[ April 19, 2024 ]
The Democrats have called upon the Senate to postpone the vote on Kavanaugh. Establishment Republicans are racing for the exits. But over what? An unprovable accusation from decades ago that the accuser said nothing about until years later, and that is uncorroborated by any other testimony or by the evidence of any similar behavior on Kavanaugh’s part. This is clearly a set-up (Christine Ford is also a far-left Democrat operative) designed to derail the nomination of a good man. There is no low to which the Democrats will not sink to attain their nefarious goals of stopping the President from strengthening America and protecting Americans.
Believe all women… unless they're accusing Keith Ellison, Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Al Franken or George Soros
— Daniel Greenfield – "Hang Together or Separately" (@Sultanknish) September 16, 2018
“Weighing the Allegations against Brett Kavanaugh,” by David French, National Review, September 16, 2018:
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They’re serious but not solid.
The allegations against Brett Kavanaugh — outlined now on the record in the Washington Post by Palo Alto University professor Christine Blasey Ford — are substantial and serious. She claims that Kavanaugh knocked her down, groped her, and attempted to remove her clothes. Here’s the core of her story:
While his friend watched, she said, Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed on her back and groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it. When she tried to scream, she said, he put his hand over her mouth.
“I thought he might inadvertently kill me,” said Ford, now a 51-year-old research psychologist in northern California. “He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing.”
Ford said she was able to escape when Kavanaugh’s friend and classmate at Georgetown Preparatory School, Mark Judge, jumped on top of them, sending all three tumbling. She said she ran from the room, briefly locked herself in a bathroom and then fled the house.
Do not count me among those who would minimize this alleged assault. I went to a high school that had more than its share of drunken parties, and my classmates could do crazy and stupid things, but an act like this was beyond the pale. This isn’t “boys will be boys.” Actions have consequences, and it’s hardly unjust to tell a person that if he mistreated another human being like this — even a long time ago — he has to remain “merely” a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Since Kavanaugh has denied the story, however, the question of whether the event is so egregious that it should disqualify him is moot. At the very least, if the attack happened, he should be disqualified for lying.
Yet unless all parties start telling the same story, there is no way to know for certain if this event occurred. We don’t need certainty, however, to make a decision on whether a man should sit on the Supreme Court. I have the same standard for Brett Kavanaugh as I did for Roy Moore, for Donald Trump, for Bill Clinton — or for any other politician who’s accused of misconduct. Is it more likely than not that the allegation is true?
Given the totality of the evidence, I believe it is more likely than not that Bill Clinton committed rape and sexual harassment. I believe it is more likely than not that Donald Trump has committed sexual assault. I believe it is more likely than not that Roy Moore engaged in sexual misconduct with underage girls. But the evidence against Kavanaugh falls far short of the evidence arrayed against each of these men. So far at least it falls far short of the evidence against virtually any other politician or celebrity who has faced consequences during this #MeToo moment. Here’s why:
First, one way to help test the veracity of old claims is to ask whether there is any contemporaneous corroboration. Did the accuser tell a friend or family member or anyone about the alleged assault when it occurred? With Clinton, Trump, Moore, and many other politicians and celebrities, there was ample contemporaneous corroboration. Here, there was not. According to the Washington Post, “Ford said she told no one of the incident in any detail until 2012, when she was in couples therapy with her husband.”
That’s almost three decades of silence — three decades when memories can grow cloudy and recollections can change.
But even the allegedly corroborating notes of the therapist raise a separate problem. They actually contradict her story on a key detail. According to the Post, “The notes say four boys were involved, a discrepancy that Ford says was an error on the therapist’s part. Ford said there were four boys at the party but only two in the room.” Nor do the notes mention Kavanaugh’s name, even though her husband says Ford named Kavanaugh in the sessions.
Those are important discrepancies, and if six years ago she told the therapist four men and says two men now, that suggests that her memory of the event may be suspect.
As a former trial lawyer, I can tell you that while neither notes nor memories are infallible, in a contest between contemporaneous notes and later verbal testimony about those notes, the content of the written notes usually prevails. Juries are extremely skeptical of witnesses who contradict written notes — after all, the notes are taken when the words are immediate and there isn’t the overwhelming pressure of a trial to conform your testimony to the desired outcome.
At least the investigation seems somewhat manageable. If there were only four boys there, who were the other two? Let’s hear from them. In fact, investigators should interview everyone else at the party.
