tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post3642960928815446007..comments2024-03-29T12:21:24.976+03:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Ret. Supreme Court Justice: Kavanaugh should be disqualifiedDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-91530745764341445642018-10-11T04:05:34.205+03:002018-10-11T04:05:34.205+03:00As if Obama only nominated liberals, Clinton the s...As if Obama only nominated liberals, Clinton the same, and Bush moderates.MiMedinat_HaYamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-54622109703465124902018-10-11T04:00:59.192+03:002018-10-11T04:00:59.192+03:00'FBI strongly slants Republican'
The direc...'FBI strongly slants Republican'<br />The director interviews the leading Democrat after, not before, writing his final report. Doesn't follow protocol of a transcript of the interview. After his boss meets with her husband on the tarmac of LAX (after first denying the meeting.)<br />?Republican Slant?MiMedinat_HaYamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-85549785847740402382018-10-09T17:45:44.689+03:002018-10-09T17:45:44.689+03:00Yehoshua says “It is true that the stakes are much...Yehoshua says “It is true that the stakes are much higher in this case than in most cases, but I think that lying under oath is disqualifying in any nomination.”<br />See https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/22838<br />“That is how these things work. Time heals wounds, and time settles accounts. Liars become exposed over time. Few learn history. Even intelligent young adults today do not know who Bobby Kennedy was; just ask them. Alas, even outright public scoundrels and thugs like Al Sharpton, after a few years, end up as TV news pundits; people forget his thuggery, anti-Semitism, and his race baiting. Meanwhile, good people gain public respect over time.”<br />I agree with Joseph Orlow, Honesty etc comments to Yehoshua. Thanks Yehoshua for your part.Gerald Aranoffhttp://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=7Y27bY0AAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&view_op=list_works&pagesize=100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-49605540669194846722018-10-09T06:49:35.196+03:002018-10-09T06:49:35.196+03:00It is true that the stakes are much higher in this...It is true that the stakes are much higher in this case than in most cases, but I think that lying under oath is disqualifying in any nomination.Yehoshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-21918947120007189662018-10-08T22:34:14.927+03:002018-10-08T22:34:14.927+03:00Really? Skeptical here. If there were only "l...Really? Skeptical here. If there were only "liberals" (that is Democratic nominated Justices) on the court, and he was nominated to be the only "conservative" Justice, I wonder if you would have found such a willingness to opppose him with such gusto.Joseph Orlowhttp://www.journalinginamerica.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-87291804664301644972018-10-08T21:23:17.378+03:002018-10-08T21:23:17.378+03:00I disagree with you on this point. I believe that ...I disagree with you on this point. I believe that Gorsuch was fit to sit on the Supreme Court, despite my not liking his views. Same with Roberts and Alito. I think that most conservatives would say the same about Garland and Kagan. The problems with Kavanaugh in terms of his fitness to sit on the court relate to his fuzzy relationship with the truth, not his judicial views.Yehoshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-75290410415061501062018-10-08T21:19:36.836+03:002018-10-08T21:19:36.836+03:00I give in! You win. Judge Kavanaugh is unfit to si...I give in! You win. Judge Kavanaugh is unfit to sit on the Supreme Court -- given today's standards of the Left.<br /><br />I say that unironically.<br /><br />Our country is so split, no one is fit to sit on the Supreme Court. Because of multiculturalism and mass immigration, we now have two camps that are so split, that a leader chosen from either one is unfit simply because each leader wants to utterly undo the side he or she is opposed to.<br /><br />We have a civil war which is neither civil nor war.<br /><br />Pres. Trump cannot select someone for the court who satisfies both sides somewhat. And the same would be true if it were Pres. Clinton.<br /><br />This is a great flaw of democracies. Sooner or later the extremes gain power and the vast middle ground is lost. Then power shifts back and forth between the extremes until the whole thing flies apart, like a washing machine on the spin cycle with the drum off kilter.<br /><br />Yehoshua, I have no doubt if we met in Shul we'd have a common good feeling. But the minute we meet on the playing field of political analysis we are unable to progress anywhere since each of us has solid, legitimate grounds for our beliefs we've formulated based on history, our personal experiences, and our understanding of Torah.Joseph Orlowhttp://www.journalinginamerica.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-49705806528320144142018-10-08T20:41:34.904+03:002018-10-08T20:41:34.904+03:00I do follow the news. As I wrote earlier, the FBI ...I do follow the news. As I wrote earlier, the FBI strongly slants Republican.<br />And if Kavanaugh is not able to get through an interview with them without lawyering up, that speaks for itself. There is a vast difference between having interviews with the accuser and the accused and "churning and probing and stirring till they find something," and I find it hard to imagine that you do not comprehend that. Admit it, conducting an "investigation" into a purported event without interviewing the two people most directly involved is nothing less than a farce. But that is what Flake et. al. wanted, a fig leaf they could use to justify their predetermined vote.Yehoshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-80773940440829048832018-10-08T18:39:30.641+03:002018-10-08T18:39:30.641+03:00Have you been following the news? A number of peop...Have you been following the news? A number of people at the FBI got caught for communications indicating they had a bias against Donald Trump being President.