Kavanaugh claimed references to “Renate Alumnius” in his yearbook were allusions to his friendship with classmate Renate Schroeder Dolphin, and not, as many understood, a sexist smear about her promiscuity. He also unabashedly claimed that the term “boof” is a reference to “flatulence,” rather than other butt stuff, and that “ralph,” which means to vomit - implicitly from the overconsumption of alcohol - was a reference to Kavanaugh’s weak stomach. (It actually refers to a sex act involving two men and a woman). Kavanaugh strained credulity when he argued before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the “Devil’s Triangle” - a phrase that appeared on his high school yearbook page - referred to a drinking game, a definition which, before Thursday, you’d have a hard time finding anywhere.
After hours of testimony, during which Christine Blasey Ford answered questions about her alleged sexual assault, the financing behind her lie detector test, and whether she was really afraid of flying, viewers were treated to more hours of testimony from Kavanaugh, a federal judge who struggled to give a single straight answer.
Many of us who watched Thursday’s Senate hearing spent much of the time cataloguing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s lies.
