US Politics, October 2018: next week will be even longer

is Beach Week really less of a "thing" outside greater DC? Would've assumed it was popular anywhere within driving distance of a beach

a letter was sent to trump, too?

The substance in the president’s letter is suspected to be ricin and it’s believed to be connected to the Pentagon letter, I’m told.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 2, 2018

Huckleberry's gone entirely round the bend

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) released a statement on Tuesday calling on President Donald Trump to renominate alleged sexual abuser Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court should his current nomination fail.

Graham opened by sharing his admiration and empathy for Kavanaugh and his family, imploring other senators to “not quit on him,” before diving into the senator’s suggestion to the president.

“I believe Judge Kavanaugh will be confirmed to the Supreme Court very soon,” Graham said. “However, if his nomination were to fall short, I would encourage President Trump to re-nominate Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. It would ― in effect ― be appealing the Senate’s verdict directly to the American people.”

Graham also noted that the midterm elections are “only 35 days away” and “a new group of senators” might view Kavanaugh’s nomination “very differently after hearing from the voters in their states.”

lol, please listen to graham and renominate kavanaugh if he doesn't get confirmed, that's a fantastic idea

I did think that Kavanaugh's frequent protesting about the fact that he went to Georgetown and Yale hurt his case a lot, since every truly crazy party I've been to during my HS/college years was at a rich/privileged school like that. the house parties my buddies threw in high school were mostly centered around kitchen table drinking games and a single case of Busch Light.

hell, I went to one party in grad school and when they served Absolut and Welch's cranberry juice I wept with gratitude.

come on...a football player at a prep school involved with heavy drinking and sexual assault? that dog don't hunt.

My friends who went to privileged DC area private schools have been mocking the guy relentlessly, right down to Mark Judge's choice of hideout.

Anyone call him Barf Kavanaugh yet?

is Beach Week really less of a "thing" outside greater DC? Would've assumed it was popular anywhere within driving distance of a beach

My prep school had a strict zero tolerance policy for underage drinking—1 strike expulsion—because... their reputation was almost destroyed during the hazy eighties

we have lots of beaches in California, I've never heard of "beach week"

Yeah this is such an East Coast thing.

I forgot we didn’t invite you to ILX beach week.

The best part of the yearbook by far was “Rehoboth Police Department Fan Club.” I don’t know why that’s not getting more play.

Grew up Philly area, people went to the Jersey Shore. My understanding is DC area went to Bethany and other Delaware beaches.

Exclusive: We obtained a handwritten 1983 letter that Brett Kavanaugh wrote to his high school buddies: "We're loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers among us." My story with @katekelly @RebeccaRuiz @SteveEder https://t.co/wLkn7T5nlL

— David Enrich (@davidenrich) October 2, 2018

yeah but her emails

FFFFF,

Bart

fuck

Love Rehoboth.

1) he signed his letter "bart", lol
2) remember his excuse about the "FFFFFFFFourth of July" reference in the yearbook? that a friend of theirs would stretch out the F's when he said a certain word? god, this is all so dumb

i lived a six-hour drive away and still went to ocean city, md for a week

had a good time, but man what a terrible idea

I want to hear about bret’s sick run ins with the cops there and whether they were chill or not

Maybe it’s just me but stories like these play into the narrative of “fake news” and theNYT’s agenda. They prove nothing and come across as piling on not to mention missing the point.

I wish more of the coverage were based on his clearly partisan comments on Thursday. That point alone should merit disqualification regardless of his sexual and/or drunken history. I believe lawyers call it the principle of “actual or apparent conflict.”

The fact that he lied so much is relevant

I don’t care that he drank a lot. I am frequently wasted when I post to ilx. (Working on changing this).

I don't know, I don't think that NYT article is missing the point

My parents were pretty lenient with me in high school, but no fucking way they would green light (much less fund) a week a at beach house sans parental supervision. I don't recall any Beach Week thing in high school (Pittsburgh) but I guess I went to a lamer high school than mookie ;)

There was definitely a Beach Week for seniors in college between end of exams and graduation. I stayed on campus and worked THANK GOD.

anti-Clinton gumshoe Barbara Comstock is now a Republican member of Congress.

Not for long. She is about to lose bigly. And I will cackle with juvenile glee.

And since there have been many xxxps I will just say it's really touching how the blue-collar Red State MAGA hat diner bubbas are totally going all out in support of the guy who went to Georgetown Prep sand Yale Law and vacationed at Rehoboth.

I hear you; maybe it’s just making the same point for the millionth time.

Yeah.

Also the obnoxious, loutish, fuck the police drunk he seems to be is different than just a little buzz. He wasn’t Buzz O’Kavanaugh. It does show a character flaw.

just the signing of the the letter FFFFF, bart, and the lying about what it means in the hearing disqualifies him

what an awful person. we're going to make him our next supreme court justice?

So is it confirmed avenatti was right that this is a reference to date rape?

actually maybe the FFFFF really is about their friend stuttering, according to the NYT article. kinda weird and unfunny and mean to their "friend", but probably in character

maybe I'm misinterpreting it

The vibes of mid-Atlantic beaches are very particular, and it is an area of interest to me. I am still a little boggled about the specific choice of Rehoboth for this preppy kegger crew.

Fwiw I have been going to Rehoboth annually since my precambrian childhood; indeed I was just there a few weeks ago. Then as now, it's about 40% gay and 40% families with young children; 20% everybody else (Amish, Balmer folks, occasional Philly goombahs).

There is a small but loud 20-something party crowd, but it's not really a great destination for teenagers, unless their parents bring them.

Downscale partiers go to Dewey Beach. Families that prefer a quieter vibe go to Bethany. Cape May (NJ) has a a quainter, politer vibe, while simultaneously being very New Jersey.

Anyway the ultimate destination for yr true bacchanalian reveler is Ocean City (Maryland) and always has been.

Why did Bart and Squi and Jughead (or whatever) choose the gayest beach south of Fire Island, and one of the most stroller-friendly? I have an answer, but I will withhold it for now.

My friends who went to DC area private schools in the first half of the ‘80s/knew guys who did say the FFFF thing was in a song by the Mentors, a band fratty douchebros really liked because of that song.

Yeah it’s absolutely weird that they didn’t go to Ocean City

Maybe they all were really nostalgic for Funland, like me.

the only time I spent at Rehoboth Beach was with.....David Brock! about 18 years ago I was briefly friends with him, and I spent a weekend at his house there, around the time of his conversion from right to left. I hated his book about Hill but it was hard to hate him as a person

Silby gets it.

the only time I spent at Rehoboth Beach was with.....David Brock! about 18 years ago I was briefly friends with him

Wait hold on

Sounds like a fair number of G'town Prep families may have had beach homes in Rehoboth, so kids would have access to family homes?

xpost I mean not that I'm asking you to tell yer life story but how did that all happen!

YMP have you camped at Cape Henlopen State Park before? We did that several times and it's a real winner for a quiet stay. Nice little walk through the pines and past the old Army installation to the beach.

I don't get up there anymore b/c of living in Seattle.

xp I was friends at the time with his best friend from Berkeley

boy am I sorry I looked up the lyrics to that song, suzy

quincie do you go to the beach

We went there (Henlopen)! Official high school senior trip.

we went to Rehobeth, Bethany and Dewey as a family.