Quote (Beowulf @ Sep 17 2018 02:47pm)

"Every #MeToo miscreant is a repeat offender. "

fair and balanced

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What if Christine Blasey Ford is telling the truth that, 35 years ago, a drunken 17-year-old Brett Kavanaugh pushed her down on a bed and covered her mouth in an attempt to sexually assault her? For starters, she’ll never get justice. This will never see a court of law. There’s no way to prove it happened, not least because she cannot provide a time or place where the event allegedly occurred. The most Ford might get is vengeance by thwarting Kavanaugh’s dream of getting on the Supreme Court and destroying his reputation.

What if Ford isn’t telling the truth? If it’s a deliberate lie, the answer is easy: This is one of the worst acts of character assassination and sewer politics in modern American history, and anyone involved should be held to account by the law and voters alike. All one need do is look under the rock of social media to see countless people insisting that Kavanaugh is a proven rapist or attempted rapist. If he’s innocent, that is horrific.

But what if it’s not a deliberate lie? What if this is some terrible Rashomon-like confusion? Perhaps the events happened but Kavanaugh wasn’t the person involved. Or perhaps something did happen, but not the way she remembers. Ford never said anything specific about these events until 2012, when she was in couples’ therapy (and Kavanaugh’s name was in the news), and the details she offered then differ from what she is saying now.

Quote (Goomshill @ 17 Sep 2018 16:51)

how many of the high profile #MeToo miscreants have been non-repeat offenders? Its a pretty long list, maybe there's an example out there but its not any of the ones I can name offhand.
seems like every story I've read is about multiple accusers descending on {famous person}

Quote (Ghot @ Sep 17 2018 02:41pm)

Just read two articles on Reuters. The facts are still changing. Now Ford was 15 and Kavanaugh was 17. Now, Ford only had one beer, even after she stated that she doesn't remember whose house they were at OR how she got there.

Sort of sounds like someone told Ford, if this accusation destroys Kavanaugh, we are going to destroy you, even more. So now, every one is playing nice and the Reps will let the Dems and Ford, bow out w/o damage.


Just my opinion, since the "facts" of this alleged assault seem to change on a daily basis.

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BREAKING: Senate committee to hold public hearing with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after sexual assault allegation, officials say

Two officials familiar with the nomination process said Monday that Kavanaugh would return to testify before the panel. The development came a day after The Washington Post published a first-person account from a woman who alleged that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were in high school.

Quote (Beowulf @ Sep 17 2018 06:19pm)

afaik 95% of the Republicans will be attending with ear plugs and a nap pillow

Quote (Ghot @ Sep 17 2018 03:25pm)

Did you somehow miss the breaking news that Ford would testify also?