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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 8

    emptywheel Retweeted Benjamin Wittes

    Again, Kavanaugh DID NOT APOLOGIZE when presented with clear evidence he exploited stolen emails for political gain. That's ... not a decent person. If it's wrong for Trump to do it, it's wrong for Kavanaugh to do it.https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1038531838636118016 …

    emptywheel added,

    Benjamin WittesVerified account @benjaminwittes
    There are a lot of good reasons for liberals to oppose Kavanaugh. He’s a genuine conservative who will do a lot of the things liberals are afraid of. One of the reasons to oppose him is not that he’s some kind of terrible person. He’s a thoroughly decent and honorable person.
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      2. Mike‏ @normal_FL_guy Sep 8
        Replying to @emptywheel

        He's a dishonest person. I remember the first thing he said when he accepted Trump's nomination was a bald faced lie said to the entirety of America. What was it exactly? Something like, "No President has ever had a more thorough and diverse process of picking a justice.."

        4 replies 26 retweets 125 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 8
        Replying to @Mike_DMcDonald

        Yup. That's right.

        1 reply 2 retweets 49 likes
      4. Mike‏ @normal_FL_guy Sep 8
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Oh good. I got something right. I can pack it in for the day

        1 reply 1 retweet 22 likes
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      2. Know collusion‏ @ironyisdead2012 Sep 8
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I gave Wittes a pass on advocacy for his pal Comey, because Comey IS basically decent (though full of himself and guilty of a historical misjudgment). But on Kavanaugh no way. He's a corrupt creature from the right wing fever swamps wrapped in smug white privilege.

        1 reply 3 retweets 13 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 8
        Replying to @ironyisdead2012

        Oh, his worst was Ben protecting his buddy Jonathan Fredman, who played a key role in torture. https://www.emptywheel.net/2013/04/02/pulling-weeds-for-think-tank-employees-my-response-to-wittes-response/ …

        2 replies 4 retweets 13 likes
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      2. Laura Rozen‏ @lrozen Sep 8
        Replying to @emptywheel

        and his stance that he thought there was so much bipartisanship on the nominations it was normal GOP staff wd have was so bogus

        3 replies 8 retweets 64 likes
      3. Laura Rozen‏ @lrozen Sep 8
        Replying to @lrozen @emptywheel

        it was so disingenuous, to me revealed quite obvious capacity for self-serving faux naivete and mendacity

        4 replies 11 retweets 85 likes
      4. Laura Rozen‏ @lrozen Sep 8
        Replying to @lrozen @emptywheel

        which i guess I accept can exist in an otherwise mostly “nice person”

        2 replies 4 retweets 26 likes
      5. Eclecticity‏ @twistopherrobin Sep 8
        Replying to @lrozen @emptywheel

        I like Ben. And... I think "honorable" is a word that doesn't fit with what we've been learning about Kavanaugh.

        1 reply 1 retweet 37 likes
      6. Laura Rozen‏ @lrozen Sep 8
        Replying to @twistopherrobin

        could accept that he seems like a decent person in how he conducts himself with the people he works with, family, etc.

        2 replies 3 retweets 15 likes
      7. Eclecticity‏ @twistopherrobin Sep 8
        Replying to @lrozen

        Fair enough. "Within his tribe"... "Within his peer group." The test, I guess, for all of us is how we comport ourselves in the broader context of community. Everybody lies. I lie. But there HAS to be a higher standard with regard to jurists. I'm preaching to the choir. Sorry.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      8. KC Murphy‏ @klcmurphy Sep 8
        Replying to @twistopherrobin @lrozen

        He's gotten away with being the aw-shucks altar boy his whole life. But, as was apparent at the hearing, when his face turned red & he stammered when asked an unanticipated question, he's hiding stuff. And he's terrified that it'll come out.

        1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
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      2. Brad Casali‏ @btc2008 Sep 8
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Is nycsouthpaw just trolling Wittes w/ the email? I don't know what to make of it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 8
        Replying to @btc2008

        I think the email shows Ben prepping to criticize Pryor. But it is proof Kavanaugh was more involved in Pryor's confirmation than he said to the Senate.

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      4. IBrake ForAnts‏ @ibrake4ants Sep 8
        Replying to @emptywheel @btc2008

        Yeah, so much for Ben's assertion that none of HIS emails are very interesting.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Rick Petree‏ @RickPetree Sep 8
        Replying to @emptywheel @BTooMarvelous

        Don’t think Kavanaugh’s personal “decency” is worth debating. His honesty, under oath, is certainly an issue, as are his extreme views on a range of topics.

        1 reply 4 retweets 30 likes
      3. MeredithMcIver‏ @MeredithMcFake Sep 8
        Replying to @RickPetree @emptywheel @BTooMarvelous

        And his mysterious debt and its mysterious payoff

        0 replies 1 retweet 23 likes
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