3119

I think Nate Silver’s take is correct: There will be polling this week, and that polling may drive the end result here.

3120

I’m guessing I won’t be polled. I’ve never been polled.

3121

Well if people who support Kavanaugh don’t talk to the FBI, then all they’ll have is statements from the accusers. That can be pretty bad for the person being accused.

3122

I imagine the vast majority of people hang up, or ask to be put on a do not call list.

3123

I get political poll calls multiple times a week. It’s actually the main reason I keep a landline active.

3124

Except they’re the FBI, accusations wont “prove” anything and the Senate will just hand wave it away.

It’s all a ploy. Honestly, our best hope is that Trump refuses to do it and it forces the Senators that are attempting the ploy to put up or shut up and vote against him.

3125
3126

Hell, I get them on my cell phone.

3127

One of the biggest things a pre-hearing investigation would have done is to establish the definition of things like “Devil’s Triangle” and “Boofed” without a chance for those interviewed to coordinate responses. Same is true of any explanations of what the events on the calendar said. Now that Kavanaugh has made statements about them, people can just agree with those statements on a few things, say they don’t remember some other things, and end up supporting him.

3128

Yeah… I think Trump is distancing himself from Kavanaugh a bit. If Kavanaugh fails, it’s McConnell’s fault. If he is confirmed, he was Trump’s pick.

3129

Well, an intern obviously wrote that one. I guess Lindsey explained to him what he needed to do.

3130

Did anyone else think of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLX79NUux_Y

3131

I love this timeline in which decades of Supreme Court decisions may hinge on boofs, Devil’s Triangles, and 'skis.

3132

WB Yeats - applies quite well to yesterday’s proceedings:

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity…

…And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

3133

Thousands of journos are probably investigating this now, too. Which will be the first to prove he perjured himself on Thursday?

How many DKE’s from that era are getting phone calls this weekend?

3134

The big question is what is the standard the FBI investigation is supposed to meet? Evidence of possible criminal activity? Certainty beyond a reasonable doubt? If there’s wiggle room they’ll vote to confirm

3135

Thank you for that, it’s certainly captures the emotion.

A thread of hope:

But this is also what I hope gets more scrutiny and discussion in the media:

3136

Worth a minute of your time:

LOL.

3137

Thank you for this. I needed that laugh.

3138

One interesting thing that could come out of the investigation is lying to the Feds is a federal crime. It’s not like Barney Fife comes along and you lie to him. So, if someone lies to the FBI and they get in a mood about it, it could really come down on them.