We noted the other day that the mystery boy in the room when right-wing former political operative Judge Brett Kavanaugh assaulted Christine Blasey Ford (yes he did, we absolutely believe her) was a clown by the name of Mark Judge, a classmate of Kavanaugh's at all-male Georgetown Prep. An admitted blackout drinker, Judge apparently has a -- surprise! -- nasty view of women going back to his prep school days (more about him later). Kavanaugh himself has some interesting entries on his Georgetown Prep yearbook page, like references to "Devil's Triangle" (three way sex), "100 kegs or bust", "Rehoboth Police Fan Club," "Maureen--Tainted Whack," "Wendy Whitney Fan Club" and more (click to enlarge image):
Devastating to Kavanaugh:— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) September 17, 2018
Mark Judge was the third person in the room with Kavanaugh and Professor Ford.
For example, please read the quote used by Kavanaugh in the yearbook
"He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows, nor JUDGE all he sees" pic.twitter.com/bEcS6JRnNN
Here's his wretched buddy Judge's yearbook page:
And Mark Judge has an interesting quote too. “Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs”. Sir Noel Coward pic.twitter.com/X324euqhDJ— Kay Hoeprich (views are my own) (@khoeprich) September 17, 2018
Given those thoughts, maybe Judge has a history of abuse of his own. On top of that, his brother wrote a scathing letter in response to Judges' memoir about his alcoholism and family dysfunction:
"Mark claims in his book that we all lived in terror of my father’s drunken outbursts. I can only say that he is right in one thing; my family did come to fear one of its members. As another member of our family commented during one of many meetings about Mark’s behavior, 'Mark went to Markland a long time ago.' He still lives there. Sadly for my mother, that still means home.This is the character witness for Kavanaugh, but worse, this is the type of person that he bonded to in school, sharing a room and lots of experiences, one of which in particular, 36 years ago, we should hear about under oath.
And that’s it, that’s the real problem—not alcoholism or a lousy childhood or an abusive father. Mark is a solipsist: spoiled as a child, gazing always inward, unable to recognize any pain but his own."
UPDATE: Dr. Christine Blasey Ford wants the FBI to investigate the sexual assault incident before she agrees to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. She just called the Rethuglicans' bluff.
I believe Ford. And so does the panel of Republicans in charge. If they didn't, they wouldn'be be trying to rush this through.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans want Kavanaugh as a Supreme because he's going to provide legal cover for Trump as well as red meat for the Right to Lifers via votes to change Roe v Wade. He's an important key to tipping the Court. So they are never going to back down.
And also, on a shallower and perhaps more telling note, Republicans believe that giving up on Kavanaugh as a judge is a failure they can't afford. It represents a big loss to their “winning”, a sign of weakness for the Party. Imagine putting a lifetime appointment judge in the Court whose vetting was pushed through without thorough investigation, if he was a Democrat. Hatch and McConnell would be shrieking like harpies! There would be utter chaos. And the Republicans simply refuse to acknowlege that what they are doing is wrong on so many levels.
I am sad for Dr Ford, as she has been harrassed and will likely continue to be hounded. She has more courage in her pinky finger than any and all of the Republicans going after her.
This country is in serious trouble, when wrongdoing so obvious and pervasive goes unchecked.
donnah -- Well said.
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