we simply can t. so senator jeff flake and senator lisa murkowski both expressing concern whether brett kavanaugh is displaying the kind of temperament and demeanor that should be expected of a would-be supreme court justice. senator susan collins of maine is another closely watched vote on the kavanaugh nomination. she has not weighed in personally on this particular aspect of kavanaugh s behavior thus far, but this is the editorial view of her hometown paper on this subject in maine. you see the headline there. brett kavanaugh has shown he doesn t belong on the supreme court. the man who testified thursday can t control his temper. he s overtly partisan and doesn t always tell the truth. regardless of what questions the investigation can answer, we already know this, based on what he demonstrated, kavanaugh lacks the character and judgment to serve on the supreme court, and his widely watched appearance, kavanaugh revealed he has an
editorial view of her hometown paper on this subject, in maine. you see the headline there. quote, brett kavanaugh has shown he doesn t belong on the supreme court. the man who testified thursday can t control his temper. he s overtly partisan and he doesn t always tell the truth. quote, regardless of what questions the investigation can answer, we already know this. based on what he demonstrated in his own testimony, kavanaugh lacks the character and judgment to serve on the supreme court. kavanaugh revealed that he has an explosive temper and resorts to bullying when he feels threatened. he was understandably under stress and fighting a high stakes battle for his reputation, but his temperament was tested during the hearing and he failed the test. we have never had a supreme court nominee who ripped off the nonpartisan mask the way kavanaugh did thursday and identified himself as an enemy of a political party that represents the policy preferences of millions of americans. he blamed
doubt, without equivocation. if you say, well, maybe he s telling the truth, and maybe he s not, he doesn t belong on the supreme court. and i think most americans are saying that. again, even if you want to discount, as some people do, what happened when he was 15 in high school and 18 in college, you cannot discount what he is saying and professing at age 53 when it flies in the face of being truthful. that s the key question here. there is demeanor. he sure didn t show the demeaner of a judge at the hearing. there is partisanship. he brought out the most raw form of partisanship, so unbecoming of someone on the district court. federal appeals court, let alone the supreme court.
emails to be released showing he was aware of them all. and played a role in many. he offered explanation for high school year book quotes. it s not the quotes or what they indicated themselves, it is his explanations sort of defy belief. and, of course, based on the accounts by his high school and college classmates he has grossly mischaracterized his relationship with alcohol. a common thread, judge kavanaugh repeatedly tiptoes around the truth, doesn t tell the truth in many instances, it seems, to paint his nomination in a favorable light. we want supreme court nominee, whatever their politics, whatever their party origins, to be a shining example of someone who tells the truth without doubt, without equivocation. if you say maybe he is telling the truth and maybe he is not, he doesn t belong on the
equivocation. if you say, well, maybe he s telling the truth and maybe he s not, he doesn t belong on the supreme court. i think most americans are saying that. again, even if you want to discount, as some people do, what happened when he was 15, in high school, and 18 in college, you cannot discount what he is saying and professing at age 53 when it flies in the face of being truthful. that s the key question here. there is demeanor. he sure didn t show the demeanor of a judge at the hearing. there is partisanship. he brought out the most raw form of partisanship, so unbecoming of someone on the district court, appeals court, let alone the supreme court. and, he did not show any