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Lisa Murkowski Delivers Message: Take Kavanaugh Accusations Seriously
The New York times ^ | September 25th, 2018 | By Nicholas Fandos

Posted on 09/25/2018 10:16:05 AM PDT by Mariner

WASHINGTON — Republican Party leaders may be insisting that they will install Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, but Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is offering a blunt warning of her own: Do not prejudge sexual assault allegations against the nominee that will be aired at an extraordinary public hearing on Thursday.

“We are now in a place where it’s not about whether or not Judge Kavanaugh is qualified,” Ms. Murkowski, a key swing Republican vote, said in an extended interview in the Capitol Monday night. “It is about whether or not a woman who has been a victim at some point in her life is to be believed.”

One of two Republican woman in the Senate who supports abortion rights — Susan Collins of Maine is the other — Ms. Murkowski was always expected to be a critical vote in Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation process. But she is making clear that, beyond matters of reproductive rights, she is deeply troubled by Christine Blasey Ford’s story of a sexual assault by Judge Kavanaugh when she was 15 and he was 17.

In the interview, Ms. Murkowski emphasized how invested she is in assessing Dr. Blasey’s story. She said she worked behind the scenes last weekend to ensure negotiations between Republicans and the accuser’s lawyers did not fall apart because of an “arbitrary timeline.” She canceled a meeting of the Senate committee she chairs on Thursday to ensure her schedule was clear.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 115th; kavanaugh; metoo; murkowski; scotus
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To: LS

Lol...refresh my memory. Who is SpewMore?


121 posted on 09/25/2018 8:11:24 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: LS

Larry, I hope you are correct. I hope that Murkowski, Flake and Collins are just putting on a show for the voters back home.


122 posted on 09/25/2018 8:11:38 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Jane Long

Chuckie “Spew More” Schumer.


123 posted on 09/25/2018 8:13:09 PM PDT by TADSLOS (I hate Russian Dolls. They are so full of themselves.)
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To: TADSLOS

Thanks.


124 posted on 09/25/2018 8:14:26 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast; LS

SpewMore = Chuck Schumer according to the chart on LS’ twitter. I just checked since I didn’t remember.


125 posted on 09/25/2018 8:15:08 PM PDT by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)
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To: M Kehoe

Yeah. A cheap plastic one, not a marble one. :-)


126 posted on 09/25/2018 8:15:37 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: LS
SpewMore will be doing more than spewing. 😷
127 posted on 09/25/2018 8:17:15 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: little jeremiah

TY

It’s fitting enough


128 posted on 09/25/2018 8:17:44 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: Mariner
She's an idiot but need her vote!
On A side note...
She's NO more a Conservative than McCain!
Makes Me So Sick with these worthless people that's been in the senate for years!
129 posted on 09/25/2018 8:17:54 PM PDT by djstex ((The REAL News of The Day ... Trump is Our President EVERYDAY!)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

All the fanciful names are deciphered here:

https://twitter.com/LarrySchweikart


130 posted on 09/25/2018 8:19:24 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: LS

“Yertle told the Values Voters summit that there would be a vote on K early next week and he would be confirmed.”

What? The Friday vote won’t proceed as scheduled?


131 posted on 09/25/2018 8:24:15 PM PDT by be-baw (still seeking...)
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To: Mariner

As a mother of 2 boys, she should be careful of what she asks for. They could easily be accused of a false charges that people are supposed to believe according to “feminists”.

132 posted on 09/25/2018 8:26:55 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: be-baw

Friday is committee.
Saturday will be talk on floor of Senate.
Then cloture.
Then final confirmation Monday/Tuesday.


133 posted on 09/25/2018 8:27:53 PM PDT by Ravi
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To: LS

“Yertle doesn’t usually make promises if he doesn’t have the votes.”

I think he’s confident that a few of the Rats will do the right thing. Some of them are between a rock and a hard place. They have the “D” next to their names, but PDJT has made the lives of their constituents much better, and these are the guys whose votes matter to the senators. (What to do? What to do?)


134 posted on 09/25/2018 8:39:45 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: Ravi

Ah. Thanks. Hulk get it now.


135 posted on 09/25/2018 8:46:13 PM PDT by be-baw (still seeking...)
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To: Jane Long

Glad you asked. Sometimes I see these twists on names or just initials and I have to rack my brain to see if I can figure out who it is. I wouldn’t have gotten Chuck Schumer out of SpewMore in a hundred years.


136 posted on 09/25/2018 8:48:36 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: LS

Must confirm.

Must suit up to protect from debris of exploding lib heads.


137 posted on 09/25/2018 9:40:28 PM PDT by karnage
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To: LS

https://twitter.com/Timothy29690149/status/1043627749372571648

see this??

sure would be good for the senate aides to find this guy and ask him some questions - either he’s got a good imagination or information..


138 posted on 09/25/2018 9:46:48 PM PDT by bitt (We know not what course others may take, but as for me, Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!)
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To: LS

Spewmore is Schumer, right?

BTW, I love the nicknames!!


139 posted on 09/25/2018 10:53:30 PM PDT by enumerated
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To: bitt; LS; All

Perhaps this is why DiFi was reluctant to believe her schemer Blowsey:

Timothy Leblanc
@Timothy29690149
Sep 22
Replying to @skylarbarrymore @JoyAnnReid

“I can be a witness but it wouldn’t end well for her. I knew Chrissy Blasey for a long time. She posted on her Facebook that someone should accuse justice Gorsuch during his hearings of RAPE! I told her false accusations are an immoral crime. She said “SO””
View conversation


140 posted on 09/25/2018 10:59:46 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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