agree with you there. but if you just let s just look at what the judge said in that speech that we played in 2015. the guidelines to be an effective judge. i can go down every one of them again. he failed every one of those tests. and there are two that really keep, really stick out to me. one, keep your emotions in check, one. and two, remain calm in the storm. yes, he was in a storm. and he will most likely if he goes on the court and serves for 30 years be in several other storms. but didn t you find his response lacking? didn t you find at least in that character test brett kavanaugh failing his own test in such a way that should cause all of us great concern? i thought the invocation of partisanness, partisan rancor,
door when you become a judge. you have to shed them. what s very important at the outset for a judge who wants to be an umpire to avoid any semblance of that partisanship of that political background, of that background they might have had in a particular line of work. that s the first, probably most fundamental thing for a judge who wants to be an umpire. i mean, isn t this part of what they are looking for, the senators who have to make this decision looking for, temperament. whether he has it. i mean, when he asked senator amy klobuchar who was very politely and respectfully asked him if he ever drank to the point where he blacked out getting to the point where maybe there was a situation he did not remember, he was defensive. he didn t sound like he was telling the truth. not for me to say, his answer was very weak, his no. then he throws it back at her so ruddily, saying do you?
obviously, that didn t happen. i think he was right i understand judge kavanaugh s frustration in that testimony. it wasn t that he was angry that bothered me. it s what he chose and took the political angle to really, to double down in it and to be so angry and to get so into the political fray on it and then on top of that, the temperment ame showed in the hearing. i think that anger and this whole process is something that really destroyed a part of him and it s a part i think that will haunt him for a long time and it could be a big problem for him on the bench. and, noah, i agree with you that uncorroborated allegations by themselves can t be disqualifying for a republican or for a democrat, i certainly
name so i won t mention it. he was gone, he was gone so fast it was like oh, he did something oh, i resign, i quit. i quit. what do you think, joe? well, i think donald trump actually mocking somebody for having for doing what s in the best interest of the country and stepping away from a position even if you feel that you were wrongly accused of things. something that donald trump wouldn t understand because even after the access hollywood tape he didn t change his behavior, he didn t change his attitude and still hasn t. so, no, he wouldn t understand that. but, mika, what a day today on capitol hill. this drama continues. it s been two weeks running. we ve had testimony, of course, last week from brett kavanaugh, an fbi investigation. it s been clouded in controversy