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7) Kavanaugh, when given the opportunity to defend himself, gave a view of his adolescence that was, to put it politely, a touch inconsistent with other people's recollections of it. In his interview with Fox this morning, he basically painted himself as a virgin until he was in his 20s, who was too busy with church and school to bother much with parties and girls.

Here's the exact quote from the interview:

I went to an all-boys Catholic high school, a Jesuit high school, where I was focused on academics and athletics, going to church every Sunday at Little Flower, working on my service projects, and friendship, friendship with my fellow classmates and friendship with girls from the local all-girls Catholic schools.

And yes, there were parties, and the drinking age was 18, and yes, the seniors were legal and had beer there. And yes, people might have had too many beers on occasion and people generally in high school. I think all of us have probably done things we look back on in high school and regret or cringe a bit, but thats not what were talking about.

Sounds downright wholesome - not a whisper of his own participation and certainly no hints of illegal, underage drinking. Too much churching going on for that. This despite the fact that many of Kavanaugh's classmates - even his friends - described him as a nice guy, but a hard partier who frequently got hammered when the drinks were flowing and turned mean when he did. And this despite the fact that, in 2014, Kavanaugh himself gave a speech to the Yale Law School Federalist Society that included some anecdotes of his own heavy drinking.

Now, partying hard in college is not a crime, and Kavanaugh easily could have helped his own case here by basically saying "Yes, I used to party in college. Yes, I got drunk from time to time. I was young and careless and yes, I did some things I'm not proud of. I made mistakes, as all young people tend to do at that age. But I've grown since then and I'm not the same foolish young man I was. My experiences, rough and tumble though they may have been, helped shape me into something better. I have learned from them and grown into what I hope is a much wiser man." That, at least, would be an accurate characterization of what went on. He could still deny the accusations while admitting he had a habit of partying in high school and university; but to try and paint himself like a straight-laced golden-boy through and through instantly tells me he's lying and, by extension, makes me doubt his honesty on some of the far more serious questions he's being asked.

8) There is now a second accuser (which the Republicans knew about for over a week - not coincidentally, right around the time they started pushing hard deadlines to try and get Kavanaugh confirmed quickly, presumably before the accusation got out) and rumblings of a third. One allegation could potentially be chalked up to someone lying (though, based on the above points it's not looking good), but multiple, unreleated women coming forward to allege similar treatment? For them all to be lying is much, much more of a stretch (I can't even recall a case where numerous, unreleated allegations against someone for sexual crimes were found to all be fabrications).

Nothing is proven yet, of course, but given the circumstances I certainly wouldn't be hiring Kavanaugh if he was applying to work at my business...
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