Yet given all the years that have passed, would it be possible to find anyone who remembers being at that party? Would they remember any details at all? If someone saw Kavanaugh stumbling drunk at the party, that would obviously bolster Ford’s account. If another attendee says, “He was totally sober and with me the whole time,” that helps Kavanaugh. But the odds of getting details that precise are long indeed, and there is always a chance that a motivated classmate might lie — for either person….
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5 years ago
As a woman, I feel sorry for men because once a man is seen as rich and / or powerful, he has a target on him and it’s basically open season. The entire “me too” movement is a total fraud. Slutty women throw themselves at these men, and then when they don’t get what they want from the men it is all of a sudden rape, even years and decades later! We throw the concepts of due process and innocent until proven guilty out the window. All a woman who doesn’t benefit from an interaction (or alleged interaction) with a rich guy has to do is make an allegation against the man, and he is guilty. What should concern everyone is the fact that this claim can just pop up at any time for any reason. As a woman. I see women whore around trying to get a rich guy, then when they fail, they become whores for the “me too” movement hoping to get attention and money. As disgusting as Harvey Weinstein may be, I believe he is innocent and just the victim of women who didn’t get what they wanted out of him.
5 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
and don’t forget the 65 who sent a letter defending Kavanaugh and didn’t do it anonymously.
5 years ago
Reply to
caliroxanne
That’s the other thing. #MeToo has been fully supportive of the policies adopted in the Obama era that shredded due process. There are many other reasons besides this that prove how much of a fraud that “movement” is. I’ve noted a few others – their silence over the pending release of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapper (it is one of the cruelest ironies that she’s a supporter of the movement, but where are they now for her?), or Iran’s crackdowns on and tortures of women who demonstrated in the streets against the government and threw off their hijabs, or such Muslim “customs” as FGM and honor killings coming to a neighborhood near you thanks to Muslim immigration, or the elites’ capitulation to LGBTQ supremacist “leaders’ ” demands for “transgender” bathrooms that have been found to be magnets for various sexual predators to do untoward things to their victims in such places, whether leering at young girls or exposing themselves or, worse, assaulting them to within an inch of their lives. Not to mention such matters as Ellison’s abuse of Karen Monahan.
I have always said those in #MeToo are, at their core, leftists who were wholly supportive of Hillary’s 2016 Presidential run and have been bitter to the point of bawling when she lost. Plus the little matter of their associations with the likes of Linda Sarsour. That whole movement is essentially reactionary and anti-male to the core, part of the drive to smash “the patriarchy.”
And there’s another thing. As for the “sexual harassment” issue, yes it is a two-way street. The case of Asia Argento (who does have something of an unsavory and sleazy look to her, besides sounding like having a huge cigarette habit that lowered her voice about five octaves) is one such example.
5 years ago
Does anyone remember all of the “suppressed memories” that had many, many day care workers charged, arrested, and convicted? Yes, those “suppressed memories” that were later PROVEN to be totally false? Then, on to earlier examples. Sigmund Freud’s theory(s) on women’s mental issues. Very many of them were, supposedly, the result of their father’s sexually abusing them. However, you have to hand it to Freud on this … He researched and found that, in quite a few instances … when the woman over hypnosis .. or “uncovered” by psycho-therapy … found that their father’s had actually been abroad, on business, when the related stories supposedly occurred. Freud referred to this … and it seemed quite common in his research, as “confabulation”.
This memory had been “suppressed” until 2012. Did she immediately “suppress” her memory, or was it the next day, or the next week ….? When the “suppressed memory was “unsuppressed” was there any research, done by her analyst … that it was even plausible that it occurred?
How low will Left Wingnut Regressives stoop?
5 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
This “event” was supposed to have happened in 1982. So……it took the greater part of thirty years for this “traumatic” event to surface? Really? If she was able to live a “normal” life for all those years and then, upon seeing Kavanaugh in the cofirmation hearings, gets triggered (like a manchurion candidate) by an alleged attack that long ago, perhaps she wasn’t so stable to begin with. Perhaps she shouldn’t be anywhere near academia. Freud would probably have a field day with this woman.
5 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
This “suppressed memory” was recovered in 2012. In the analyst’s notes, she couldn’t remember the exact year, the location, or too many details. Although not in her analyst’s notes, her husband claims that she named Kavanaugh …but her analyst clearly notes that she did not name the supposed abuser. Moreover, in her analyst’s notes … FOUR men were present in the room. However, our “suppressed message creature”, claims that it was two. Don’t worry, by the time she’s interviewed … she’ll be better coached.
