In a 1983 letter, a copy of which was reviewed by The New York Times, the young Judge Kavanaugh warned his friends of the danger of eviction from an Ocean City, Md., condo. In a neatly written postscript, he added: Whoever arrived first at the condo should “warn the neighbors that we’re loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers among us. Advise them to go about 30 miles...”
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In June 1983, Brett Kavanaugh wrote a two-page letter to seven friends about their coming “Beach Week” condo rental. (Some names have been redacted.) NYT
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The second page of the 1983 letter to friends in advance of their “Beach Week” jaunt in Ocean City, Md. (Some names have been redacted.) NYT
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What did we do,
me and my peers?
1983?
OUR SENIOR YEAR?
All I recall is
lift weights,
drink beers.
We DID NOT “boof”.
We were not queers.
My calender's proof,
we persevered.
Cloudy or clear:
lift weights,
drink beers.
This simple story
clearly coheres.
All of that summer,
all of that year.
All that we did was
lift weights,
drink beers.
There weren't girls
anywhere near.
It's like I said:
lift weights,
drink beers.
(I am not clear
if parents were there.
All I recall is
lift weights,
drink beers.)
It's so unfair,
these vicious smears.
There was no sex.
Lift weights,
drink beers.
And you bet your ass
I was top of my class
and now it appears
adieu career?
Is this the end?
Lift weights,
drink beers.
Let me be clear:
I. DID. NOT. DO. IT!
(but if I did. . .
lift weights,
drink beers.)
BONUS
(WARNING!: Scene of “boys being boys” from 1997 film In The Company Of Men. Viewer discretion is advised.)
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