What the hell is wrong with Grassley losing his temper and yelling?

[madaboutharry]

He is coming off as an angry old man. He is furious that he has lost the plot.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. His meds wore off

I am surprised he made it this long.

[rurallib]

2. He is seeing the end of white male privilege and dominance

in the rear view mirror.
Edit to add:

This is just the very visual that Repugs wanted to avoid. That is why they hired the female gun.
Angry old white male at the hearing of a woman who was sexually assaulted.

[marieo1]

38. rurallib

Oh, my, you nailed it!!! Thank You

[erronis]

42. I hope it is way away in the rear view mirror. Like millions of miles.

The reason the repuglicons don't understand optics is because they don't understand empathy.

They can't even imagine being in the shoes of someone like Dr. Ford or someone looking for a better life in this country without money to buy a green card.

They can't imagine associating with people like me (low/mid-class) or not in their prep-school/ivy-league university.

They can't imagine real life for 99.9% of the world.

They will learn.

The world is a harsh mistress.

[sarge43]

49. They never left the prep school and country club. n/t

[bitterross]

47. +10000 - Not nearly soon enough. /nt

[Kurt V.]

51. +1

[wcmagumba]

3. Total asshole...nt

[question everything]

4. He IS and angry old man. Could not even read his own opening remarks.

[spanone]

5. he is an angry, old, partisan pos.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

6. The Attorney Who Loses His Cool Loses His Case

He knows he's losing. That's why he's upset.

[yuiyoshida]

32. I hope you are right and

Kavanaugh is voted down. Its not likely though, the Republicans have their agenda.

[NoMoreRepugs]

7. Even with his mr magoo glasses he can see his

sorry ass is taking a whipping.

[beachbum bob]

8. its his speel, always has been...If I was Durbin I'd make more comments directed at Grassely

and his incompetence of vetting a nominee. People like Grassely (and trump) CAN NOT TAKE PUBLIC HUMILIATION, SO i WOULD PILE IT ON.

[Nevilledog]

12. Agreed.

[Grasswire2]

9. what's the fuss about the polygraph records?

Grassley doesn't want them submitted as evidence?

[Nevilledog]

14. Kavanaugh is a big proponent of polygraphs in his judicial writings.

Crossing my fingers that Dems know and bring it up to Kavanaugh.

[NoSmoke]

50. If he is a big proponent of polygraphs,

he should be disqualified on that basis alone.

These dammed things are hocus-pocus i.e. unreliable and too easy to beat, one way or the other.

[procon]

10. Good, let him act like a old meanie bullying Dr. Ford who is very nice and polite. nt

[riversedge]

16. She sounds so sincere, so honest.

[SWBTATTReg]

11. Really. Cause them to lose their tempers (repugs) and show America truly what they ...

really are like. A bunch of old, angry, white men. Pathetic losers, all of them. Not a very good showing
of American decency, morality, and values, eh, being broadcast to the whole world (I seriously doubt the whole world is watching, but they have seen what a loser rump is via his UN appearance).

[uponit7771]

13. K&R, dems keep bringing up there was no FBI investigation. He doesn't like that

[gratuitous]

19. That's a linchpin of the Republican story

Six FBI investigations! Although in his opening remarks, Sen. Grassley slipped up and said that the FBI had gone over Judge Kreepazoid's record for the last 25 years. Apparently, Sen. Grassley doesn't realize that time frame didn't include the time Dr. Ford is talking about. There has been no FBI investigation going back that far.

There has also not been a full airing of just what the FBI spent its time investigating. We know that a very large part of Judge Kreepazoid's government records have been assigned "Committee Confidential" classification, meaning that while the Senators know about certain events of Judge Kreepazoid's past, they can't ask him about any of it in open session. Grassley has also ruled that any Democratic motion to go into closed or executive session to talk about it is out of order. Did the FBI investigate any of the Committee Confidential material? We don't know.

In addition, the White House has withheld another large chunk of Judge Kreepazoid's record, citing executive privilege, a dubious (at best) assertion, but one that the Judiciary Committee has not challenged. Sen. Grassley again, if you must know. Did the FBI go through the material under executive privilege seal? We don't know about that, either. Certainly if the FBI reviewed, investigated, and interviewed people in connection with the Committee Confidential or Executive Privilege materials, none of that could be reported to the public, and none of the material under executive privilege could be disclosed to the Committee.

For Grassley to keep parroting the line about six FBI investigations is merely a talking point. It doesn't mean that the FBI has done anything like a thorough investigation and reported on its findings to the Committee. Grassley knows this, but figures (probably correctly) that the media and the public will hear "six investigations" and conclude that Judge Kreepazoid has been thoroughly vetted when he hasn't.

[uponit7771]

20. +1, lack of FBI investigations also gets the most agro from MAGA Minions, they know its illegitimate

[beachbum bob]

24. when NEW information comes forward...YOU INVESTIGATE

otherwise its a coverup

[RVN VET71]

39. 25 years ago: 1993

Grassley is a slimy snake. I'll give him that. He knows full well that the investigations didn't cover the period of time in question. At any rate, even if they did, they probably wouldn't have turned up anything bad if they investigations preceded Ms Ford's letter to Sen. Feinstein.

Someone ought to ask Grassley if, were the shoe on the other foot, so to speak, and these accusations of sexual assault had been made against a Democratic President's nominee, would he have consented to the rush to confirmation?

