At best, Kavanaugh was drunk during yesterday's performance

[Cyrano]

At worst, he wasn't.

And assuming he was sober, a man with his temperament has no business on the Supreme Court. Or even baby sitting a hamster.

If he ends up being confirmed to the Supreme Court, it's quite obvious that the Republican Party would have had no problem giving that seat to Caligula or Jack the Ripper.

Republicans have always claimed to be the party of values. They have made those "values" very clear to every sane person who doesn't watch Fox "news."

[hlthe2b]

1. I think it was classical "DRY DRUNK" behavior--oscillating between anger and tears

[Wounded Bear]

6. Yeah, known some folks like that...

It happens when they stop drinking but don't change the underlying behaviors that led to it.

[hlthe2b]

10. I think neurologists attribute it to the rewiring effect of chronic alcohol abuse within the brain

Not at all uncommon.

[Hortensis]

17. I think he's awful enough without this kind of slander.

Heavy drinking in adolescence is no reason to assume it's still going on at 57 in a high functioning (sort of) person.

Fwiw, I agree with the OP that the worst possibility is that Kavanaugh wasn't under the influence of anything except his own personality. The worst is also by far the more likely.

[hlthe2b]

20. Heavy consumption (including long term binge drinking) even earlier in life oft causes this syndrome

You are ill-informed on this medical condition. No one is slandering him, unless you buy the RW memes about his choir boy (occasional beer only personna) And if so, SHAME ON YOU.

NO one is saying all heavy drinkers--at any stage of life--develop this syndrome--but there is ample evidence that MANY do.


Accusing me of slander is really beyond the pale, despite my realizing this is something you take personally.

[Hortensis]

21. Of course assumption of alcoholism is slander, or

is it libel? Since the internet I've never been sure.

Also, no one here is qualified to speak on his medical condition, even if an appropriate specialist were among us. So let's not pretend this discussion is on some more elevated, intellectual level than it is.

As for accusing you, I was accusing most of this kind of thread, which includes a few others that would elevate DU by being deleted. Discussion of a man shockingly oblivious to limits would be far more effective with a display of our own. For contrast.

[hlthe2b]

22. Bullshit If you are going to accuse fellow DUes of slander for voicing opinions OR

information on valid medical conditions, then I think you are in need of rethinking whether this is the place for you.

[MoonRiver]

18. He was under the influence.

Probably the only way he could get through that hearing. Also explains why his wife was scowling.

[2naSalit]

2. I think he was under the influence...nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Either way, his behavior wasn't that of a stable person.

Trump liked what he saw because K was belligerent and angry, but that's not the way a Supreme Court justice should behave. If he was drunk it means he's likely an alcoholic (and a mean drunk, at that); if he wasn't, he's just a belligerent asshole. Neither belligerent assholes nor mean drunks belong on the Supreme Court.

And can you imagine what would have been said if Dr. Ford had behaved like that?

[SunSeeker]

4. It was truly shocking as I watched him. When he blamed the Clintons...

I realized that guy is nuts.

[Cyrano]

5. Or drunk

Either way, this is one fucked up person who should never, NEVER, be in a position of authority over anyone.

[zonkers]

7. I want to know what Dr. Drew or AA has to say about his behavior.

[Meadowoak]

8. Kav needs a full psychiatric evaluation.

[Cyrano]

9. I'm also wondering if Lindsey Graham was drunk

What he bellowed out yesterday was beyond weird:

“I’m a single white male from South Carolina, and I’m told I should just shut up, but I will not shut up.”

He sounded like some guy who was about to publicly come out of the closet.

[nature-lover]

11. Or, he was letting trumpy know what a strong replacement he would be for Sessions.

[lillypaddle]

12. Just guessing

But I think he was referencing Mazie Hirono's remark the other day telling men to just sit down and shut up.

[NightWatcher]

13. He reminds me of my grandmother when she lost her mind

She has the same accent as he does as well.

[MontanaMama]

14. I thought the same about Lindsey yesterday

when he said “somebody’s gotta tell Rump and I guess that’s MY job”. He looked and sounded liquored IMO.

[NCjack]

15. Lindsey just showed us his true unrepressed state. nt

[Hekate]

16. When stone cold sober, Kavanaugh stalled a young woman's request for an early abortion....

...simply because he had the power to do so. He was trying to get her to the point where it would be too dangerous to perform an abortion at all, and hence her only option would be to give birth while she herself was in captivity for daring to cross the border.

This was recent. This is his cold ideologically-driven soul. Power over women.

[Hekate]

19. The Wall Street Journal said one of them was "emotionally fragile." Guess which one?

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who never raised her voice and never shed a tear.