5 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
Yes. As you said, Freud concluded that many such ‘suppressed memories’
– were false memories
– related to dreams, fantasies, and delusions
– that are false reconstructions
– and of course, alcohol / drugs exacerbate these memory distortions
5 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
I believe his most shocking revelation, was that they were made up from whole cloth, due to the patient not wishing to admit not remembering. He gave examples of women “reliving” their sixth birthday, the one most outstanding was one’s eighth. She could visibly see the cake, candles, gifts and guests … except there NEVER was a birthday party. Then, following the session, she fully believed her own mind’s lies .. and exclaimed, “I REMEMBER!” Confabulation at its finest.
5 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
It is now called ‘productive memory’
– instead of ‘reproductive memory’
– the mind fills in blanks
– and of course, none of this denies the fact
– that many people who are are abused / assaulted
– remember the events very accurately
5 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Most of those, that remember events accurately, NEVER forgot them.
5 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
It does beg questions. This woman crawling out of the woodwork seeking to deny a ninth seat on the Supreme Court, as noted, has been and remains a Democrat operative. Meaning, a bitter Hillary supporter. How much did Hustler publisher Larry Flynt pay her to make her claims?
5 years ago
Reply to
Patriotic American
Diane Feinstein withheld this claim until now
– Blasey-Ford’s husband worked for the primary “fixer” for Hillary and the DNC
– Blasey-Ford’s brother worked for Baker Hostetler
– Baker Hostetler is connected to the Russian meddling allegations
– Blasey-Ford’s parents were foreclosed by Brett Kavanaugh’s mother
– Blasey-Ford made no mention of this accusation for three decades
– Blasey-Ford’s parents never mentioned the current accusation
– https://yournewswire.com/kavqanaugh-accuser-brother-fusion-gps/
5 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Should their smears stick and Kavanaugh’s nomination be rejected, it will prove that the fix truly is in against America. They (and Blasey-Ford) clearly want ONLY those who are judicial activists who legislate from the bench, continue the tyranny that has held since the Warren Court, and (in the case of Ruth Bader Ginsburg) even base decisions on international law.
5 years ago
Reply to
Patriotic American
Actually, it was Stevens that reference “international law” in one of his opinions. Ginzi’s the one that stated, in a speech, that the new South Africa constitution was vastly superior to ours.
5 years ago
French should go french himself.
These allegations are as serious as a terrorist at Gitmo complaining about the filthy infidels touching his precious book of Satan.
5 years ago
French and Ms Geller left out substantive information that supports Kavenaugh’s assertion that this never happened. First, Mark Judge the man whom Ford claimed was in the room with Kavenaugh has stated unequivocally that it never happened. Second, Ford claimed that Kavenaugh turned up the music to cover up his attack upon Ford. She also claimed that he attacked her in an upstairs bedroom. But the party and music were downstairs… so how could Kavenaugh turn up music playing downstairs while he was upstairs?
5 years ago
Once again, selective victimhood from the left.
5 years ago
The high and mighty Left always taking the low road when it comes to women and rape. Like their dear Negroes, they don’t think too highly of them.
Make them “President” and what not. Or tried to with one and it was Hillaryous. So was the Negro from Kenya. Page, Pssylosi, Frankenstein, Waters and Wassername all look like FOOLS now.
5 years ago
What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Where is the proof? Most of her students say she’s the worst teacher ever and she supported HRC. Why is she being believed when Keith Ellison’s accuser isn’t? These candidates are vetted by the FBI, I was told, and this never came up until now, Why? This is pure hate and evil and must stop. But was predicted in Bible and further proof we are in the end times. (2Timothy 3:2, Ecc. 3:16)
5 years ago
Reply to
notme123
That’s the thing. #MeToo is fully supportive of the Obama policies that eviscerated due process in such cases. And as has been noted, Ford’s husband was a fixer for Hillary and the DNC. I agree, it stinks to the high heavens.
5 years ago
For those who believe this pile of BS,I have a slightly used bridge in Brooklyn I’d be willing to give you a good deal on.
Cash ONLY though.
Semper Fi
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5 years ago
Reply to
Midniterider
How much? Would 50 trillion Bolivars do? You must be serious though, as a multi trillionaire, my time is obviously extremely valuable.
5 years ago
Has anyone got dirt on Soros (apart from his work with the Nazis against his fellow Jews)?
