangle in urban dictionary.)#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
BK keeps interrupting @SenBlumenthal’s attempt to ask him about his story to Yale students recounting his falling out of a bus after a long night of drinking before heading to class.
Interrupt. Filibuster.Interrupt.
Filibuster.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Republicans on this Judiciary Committee are not trying to find the truth about the sexual assault allegations. Rather than allowing Prosecutor Mitchell conduct her inquiry, they have taken over the questioning, which are all about bolstering him. Women #VOTE.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Are you kidding me?!?
Another break?Kavanaugh has set up these regular breaks to meet with his people to tweak his responses, reactions, and to get prepped for the next round of questions.
Republicans, women survivors want a TRUE inquiry of the allegations.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator @MazieHirono is asking BK about Dr. Ford’s testimony this morning.
Senator Hirono said this is a job interview and an assessment of character and temperament. She reads statements from his roommates and friends at college that claim he drank heavily. #KavanaughHearings— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Instead of responding to Senator Hirono’s questions about being a “sloppy drunk” and drinking to blacking out, and being a mean drunk, he talks about how he played basketball and how he worked hard. BK filibusters. #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
The Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee seem to NOT care what the truth of the allegations made by Dr. Ford that he attempted to rape her; or Ms. Ramirez that he shoved his penis in her face; or Ms. Swetnick that he drugged girls to sexually assault.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Republican Senator Tillis apologizes to BK for how he has been smeared & attacked. Says they’ve investigated the allegations, but they don’t ask for an FBI investigation nor ask him any questions to determine the veracity of the allegations of sexual assault. #KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Now, @SenBooker asks BK if he drank on weekdays in his calendar, which he provided, and if “skis” refer to “brewskies,”no answer.
Senator Booker asks if he believes Dr. Ford’s allegations were political when she told her husband in 2005, therapist in 2012?#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator @CoryBooker tries to make point that when BK pointed to his calendar and said he was busy on the weekends, he may have gone drinking on the weekdays in the summer of 1982. BK avoids answering it.
Senator Ted Cruz painting BK as the poor victim now.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator Cruz attacks Senator Feinstein, claiming she may have released Dr. Ford’s confidential letter and kept it secret to release it at the last minute. @SenFeinstein explains that she was asked by Dr. Ford to keep the letter confidential and she did that.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator @KamalaHarris asks is BK has taken a polygraph test. He says no, but they are not admissible in court because they are unreliable. KM states that the accuser took such a test.
KM asks if he’ll ask the White House to order the FBI to investigate.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator @KamalaHarris tells BK that he considers these proceedings to be a political sham. She mentions that this committee considered Gorsuch, who went to his high school, and had a full FBI investigation, and confirmed him.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator Harris asks BK if he believes that you can be friends with some girls and sexually assault other girls. He talks about his female friends and female law clerks and how they support him. Non-answer.#KavanaughHearings
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
Senator Jeff Flake apologizes to BK for the tough process but it is the only one we have. And thanks him. No questions about the assault.
Senator Kennedy asks him if he believes in God. Kennedy asks BK if the allegations by the women are true.
BK: Not true.#KavanaughHearings— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
— — —
So, after Senator Kennedy asked BK to swear to God that the allegations by Dr. Blasey Ford, Ms. Ramirez, and Ms. Swetnick are not true, the Senate Judiciary Committee #KavanaughHearings are over.
What are we left with?
No answers. More questions. And a cloud over Kavanaugh.
— Blue Beach Song™ (@BlueBeachSong) September 27, 2018
Martie Hevia © 2018 — All Rights Reserved | UPDATED: 2018–09–30
Originally published at BlueBeachSong.com on September 28, 2018.
