Posted on 10/04/2018 7:09:28 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A group of former Yale University students who referred to themselves "drinking buddies" with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are calling for the Senate to vote against his confirmation.
The former classmates of Kavanaugh's Charles Ludington, Lynne Brookes and Elizabeth Swisher wrote in an op-ed for the Washington Post on Thursday that they spoke out publicly because of what they felt like were dishonest statements from Kavanaugh during a Fox News interview and during his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week.
"We each asserted that Brett lied to the Senate by stating, under oath, that he never drank to the point of forgetting what he was doing," they write.
"We said, unequivocally, that each of us, on numerous occasions, had seen Brett stumbling drunk to the point that it would be impossible for him to state with any degree of certainty that he remembered everything that he did when drunk."
The three write that they "disrupted" their own lives by coming forward about Kavanaugh's alleged drinking.
"None of this is what we wanted, but we felt it our civic duty to speak the truth and say that Brett lied under oath while seeking to become a Supreme Court justice," they write, adding that they believe telling the truth is a "moral obligation for our nations leaders."
"No one should be able to lie their way onto the Supreme Court," they add, before concluding that they believe "that Brett neither tells" the truth or is an embodiment of courage.
"For this reason, we believe that Brett Kavanaugh should not sit on the nations highest court," they write.
The op-ed comes a week after Kavanaugh testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding claims from Christine Blasey Ford that he sexually assaulted her during a high school party in the 1980's.
Kavanaugh has fiercely denied the accusation.
Kavanaugh said during his testimony that while he likes beer, he never has blacked out from drinking.
In addition to Ludington, Brookes and Swisher, Jamie Roche, who shared a dorm with Kavanaugh at Yale, wrote in an op-ed for Slate on Wednesday that Kavanaugh "baldly" lied under oath about his drinking habits.
The Senate is set to move ahead with a procedural vote on Kavanaugh's nomination on Friday.
Agreed. It’s just silly...
As I just said on the other thread, it’s amazing how the formerly Sex, Drugs and Rock n Roll! Yeah! libs have somehow morphed into a bunch of torch-burning Quakers crusading against beer drinking.
Our colleges have long been havens of groups on campus who drink to excess. It’s been considered “a right of passage” for a very long time.
Imagine, a guy drank a lot. Who didn’t?
As others have said, Obama admitted to doing Cocaine. I don’t remember any Leftists saying that disqualified him.
But wow, a guy has too many drinks and he’s unfit for higher office.
B. S.
Children think more clearly than this.
I drank with college buddies who did black out from alcohol. They became a US Army Apache chopper pilot, US Navy officer, engineers and doctors. All outstanding individuals whose jocks DemonRats aren’t worthy of holding.
The Hill= The Pile.
Does this mean Kavanaugh isn’t a serial rapist any more?
There’s dirt on James Roche. Kavanaugh got him kicked out of his dorm room. He advised the committee during his testimony to read the unredacted summary he wrote on the matter. Sounds like he’s a bad dude.
#21. Only two things “come out of the woodwork” re Democrats and politics, Roaches and Termites.
#21. Only two things “come out of the woodwork” re Democrats and politics, Roaches and Termites.
Have any of these “drinking buddies” even seen or talked to him in 30 years?
I’m betting not.
He was good enough to get a LIFETIME APPOINTMENT to the DC Circuit (the second most powerful Court in the Country) but he isn’t good enough to get a LIFETIME APPOINTMENT to the SCOTUS.
Got it...
Why would we listen to a bunch of drunks anyway? LOL!
Jeff Bezos thought it was earth-shattering news enough to stop the presses.
Kavanaugh had too much beer when he was twenty! What a load of chit.
I would trust a Yalie or a Hahvad grad less than a thug from Detroit or Chicago....fu@k em all!
Yep - and think they are being over paid because they don’t have to actually get on their knees to earn this fee....uh-oh, I guess I’ll never be on SCOTUS because of that....
They were offered money for their support you can bet on it, check their bank statements
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