Stephen Colbert mocks Kavanaugh's dodgy Senate testimony, savages his indignation
After recapping Christine Blasey Ford's testimony Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Stephen Colbert turned to the testimony of the man she accuses of trying to rape her 36 years ago, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. "He came out with a well-coifed head of steam," Colbert said on The Late Show, summarizing his surprisingly partisan opening message: "In conclusion, I'll be a non-biased and impartial judge, just an umpire calling balls and strikes secretly being thrown by George Soros and Hillary Clinton." And when Kavanaugh said he fears for the future, Colbert agreed: "#MeToo."
Colbert lightly mocked Kavanaugh's Clintonian parsing of passing out drunk — "After all, isn't one man's blackout another man's street nap?" — and wasn't buying Kavanaugh's explanation for the terms in his yearbook page, like "boofing," which the judge said meant "flatulence." "Well, the quote in the yearbook was, 'Have you boofed yet?'" he noted. "So if you believe Kavanaugh, he was saying to his friends: 'Hey, you're a teenager, have you gotten around to farting yet? Man, you gotta try it.'"
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