Posted on 09/07/2018 10:11:31 AM PDT by Kaslin
Democratic senators put on quite a show Thursday at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. Desperate for a "gotcha" moment that would disqualify the Trump nominee, the senators asked pointed questions and gave lectures about transparency. But, they embarrassed themselves in the process.
Sen. Cory Booker (NJ) got the loudest laugh.
Booker's theatrics came at the very beginning of the hearing. He interrupted Chairman Chuck Grassley's opening remarks to announce that he had broken Senate rules and released "committee confidential" documents about Kavanaugh's opinions on racial profiling. He even referred to himself as "Spartacus," as if he was some kind of martyr.
Well, two things. First, it turns out that those "confidential" documents he was talking about had already been cleared for release. Bill Burck, the former Bush administration lawyer overseeing the production of Kavanaugh's documents, said so in an email, adding he was surprised by Booker's histrionics.
"Yes, we cleared the documents last night shortly after Senator Booker's staff asked us to," Burck said. "I was surprised to learn about Senator Booker's histrionics this morning because we had already told him he could use the documents publicly."
So, his "sacrificial" heroics were all for show. Second, the document in question showed Kavanaugh was against racial profiling. So, just like that, both of his narratives were debunked.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reacted to Booker's display Friday morning on Fox News by giving his colleague some friendly advice.
"If you're gonna use a document to disqualify a nominee, read it," Graham suggested. "If you read the damn thing," he added, you'll see that Kavanaugh "was against racial profiling.
Other Republican senators poked some fun at Booker Friday morning.
On this day in 71B.C. the Thracian gladiator Spartacus was put to death by Marcus Licinius Crassus for disclosing confidential scrolls. When informed days later that in fact the Roman Senate had already publicly released the scrolls, Crassus replied “Oh, ok, my bad”.— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 7, 2018
“You know... I knew Spartacus.” pic.twitter.com/94eGPCkOp1— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) September 6, 2018
Ewwww!
LAUGHING OUT LOUD...
I thought at the time that with that sort of courage he could become a national political figure. And he did. But as a mere court jester at this point, a fool who says foolish things boldly.
What’s funny is that McKinney now claims to be an anarchocapitalist (Austrian School libertarian).
Disagreeing with Booker? Isn’t that racist? /s
Was Spartacus reckless?
Knowing how his kind operate, have you considered he may have had his guards start the fire in the first place, to stage his “heroic act”?
Well at least she gets to keep on hating all the JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS.
. . . except for Murray Rothbard.
I think the Senators responses to Booker are hysterical! I do think he needs to be really censured. Of course maybe being the object of ridicule is how they do it. Frankly, Booker doesn’t have the integrity to be a member of the Senate in my opinion.
Spartacus or Sperticus?......Sphinterus, I believe.
Fartacus!
His “I am Spartacus” moment is more like “I am Sam” (after the movie in which Sean Penn goes “full retard.”
When Lindsey Graham is mocking you, you've about hit rock bottom.
Finally, I wonder if Orin Hatch really did know Sparticus?
[The Birdcage]
“Sharticus”
.....
I see what ya did there...rotflmao!!!
It's probably a hearing aid. He needs a better one, it would seem. He needs a better reading aid (aide?), too, evidently.
That said, if that is a critter like the worm from Star Trek II, it would explain some things. Booker was at one time almost reasonable. Maybe we should be checking a LOT of people. (There are many sci-fi references!)
Bill Clinton yammered on and on at the 1988 Democrat Convention. The delegates left or were going to sleep. The incident was never mentioned again.
Since Booker is a moron, he qualifies to run against Pocahontas, Krazy Kamala, and Gropey Joe for the Demwad nomination but you won’t hear any of this brought up again if he does.
LOL - the guy longs for the drama of years ago... ain’t gonna happen Spartacus... real racist are few and far between.
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