Not only that! He probably uses Hunt's ketchup! Not Heinz!
Posted on 07/15/2018 8:22:25 AM PDT by EdnaMode
An article in the Yale Daily News today gives us more insight into the life of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. And boy, is it exciting stuff.
Kavanaugh attended Yale Law School from ‘87 to ‘90, during which time, according to classmates, he enjoyed playing devil’s advocate in conversations with his black friend, eating pasta with ketchup, and looking down his nose at friends who enjoyed watching Jeopardy. What a fun dude.
His friends also remember his painfully dull taste in food.
[W]hen it came to food, the future Supreme Court pick found hardly anything palatable, Christmas said. Kavanaugh was a “bland eater,” his roommate explained, who never ate his pasta with anything more exotic than tomato sauce or ketchup on top. [...] “When he had spaghetti sauce, it was ragu — he didn’t want anything spicier than that,” Hartmann added.
Kavanaugh’s fellow Yalies have mostly positive memories of the former law student, who they note, rarely spoke about politics. Kenneth Christmas, however, remembers discussing a few issues with him:
Christmas, who is African-American, recalled conversations with Kavanaugh about protections for minorities. The two often discussed minority rights, he said, and the role of the state and federal governments in determining those rights.
“He was sort of the guy that would argue both sides,” Christmas said. “I don’t think he sees himself as an ideologue in any way. I think he sees himself as someone who has intellectual rigor in how he looks at the law.”
Another friend, Jim Brochin, told the Yale Daily News that over their 25 year friendship, they discussed politics less than five times.
This shouldn’t surprise anyone. Kavanaugh is exactly the kind of debate club nerd who sees politics as irrelevant to his life—because they are. As a rich white guy, the political realities of the world have little to no bearing on him. He’s free to debate interpretations of the Constitution to his heart’s content, without worrying that the laws he upholds or overturns may negatively impact him or someone he loves. Must be nice!
While writers like Akhil Reed Amar may see Kavanaugh’s lack of apparent ideology (read: his investment in the status quo) as something to recommend him to power, anyone with an actual stake in what the Supreme Court decides on issues like abortion or affirmative action knows better. Once you understand the impacts that politics can have on actual human beings, your ability to play “both sides” greatly diminishes.
Ketchup is one of your four food groups with raman noodles, pizza and beer being the other three.
Maybe he has fond childhood memories of Spaghetti-Os.
“Yale Friends Say Brett Kavanaugh Loved To Eat Pasta With Ketchup”
This is one (of many) reasons Italians hate the Irish.
Here’s an idea for an entrepreneurial leftist chef. Pasta marijuana. Like a pesto sauce but substitute the marijuana for the basil. Gets one high and satisfies the munchies at the same time. No ketchup needed. Lol.
I prefer to call ketchup...tomato gravy.
Yuge fan.
I eat ketchup on mac and cheese.
The article actually states its Ragu he had on his pasta .
When I was a kid I had ta cook for myself a lot. One of the "dishes" I came up with was "Fried spaghetti". I followed the instructions on the spaghetti package, but had no idea what the "red stuff" was on it. Closest I found in our fridge was ketchup. So into the frying pan with the spaghetti, butter and ketchup. A lotta stirring and a while later voila! Caramelized spagetti! While it wasn't what I had intended, it was great!
I still make, and serve that to this day. I get funny looks until someone tries it. d;^)
Really just upper-middle class. Mom going from history teacher to attorney to judge and dad heading up a trade association.
But a swamp creature through and through. Ambition pouring out of his pores. The ultimate technocrat who is capable of writing clearly and impressing with his legal arguments, but sometimes falters when going for the political result.
His wife was W’s personal secretary in TX and DC for a decade and they are indeed the ultimate swamp creature couple. But we can hope he does indeed have constitutionalist principles underneath it all and will stick to them once on the high bench.
had a friend from india who put katchup on practically everything- eggs, pizza, steak, chicken, fish etc- loved katchup
My mom was a descendant of the Famine immigrants . She married my dad, son of a Calabrese grocer. Before they were married his mom took my mom aside and taught her everything she could about cooking. It seems she could not bear the thought of her son being fed by a girl whose idea of tomato sauce was Heinz ketchup and hot water.
C'mon, Doc! You should know better than to use that phrase in anything referring to "Mrs Clinton". Hehehe. d;^)
And the press never questioned it...
Not only that! He probably uses Hunt's ketchup! Not Heinz!
Run fo’ yo’ loives—it’s de end of de woild!!!
Hi! I’m John Kerry and I served in Vietnam. I love Ketchup so much, I married the company.
I cannot get over the fact that no one saw Obama at Columbia. Will we ever know what really went on with him?
All white guys are rich. Don’t you know that.
It’s interesting how they can find all these people who remember Kavanaugh in college. Especially when they couldnt find anyone who remembered Obama anywhere.
On Facebook, a 20th century advertising page shows vintage ads. Several are for Heinz or other ketchup brands — and proudly shows the ketchup being used on steak. I always think of the idiots who criticized Trump for it. They’d never understand it was acceptable when he was young.
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