<br /><br />In any case, do you think that Judge Kavenaugh would speak to the FBI without his lawyer present? Do you think the lawyer would allow the Judge to answer any question that could ultimately lead to real or perceived damage? Meaning, the FBI would have gained little new knowledge from speaking to the Judge.<br /><br />I get where you are coming from. Your approach would have been for the investigators to keep churning and probing and stirring till they find something.Joseph Orlowhttp://www.journalinginamerica.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-77858820627204921622018-10-08T15:16:15.120+03:002018-10-08T15:16:15.120+03:00It is obvious to me that answering questioned pose...It is obvious to me that answering questioned posed by experienced investigators, face to face,is a totally different animal than filling out answers on a paper. Also, you are ignoring the possibility of follow-up questions raised by answers given, which can lead to exploring other questions, etc.<br />And you are 100% correct that the FBI strongly slants Republican, but I still think that they could do their duty in a professional, non-partisan, manner.Yehoshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-1238849304623421012018-10-08T15:12:25.550+03:002018-10-08T15:12:25.550+03:00The Senators presented the nominee with hundreds a...The Senators presented the nominee with hundreds and hundreds of questions, all of which he answered. In writing. No limit. Yet some FBI agent was going to find something that would then be turned over to the Senators that would then sway at least a couole of Republican Senators.<br /><br />Humph.<br /><br />The big mistake the Democrat Senators made, apparently, was waiting till the last minute. Had Sen. Feinstein not sat on the letter for six weeks, a full, in depth, FBI investigation could have been initiated that would have sunk the nomination.<br /><br />Of course, never know who Mr. Trump would have nominated next.<br /><br />But one thing for sure. The FBI agent doing the investigation would not have been partisan. Because the FBI doesn't tolerate any partisanship in its ranks being displayed in its work. Right? Right? Right?Joseph Orlowhttp://www.journalinginamerica.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-81021366768417493312018-10-08T14:57:12.231+03:002018-10-08T14:57:12.231+03:00Of course I was opposed of Kavanaugh's nominat...Of course I was opposed of Kavanaugh's nomination from the outset. He is a conservative and I am not. I would prefer not to have the likes of him on the court. But I realize that with a Republican (in name) president and a Republican Senate that abolished the 60 vote threshold, he would be confirmed. The same with Gorsuch.<br />Once Kavanaugh repeatedly lied under oath to the Senate, I had a slight hope that this would be viewed as disqualifying even by a couple Republicans. And once Flake called for an investigation, I had the hope that it would be a real one, not one intended to discover nothing new. Alas, I was wrong on both counts. But I hope that there will be a Democratic majority in the House soon, who will be able to conduct a proper investigation and at least expose his lies under oath.Yehoshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-19645040005039625562018-10-08T14:36:27.117+03:002018-10-08T14:36:27.117+03:00A random 'nobody' who happens to write for...A random 'nobody' who happens to write for a 'nobody' whom the good doctor found valuable and 'insightful' enough to quote and give him a platform here.<br /><br />Only a lier would deny the fact that a significant amount of liberals - of which you may be included - share her sentiments.<br /><br />I don't dedicate the kind of time that you do to argue in circles over here. Good luck though.<br /><br />The reality is, you were opposed to Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation for the moment he was nominated. All the 'new' info that supposedly came out during the shameful process were not in any way the reasons you opposed him.<br /><br />רפואה שלימה<br />GoodbyeHonestynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-24598890818045577982018-10-08T14:16:07.092+03:002018-10-08T14:16:07.092+03:00No, not kidding.
First: FBI agents are trained in ...No, not kidding.<br />First: FBI agents are trained in interviewing people, and could have asked follow-up questions that might have elicited more information from Ford. Second (and more crucial): The structure of the hearing allowed the senators to question Ford and Kavanaugh for no more than five minutes each. This enabled Kavanaugh to fillibuster and avoid answering questions, as well as precluding the development of a line of questioning that would last more than a couple of questions. Had the FBI interviewed him, they would not have had those limitations.Yehoshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-7090416259616462672018-10-08T14:02:32.647+03:002018-10-08T14:02:32.647+03:00Not a random nobody? It is some writer for a late-...Not a random nobody? It is some writer for a late-night television show.<br />I think this defection of Democrats is all in your active imagination. We will see in November.Yehoshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-5994077582054415872018-10-08T13:01:07.538+03:002018-10-08T13:01:07.538+03:00That's no random nobody.
