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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#256451: Oct 3rd 2018 at 4:41:19 PM

Interestingly, Corker apparently said he fully expects the final report to the Senate to leak, due to both parties wanting to make themselves look good. Which, if it does happen, will certainly have an effect on voter enthusiasm.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#256453: Oct 3rd 2018 at 5:10:54 PM

Apparently 800,000 people registered to vote for the midterms last week. This could mean an increased Republican turnout, but honestly I feel more confident that this is likely better for democrats.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#256454: Oct 3rd 2018 at 5:17:57 PM

[up] Increased voter turnout and registration usually benefits Democrats. That's why Republicans like voter suppression so much.

Edited by megaeliz on Oct 3rd 2018 at 8:20:06 AM

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#256456: Oct 3rd 2018 at 6:06:07 PM

Apparently 800,000 people registered to vote for the midterms last week. This could mean an increased Republican turnout, but honestly I feel more confident that this is likely better for democrats.

I'm happy to say that I'm one of those 800,000 grin

A national council of 100 thousands US churches representing 45 million churchgoers has released a statement calling for Kavanaugh to step down.

Kavanaugh is going down as the most unpopular SC nominee in recent history.

I've said it before but if he's confirmed it could cause grievous harm for the Republicans, ironically if they fail to get him on the court then it might cause them less damage.

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#256457: Oct 3rd 2018 at 6:07:16 PM

This is probably a stupid question but do the midterms require some sort of separate registration? IU registered to vote back when I first moved to Maryland.

i'm tired, my friend
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#256458: Oct 3rd 2018 at 6:10:18 PM

It never hurts to double check your registration status. Contact your state's voting registrar.

Disgusted, but not surprised
RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#256459: Oct 3rd 2018 at 6:10:39 PM

It's amazing how low Kavanaugh's support can get but they want to persist via sheer stubbornness.

They could pick literally anyone else with the same views and it would be fine, but no, he must be defended and elevated to a position where there's almost certainly a real threat to his life.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#256460: Oct 3rd 2018 at 6:14:43 PM

I think it's a bit more complicated than that. Specifically, the fact is that Kavanaugh's closet may have skeletons but I'm fairly sure a lot of Republicans have every single bit as bad a collection of awful behavior. Given the sheer horrible number of atrocities they've voluntarily supported, backing down means that their next candidate will also need to be vetted and probably have something terrible.

Because the ultra-conservatives are a field of evil assholes.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#256461: Oct 3rd 2018 at 6:15:02 PM

It's because of a few reasons:

1) Like I said, it's actually kind of hard to find someone else who thinks the POTUS is above the law.

2) They're becoming increasingly emotionally invested in this because they don't want to concede anything to the Democratic Party. It's absolutely humiliating to them that this is as difficult as it is, given their numerical advantage.

3) The challenge to Kavanaugh represents an existential threat to a lot of them. It's a threat to their male privilege, much the same way Obama's victories were threats to their white privilege.

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#256462: Oct 3rd 2018 at 6:17:51 PM

Kavanaugh himself and the way he was acting is a good example of this all on display, but I actually think Lindsey Graham shows it even better.

"You want power. By god, I hope you never get it."

"I am a white male, and I will not shut up."

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#256463: Oct 3rd 2018 at 6:40:29 PM

Let's not forget the Sunk Cost Fallacy. Even if Rs did wanna drop Kavanaugh, it's too late to turn back now as far as they're concerned.

i'm tired, my friend
MrHellboy The Shadow from A world of my own Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
The Shadow
#256464: Oct 3rd 2018 at 7:42:19 PM

So... another Republican senator, Ben Sasse, has kinda sorta come out against Brett Kavanaugh, maybe?

https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-ben-sasse-on-brett-kavanaugh-trump-should-nominate-someone-else-2018-10

What do you guys think? Good sign? Or more false hope?

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kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#256465: Oct 3rd 2018 at 7:51:30 PM

[up]If he didn't outright say "I will vote against Kavanaugh", then I'll believe it when I see it.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#256466: Oct 3rd 2018 at 7:55:00 PM

Yeah, don't trust Republicans for a second. Until they vote "no", it's all theater or grandstanding.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#256467: Oct 3rd 2018 at 8:02:08 PM

Thirded. Until he votes "No", don't give him any credit.

Disgusted, but not surprised
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#256468: Oct 3rd 2018 at 8:09:57 PM

Fourthed. A Republican's word is always worthless.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#256469: Oct 3rd 2018 at 8:23:05 PM

Fifthed. I'd sooner trust Mephistopolies then I would the Repugnicans.

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#256470: Oct 3rd 2018 at 9:40:40 PM

Sooner trust a cow not to eat grass.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#256471: Oct 3rd 2018 at 9:43:00 PM

[up]To be fair, some cows are fed corn instead of grass.

Leviticus 19:34
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#256472: Oct 3rd 2018 at 9:45:40 PM

Yeah, but that's on the farmer, and not the cow.

Disgusted, but not surprised
ITNW1989 a from Big Meat, USA Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#256473: Oct 3rd 2018 at 10:37:54 PM

It's the reason I'm not putting any stock on Flake, Collins and Murkowski acting all indignant and angry at Trump for his recent behavior towards Dr. Ford and Kavanaugh. They can grandstand and be as self-righteous as they want, but until I actually see them vote against Kavanaugh, I'm not giving them a single iota of praise or credit.

Hitokiri in the streets, daishouri in the sheets.
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#256474: Oct 3rd 2018 at 11:38:58 PM

This might be the right moment for a warning: Even if you have registered in the past, better check your status. There have been stories about people having been "accidentally" scratched off the voter list. Make sure that this doesn't happen to you. They will use every trick in the book to manipulate those elections.

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#256475: Oct 4th 2018 at 1:52:00 AM

Well in today's bad news the White House is claiming the FBI probe turned up nothing after they completed their investigation after only investigating one of the accusers and a handful of witnesses. Democrats are rightly pointing out that the FBI was forced to operate under ludicrously narrow parameters but we all know that all the Republican Base will hear is "the FBI found nothing."


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