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In reply to the discussion: Let's take a few moments to watch a maestro at the top of her game [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)63. Good info & questions & intel (however she found out). But she could've done better, IMO.
Been more pointed in simply saying, "Are you refusing to answer?" and "That's a yes or nor, Mr. Kavanaugh." "So, are you refusing to answer the question?" "I repeat, are you refusing to answer the question?"
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Let's take a few moments to watch a maestro at the top of her game [View all]
EffieBlack
Sep 2018
OP
He's stuck because he knows that, like any good lawyer, she already knows the answer to her question
EffieBlack
Sep 2018
#4
Yes, that reaction of the staffer was priceless - looked like an embarrassed laugh
Merlot
Sep 2018
#38
And it's rich watching someone on a discussion board critique the cross-examination skills
EffieBlack
Sep 2018
#75
Everyone is entitled to an opinion. And...she didn't get an answer, did she?
Honeycombe8
Sep 2018
#87
No, that's not the point. He got his slippery answer in, and she accepted it.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2018
#102
I wouldn't be patting myself on the back for being a woman, you're not exactly championing our cause
flibbitygiblets
Sep 2018
#93
I'm not championing any cause. I merely stated that I found someone's voice irritating.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2018
#98
Her voice is irritating to me. Wow...I didn't know you cared that much about my opinions.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2018
#84
You don't seem to know (or care) that you are contributing to dog-whistle sexism
flibbitygiblets
Sep 2018
#92
It doesn't help to treat certain people gingerly, like they can't handle the truth.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2018
#99
She was a prosecutor and Deputy DA and DA with relatively high conviction rates.
SpankMe
Sep 2018
#18
I can't wait until Senator Harris releases the incriminating evidence she so obviously has.
mulsh
Sep 2018
#29
I sure hope whoever he has talked to about the Mueller investigation steps forward during the
KPN
Sep 2018
#34
Smart lawyers never ask questions that they don't already know the answer to
Brother Buzz
Sep 2018
#44
What a shifty shit he is. Clearly he talked to drumph and others to make a deal.
BSdetect
Sep 2018
#50
He's not only faking forgetfulness, but faking sincerity in his faked recollection too.
yonder
Sep 2018
#57
Good info & questions & intel (however she found out). But she could've done better, IMO.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2018
#63
My Qs for him: Did you talk to any one who you understood to be a member of the Kasowitz firm?
SunSeeker
Sep 2018
#79