And let's make t...That's no random nobody.<br /><br />And let's make that <i>Emperor</i> of the United States.<br /><br />The raw power EOTUS wields is amazing. He has tens of millions in his camp. And the camp is apparently growing with Democratic defectors.<br /><br />I am humbled to have had the opportunity to vote for him. This is an exciting moment in history. The Democrats are going *kablooey* which I actually think is a bad thing. It's awful to watch their slow motion disintegration. The country is not going to be better off as a one-party nation.<br /><br />Something will have to replace the Dems. The question is, what will it be?Joseph Orlowhttp://www.journalinginamerica.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-22413197074402334752018-10-08T12:51:42.354+03:002018-10-08T12:51:42.354+03:00I say without sarcasm, that I find it useful to pu...I say without sarcasm, that I find it useful to put the Left's predicament in context.<br /><br />Their lives, they feel, are ruined to some extent by the Trump Presidency. And these Democrats, Leftists, cultural marxists -- whatever term we use -- are like wounded animals just flailing around. They deserve sympathy. Their attacks on the nominee were personal because they, in their current state of mind, seem to believe he is some kind of monster willing to use his judicial powers to make their lives even more miserable.<br /><br />Meanwhile, evidence is mounting that many people who used to identify as Democrat butvwho sre NOT cultural marxists, are abandoning the donkey ship. The decision to un-dem for some of them seems to have been building up for awhile and the nomination hearings are just giving them all collectively an excuse to scoot out of a party they no longer feel any identy with.Joseph Orlowhttp://www.journalinginamerica.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-48732036434314268372018-10-08T12:36:52.031+03:002018-10-08T12:36:52.031+03:00You've got to be kidding.
The two who were in...You've got to be kidding.<br /><br />The two who were interviewed by the Judiciary Committee you feel should have been interviewed by the FBI and that had they been interviewed then the FBI's report to the Senate would have sunk the nomination?<br /><br />Do you believe the FBI has some power to uncover things that had not been discovered previous? Please, tell us, what you imagine might have been found out? What possible discovery?<br /><br />I'm not asking you for details, obviously. Just in the abstract: what in the world would the principals have told the FBI that wasn't told to the committee already?<br /><br />Yehoshua, I'm enjoying our back and forth. Your insistence that some fraud has been perpetuated on the American people is fascinating. The opportunity to actually discuss this "fraud" rationally with someone who believes it occurred is a wonderful opportunity. You seem to be thinking things through.<br /><br />By way of contrast, many of the others who subscribe to the "fraud" theory seem to be just numbly repeating talking points.Joseph Orlowhttp://www.journalinginamerica.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-38642954415684476912018-10-08T12:23:08.808+03:002018-10-08T12:23:08.808+03:00Ford and Kavanaugh.Ford and Kavanaugh.Yehoshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-63553862637833408642018-10-08T12:20:56.388+03:002018-10-08T12:20:56.388+03:00Which two?Which two?Joseph Orlowhttp://www.journalinginamerica.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-76673220176239944012018-10-08T11:34:28.580+03:002018-10-08T11:34:28.580+03:00Funny how those on the right have to dig up tweets...Funny how those on the right have to dig up tweets from random nobodies to make their point, while those on the left can point to the tweets and words of the Supreme Leader of the Republican party, President of the United States.Yehoshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-87117377729333148622018-10-08T10:47:07.895+03:002018-10-08T10:47:07.895+03:00https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/craze...https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/crazed_leftist_tweet_about_ruining_kavanaugh_gives_the_lefts_game_away.html<br /><br /><strong>Glad that we now know squarely where the good Doctor Eidensohn aligns with.</strong>Honestynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-76329860920041845002018-10-08T05:01:18.262+03:002018-10-08T05:01:18.262+03:00You are correct; principals.You are correct; principals.Yehoshuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-48453714748902269112018-10-08T02:32:00.672+03:002018-10-08T02:32:00.672+03:00Whut?! Who? Which "principles" -- "...Whut?! <b>Who</b>? Which "principles" -- "Lie at All Costs" and "Whatever it Takes to Win"? Or principals like...Dr. Ford and Judge Kavenaugh??????Joseph Orlowhttp://www.journalinginamerica.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-28896766619788747452018-10-07T19:43:01.503+03:002018-10-07T19:43:01.503+03:00Nothing would have carried the day for the Dems. T...Nothing would have carried the day for the Dems. The Republicans are in the majority, and they would find a way to support the nominee no matter what. But at least one hopes that eyes have been opened to the fact that in order to keep the nomination going, they had to have the FBI run a sham of an investigation, not even interviewing the two principles. They knew that a real investigation would sink him.Yehoshuanoreply@blogger.com