It looks like SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh will bring some evidence with him to next week’s hearing in the form of calendars from the summer of 1982 to help clear his name:
Kavanaugh has calendars from summer 1982 that he plans to give the Senate that don't show a party that matches Blasey Ford's description, according to someone working for his confirmation. Calendars can't prove it didn't happen but his team will argue there is no corroboration.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) September 23, 2018
The calendars show he was out of town much of the summer at the beach or with his parents and they detail basketball games, movie outings, football workouts and so forth. A few parties are mentioned but include names of people other than those identified by Blasey Ford.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) September 23, 2018
And presenting evidence is now somehow “insulting to everyone”:
Idea that teenager kept detailed calendar of daily events, including small, spontaneous, house parties during the summer, is absurd. Fact that Team Kavanaugh is even introducing this is insulting to everyone.
— David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) September 23, 2018
We expect of Dr. Ford had a calendar the reaction would be slightly different:
Tired: Consulting floor plans.
Wired: Consulting calendars.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) September 23, 2018
As you’d expect, we’re seeing a lot of mockery of the potential evidence:
Does one enter underage drinking parties into one’s dayplanner when one is in high school? https://t.co/iO1SAV5H3q
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 23, 2018
Keep in mind, we haven’t seen the calendars yet but why hold off?
Do these calendars cross reference progress for the “100 kegs or bust” club?
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) September 23, 2018
A “weird development” that came about when he was accused of sexual assault?
He has calendars, plural, from 36 years ago, when he was in high school, in the summertime? This is a weird development.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) September 23, 2018
And the calendars don’t even matter, regardless of what’s on them:
I don’t care about Kavanaugh’s calendar – I want to see him questioned under oath about his binge drinking, what he thinks about standards of consent & what he believed as a teen, and how he treated girls & saw girls treated when with his friends.
Also: MARK JUDGE
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) September 23, 2018
Because it’s all part of the joke:
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) September 23, 2018
Or the calendars will help prove his guilt?
Kavanaugh boasted in his yearbook that he and his friend took part in drinking 100 kegs of beer in 1982-1983; if those binge drinking sessions we know took place are not noted in his calendars, they are not a full record of his activities. https://t.co/PNiNrGyacd
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) September 23, 2018
Yes, this is exactly what’s on them:
You mean to tell me a teenage boy didn’t write “get drunk at party and attempt to sexually assault girl” on a calendar? https://t.co/sc0NSXxQlb
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) September 23, 2018
And now being detail-oriented is grounds for voting “no” on confirmation:
3/ Honestly, if he’s such a tool that he kept detailed calendars of parties, movie outings, time with the rents when he was a junior in high school, that’s maybe the best reason to vote no yet.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 23, 2018
Orwellian indeed:
We’re in some Orwellian hell where the accuser is presenting zero evidence, the accused is presenting evidence in his defense, and the media and experts and politicians are scoffing because the accused hasn’t proven his innocence beyond a reasonable doubt.
— Big Pickle Energy (@sunnyright) September 23, 2018
And we’ll end it with this:
This is weird but it’s certainly far more evidence than anything Ford has offered. https://t.co/B1JOgY4aPW
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) September 23, 2018
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