SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Has Calendars From 1982 That Contradict Blasey Ford's Accusations
NY Times- Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh has calendars from the summer of 1982 that he plans to hand over to the Senate Judiciary Committee that do not show a party consistent with the description of his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, according to someone working for his confirmation.
The calendar pages from June, July and August 1982, which were examined by The New York Times, show that Judge Kavanaugh was out of town much of the summer at the beach or away with his parents. When he was at home, the calendars list his basketball games, movie outings, football workouts and college interviews. A few parties are mentioned but include names of friends other than those identified by Dr. Blasey.
The calendar pages are one-month pages with each day in a small box. Unusual for a teenager, Judge Kavanaugh seemed to keep track of his days even during summer vacation. The pages show typical teenage activities from the era, including “beach week” after the end of the school year and nights at the theater to see “Grease II,” “Rocky III” and “Poltergeist” with friends.
As Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford prepare to testify on Thursday, their case has understandably taken center stage in media. And yesterday, a major development: Kavanaugh produced his calendars from the summer of 1982.
His calendars.
From the summer.
Of 1982.
This was a rising high school junior who had his summer days planned out on a paper calendar. He scheduled a trip to the movie theater to see Grease 2. That’s not something you put on a calendar. That only happens when you and some friends are so bored in the middle of summer that you head to the movie theater for the air-conditioning. You don’t even look at the schedule before; you just show up and hope something is playing close to the time you get there.
“What should we see?”
“Grease 2 is the only thing playing in the next hour.”
“Fuck. This fucking sucks.”
“It is what it is. We don’t have a choice.”
We’re talking about a teenager who put movies, parties, and “beach” on his calendars even in July. If you ever invited ol’ Brettski Kavanaughski to do anything, he’d respond with “let me check my calendar” like a fucking dweeb. He even put his summer football workouts on the planner. This is a guy who lived his entire life by the book. Until he started boozing…
His friend, Mr. Judge, wrote a memoir called “Wasted: Tales of a Gen-X Drunk,” describing a culture of blackout drinking at that time. He mentions a “Bart O’Kavanaugh” who threw up in a car and “passed out on his way back from a party.”
Now, I don’t mean to jump to conclusions. It’s entirely possible that “Bart O’Kavanaugh” is NOT Brett Kavanaugh. But if it is, great job by his buddy Judge for changing the names in his book. Really threw us off the scent there. Multiple sources seem to confirm that Kavanaugh liked to drink in high school–the one activity he didn’t put down on his calendar. Notably, his calendars did not have anything like this:
“Tuesday, July 23rd: drink four beers, two waters, then raid dad’s liquor cabinet and borrow four ounces of whiskey. Replace with water, add brown food coloring to keep hue consistent. Puke. Sleep by 11PM.”
In some ways, I don’t trust a man who keeps such a record of his high school summer days. Not to mention… why does he still have those calendars? Fucking move on, hoarder. But I guess that level of planning and attention to detail is what you want from a supreme court justice?
*This article intentionally refrained from mentioning politics, sexual assault, abortion, or any other controversial topics. It is simply a pontification on the absurdity of keeping one’s calendar through a high school summer.