Actually, someone ought to ask Kavanaugh the same question: Brett, if you were up here and some other rich, pasty white skinned dude were sitting before you with accusations levied of sexual assault levied against him from 4 women, and collaborating testimony from dozens of others as to his corrupt and morally deficient character well into adulthood, would you give the dude a pass and hire him to SCOTUS for life?

Or dear Brett, would you say whoa, let's do some serious background checking of these allegations because, jeez, laughing with a friend while holding your hand over the mouth of a 15 year old girl? Man if that one is true, you ought be in jail for like a long time! And maybe go to hell when you die.

[KSNY]

53. Excellent suggestion! Imagine Kav were Bill Clinton or Hillary

or anyone else not in your "in" group. How would you proceed, Judge Kavanaugh?

[riversedge]

15. Grassley started off very defensive and it is not getting better for him.

[beachbum bob]

17. I beleive every democrat now on the committee should be asking what is Grassley trying

to coverup? What does Grassley know about kavanaugh that he doesn't want the FBI to reveal?

there is a way to play this game and take it right back at them

[gratuitous]

21. Also ask him why is in such a hurry?

Is there some other item of business that Grassley needs to attend to? Because the Democrats would be amenable to a recess of the hearing until the latter part of October, or even the first part of December. The last Supreme Court vacancy was open for more than a year; there's no apparent rush to fill this one, is there?

[beachbum bob]

23. mueller investigastion mueller investigastion mueller investigastion mueller investigastion

[charliea]

43. Pardon Power!

I just saw yesterday that the nominee (won't say his name) has opinions that the dual-sovereignty double-jeopardy case (Gamble vs. US) that is up for the court this term would, if resolved in favor of Gamble would radically expand tRump's pardon power, by overriding a state's authority to prosecute crimes against the state, if he pardons them for a crime. It would give him undisputed power to abrogate the laws of any state, on his whim...

[area51]

33. It should be delayed as long

as Merrick Garland.

[beachbum bob]

58. democrats have no power to delay, goes back to elections have consequences

[Corgigal]

18. Gave his power to the victim.

It was the way they wanted it done. Thought they would ambush this victim. Pretending that this matters to any of them.

She's blowing up their bullshit, hence their power.

[displacedtexan]

22. My favorite part is his yelling at his own staffers and

complaining about them not being able to prepare his coffee correctly.

[Blue_true]

25. Really?

Has he yelled at them telling them to stay off the Capitol lawn?

[smb]

30. The Correct Way To Prepare Coffee For Grassley...

...is with two lumps of thorazine.

[A HERETIC I AM]

36. With the cup resting on the business end of a sledge hammer

[flibbitygiblets]

54. He'd better hope his staffers don't pull a "Violet" from the movie 9 to 5

"It looks just like Skinny-N-Sweet...except for the little skull and crossbones on the box..."

[MFM008]

26. Probably being

Bombarded with IMs from white house.

[yellowcanine]

27. Pretty much SOP for GrASSley.

Just sayin.'

[Iggo]

28. Fear.

That's the only thing that gets a rise out of these guys.

[smb]

29. Even He Can Tell The Wheels Are Falling Off The Wagon nt

[louis-t]

31. He's trying to intimidate her.

It was obvious from his first sentence. He's playing the victim, trying to portray himself as some kind of hero.

[Solly Mack]

34. He is chastising and lecturing. He's not listening. He never intended to listen.

It's his way and fuck the rest.

[Nitram]

35. Yup, Grassley completely lost it. Time to retire.

He is not capable of carrying out the function of the chair.

[Chemisse]

37. He has really turned sour

I remember when he first was elected. He did some good trying to show the wastes in defense spending. Now, just one of the grumpy old men.

[SCantiGOP]

40. His behavior is logical and routine

Put someone in a position where they are never questioned and are used to having their ass kissed on a daily basis, and it makes sense that they would lose it when they see their carefully scripted agenda being shredded.
The old bastard needs to be retired back to Iowa as soon as possible.

[irisblue]

41. He was reelected in 2016. Not looking good for 2022. nt

[griloco]

44. I didn't watch it...

Did he mention Benghazi emails sent to Vince Foster?

[George II]

45. Reading his opening statement, sounded like a babbling idiot with a poor grasp of the Engish Lang.

[Honeycombe8]

46. He IS an angry, old man. He's also very sexist..he was on the committee in 1991....

he is the same now as then. It doesn't matter to him that a nominee is a sexual molester. Or that a President is a foreign collaborator. All this means nothing. All that matters is can and will the person pursue the Republican agenda (money for the rich) with zeal? That's it.

Lindsay Graham, too. He's anti-female, if you follow his statements over the years.

The Senate has a particular issue with women. More so than the House. It's a bastion of male power, and they resent that women are interloping there.

[miffelplix]

48. His Koch Brother bonus check is in jeopardy

[whathehell]

55. Lol!

Bingo.

[MarcA]

57. +1,000 n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

52. He IS an angry old man.

He's yelling at clouds and demanding that those kids get off his lawn. Maybe someone ought to bring him back inside, sit him down in front of the TV to watch Lawrence Welk reruns, and offer him a cup of applesauce.

[duforsure]

56. His reason for being mad,

He's lost all control , and now its been shown Dr Ford was not only a very credible person , but showed no indications of being evasive , or intentional redirection from answering questions , nothing like kavanaugh has done. He knows she hit it out of the ball park , and he will be blamed for it now , especially from trump. He's run the worst hearings I've ever seen with this issue. No witnesses, really? No FBI investigations, really? He has done a pathetic job on this hearing, and others. He's too old to be there anymore, and needs to be voted out of office.