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Shouldnt in any way muddle the two together. >> i think youre on record. i think you said on this show that you had some concerns about his testimony. i dont want to put words in your mouth, or that some of the things he said were unfortunate or not believable. am i wrong in saying that? do you have a problem with anything he testified to, especially about the yearbook and so on? >> no, i dont believe i said that. >> that wasnt you? sorry. thats why i said i didnt want to put words in your mouth...

"the new york times," the future judge describes himself and his friends as, quote, loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers among us. that is not the image kavanaugh tried to project in his senate testimony. of note, kavanaugh signed the letter "bart." you may remember a book written by kavanaughs former classmate, mark judge, features a character named bart okavanaugh. the nominee refused to answer last week when he was ask if he was bart okavanaugh. >> are you the bart okavanaugh hes refer...

Was not bart, because he knew there were dozens of witnesses from his high school who can testify that, oh, yeah, he was bart when he was in high school. and some of those witnesses have told that to "the new york times" now, and "the new york times" has barts signature in writing. and so brett kavanaugh was alert enough to not perjure himself when answering the question, were you bart. he just refused to answer it. something he could never get away with in a courtroom, but something he could ge...

>> i drank beer with my friends. almost everyone did. sometimes i had too many beers. sometimes others did. i liked beer. i still like beer. >> and theres more, kavanaugh signed that letter bart. hmm. where have i heard that before? oh, yeah. >> he references a bart okavanaugh. vomiting in someones car during beach week and then passing out. is that you? >> bart is a friend of ours in high school who developed a very serious drinking problem. now, as part of his therapy, or part of his coming to...

Desperately trying to rush the vote on the kavanaugh nomination last week because every day that goes by, a new fact emerges that hurts the testimony of brett -- that brett kavanaugh gave under oath. and tonight "the new york times" has the smoking gun on the bart question. its not the biggest question in the kavanaugh investigation, but brett kavanaugh made it a question, a continuing question by refusing to answer the question under oath. he was afraid of that question. youll have to ask him. ...

That he ever blacked out or passed out from drunkenness. he did allow that he fe fell asleep. thats what he said, fell asleep after drinksing sometimes. senator patrick leahy repeatedly asked brett kavanaugh if he was the bart okavanaugh described in mark judges memoir of his high school years and brett kavanaugh parried the question and evaded the question and rambled on in other questions and refused to answer the question, went on a long ramble about mark kavanaughs problems with alcohol and ...

Lets not conflate. there are frivolous items, did he drink a lot as a teenager, and incredibly serious items, is he an attempted rapist. we shouldnt muddle things together. >> i think youre on record, you said on this show you had some concerns -- i dont want to put words in your mouth -- that some of the things he said were unfortunate. am i wrong in saying that? do you have a problem with anything that he said, that he testified to especially about the year book and so on? >> no, i dont believ...

Understanding from people who were his former classmates including some who do not like him and do not want him confirmed as a supreme court justice is he was actually -- that was truthful. that really was squeee christopher garrett was someone who developed a lisp or stutter when he was drunk. i believe that is not the very obnoxious thing people think it is. >> i was in high school the same time and it didnt mean that for us. maybe it did mean that for them, but the general vernacular of the t...

Because brett put it in writing. his own handwriting. what if senator leahy had this letter in his hands when he was asking brett kavanaugh, were you bart? five days after pat leahy asked that question, this letter has surfaced, five days. that is why mitch mcconnell wanted the vote last week. that is why mitch mcconnell wanted the vote yesterday. that is why mitch mcconnell wants the vote as fast as possible because every single day something new comes out that shows brett kavanaugh was not t...