Seriously though, where is Mark Judge? WTAF?!
I thought it was so disingenuous how Kavanaugh cited Mark Judge’s substance addiction as a reason why he shouldn’t be brought into this as if their mutual relationship with beer isn’t at the heart of this controversy.
Not only that but it’s also highly plausible that the sheer stress of keeping his and Kavanaugh’s dirty secrets concealed over the last few months triggered a relapse or exacerbation of Judge’s addiction.
Either way I don’t wanna hear shit else abt “he said, she said” or “they were both convincing, it’s hard to know what really happened” when Ford says there was a 3rd MOTHERFUCKING PERSON in the room but the @GOP outright refuses to bring him into the discussion. GTFOH, Amerikkka.
They’re letting the alleged accomplice hide out at the beach.
People need to think long and hard about the fact that the “best” witness the GOP can provide is the accused. If Judge were willing and capable of delivering a convincing defense of Kavanaugh/refutation of Ford’s account, he would’ve been there to do it. Period.
Even beyond defending Kavanaugh, why isn’t Judge speaking up to clear his own name? How debilitated is he that he isn’t even interested in participating for the sake of his own pride and reputation? Or is he simply just unable to defend the indefensible?
Whatever’s ailing Mark Judge, he isn’t so incapacitated that he can’t speak with the FBI or cooperate with a formal investigation.
Also just FYI drug rehab isn’t a jail, if he’s in one he’s there voluntarily and no reputable facility would refuse him a pass to testify at a damn SCOTUS nomination hearing. Likewise if he’s in rehab that means he’s mentally coherent enough to participate in psychotherapy too.
If he’s not in rehab but is simply too drunk, depressed and/or indifferent to contribute his input, again people need to ask themselves why an innocent man who has nothing to hide or fear from his past would be feeling and behaving that way in this moment.
Even if Judge is somehow being paid handsomely to keep quiet, the fact that they couldn’t pay him enough to speak up in defense of Kavanaugh (read perjury) is pertinent. His silence/absence is a tacit admission that NOTHING he could say would be helpful to Kavanaugh or the GOP.
Substance abuse recovery requires a commitment to taking responsibility for one’s actions, fulfilling obligations to self/family/friends/society, being honest and making amends. The @GOP forcing him into silence is for their benefit, not his recovery’s.
The FBI interviews recovering alcoholics every single fucking day. Recovering alcoholics receive subpoenas and stand trial before judge/jury every single fucking day. Being a “recovering alcoholic” doesn’t exempt anyone from the consequences of their addiction. Today or in 1982.
