Posted on 09/14/2018 9:40:44 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Congratulations to Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, I guess.
No, no, wait. The offense alleged here is serious, much more than Kavanaugh and a pal locking a female classmate in a room or whatever, as was claimed yesterday. And Farrow’s track record (he co-wrote the piece with Obama apologist Jane Mayer) will lend it a patina of credibility to readers.
But the evidence is thin as can be.
The woman, who has asked not to be identified, first approached Democratic lawmakers in July, shortly after Trump nominated Kavanaugh. The allegation dates back to the early nineteen-eighties, when Kavanaugh was a high-school student at Georgetown Preparatory School, in Bethesda, Maryland, and the woman attended a nearby high school. In the letter, the woman alleged that, during an encounter at a party, Kavanaugh held her down, and that he attempted to force himself on her. She claimed in the letter that Kavanaugh and a classmate of his, both of whom had been drinking, turned up music that was playing in the room to conceal the sound of her protests, and that Kavanaugh covered her mouth with his hand. She was able to free herself. Although the alleged incident took place decades ago and the three individuals involved were minors, the woman said that the memory had been a source of ongoing distress for her, and that she had sought psychological treatment as a result.
In a statement, Kavanaugh said, “I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation. I did not do this back in high school or at any time.”
Kavanaugh’s classmate said of the woman’s allegation, “I have no recollection of that.”
He’s not the only classmate who has no recollection of it
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
When a Democrat can’t win, they make a harassment crime accusation.
It is not clear at this point, at least to me, that the woman who was at the party 35 years ago -- call her Ms. X -- is actually the one making the accusation. The reporting is muddled on this, but several stories attribute the initial letter to Anna Eshoo to "someone affiliated with Stanford University," who was relaying information she claimed to have had from Ms. X. When she supposedly received this information is unknown. (A conversation with a college friend 30 years ago? A conversation with an adult friend 15 years ago? A recent conversation in the context of the Kavanaugh nomination?) The accuracy of her recollection is unknown. The extent to which she may be putting the worst construction on ambiguous events to sensationalize a charge is unknown. Whether she is violating a friend's confidence is unknown. Whether Ms. X is willing to substantiate the charges is unknown. The fact that Feinstein sat on the letter for two months suggests that some of these factors may be in play.
At this point, Kavanaugh unequivocally denies the charge and Ms. X has not come forward. Unless Ms. X is the actual author of the letter to Eshoo -- which is unclear -- all we have is hearsay.
Read the linked story from the NYT, which says that three sources confirm that the contents of the letter are being accurately reported. It is curiously worded, if you stop to think about it. At no point does it say the woman who was at the party all those years ago is accusing Kavanaugh of anything. It says "a letter" makes those charges. And it says "the letter" details questionable conduct by Kavanaugh. But it appears to be very carefully written to avoid attributing those charges directly to Ms. X, which would make sense if she was not the author of the letter and if she refuses to come forward.
I can think of 1001 hypothetical scenarios involving three teenagers who had had too much to drink 35 years ago. One of those is that Ms. X has an unpleasant memory of that night but doesn't think the incident should be replayed and sensationalized now. Somewhere along the line, however, she may have shared the experience with someone else "affiliated with Stanford University," and someone else sees a chance to press a hearsay accusation.
And Feinstein is reportedly refusing to show the letter to anybody, which casts more doubt.
But as I said the idea is not to prove a case by the evidence, it’s to scare Senators away from a yea vote.
Maybe there was some high-school close dancing?
“Is that your slide rule are are you glad to see me?”
She was my babysitter. It trommertized me fer life, and sech.
I would have gone to a therapist - but when I read the title of the psychological helper person, all I could see was "the rapist", which traumatized me further.
< /sarc>
as if that was really necessary
In my view it is all BS. Why give her and it any credibility by paying attention?
>>>Or is it you believe the false accusations against Judge Roy Moore?<<<
Nice trick. Are you going to ask me if I still beat my Wife too?
I stated why Moore was a poor Candidate. I never stated that I thought that the accusations were true.
In fact, the only “accusation” that I remember other than he dated younger Women is the Waitress / Yearbook thing that was laughable at best.
In that setting, late teens at a party, the only one way to find out if she really means “no” when she says “no” is to make her say it a couple times. Girls say “no” once or twice all the time when they really mean “yes, let’s do it, but I don’t want to feel like I’m a slut for wanting to”.
That’s just a fact of life. Or, at least, it was back then.
the great thing about an anonymous letter from an anonymous source about an anonymous person and an anonymous event that supposedly occurred 35 years ago is that the lying leftist fake stream enemedia can fabricate anything they want about it ...
at least Joe McCarthy had actual names on HIS list ...
“feinstein reports accuser possesses smart phone recording of incident.”
right. because all the high school kids had smart phones in 1983 before they were even invented ...
It wasn’t a trick. I was not aware of you stating your other points.
It was a fair question.
BTW, I still don’t see the correlation between your original assertion and being a poor candidate given the context of Kavanaugh being a hearing on the nomination of a SC judge and Judge Roy Moore being a politician going through a political campaign.
To very dissimilar scenarios.
It’s a ploy to peal off Murky, Lurky and Collins nothing more. They know this woman will never come forward and will never have to. That’s why they didn’t bring it up at the hearings.
I read the Hot Air article. It didn't read like they were carrying the democRATS' water for them. The article was destroying the allegations and the attempts to smear Kavanaugh.
This is a 35 year old story that no one knows the facts of except this anonymous actor who won't reveal her name and doesn't want to talk to the press. There are no collaborating witnesses. No substantiating facts. No evidence at all that it happened at all.
This is what passes for so-called "journalism" nowadays. Produced out of whole cloth to smear Kavanaugh.
This story by definition is de facto, fake news. Laughable that anyone would take it seriously.
Difference being he admitted he pursued/dated young women in their late teens. Not unknown, especially years ago, but today people judge everything differently. My mom was a late teen, as were other female relatives, when they date & married & gave birth.
As to this:
The fact that Feinstein sat on the letter for two months suggests that some of these factors may be in play,I think we conclude that Feinstein was holding the letter until the very end because she thought it was weak evidence to be used ONLY if nothing else worked.
She was probably holding the letter close to her chest because she was afraid that someone might share it with the opposition.
Apparently someone did anyway (ultimately resulting in the letter to Grassley from multiple women attesting to Kavanaugh's good character).
“Clarence Thomas redux”
Yeah, next Fineswine will be showing the country a “ball hair” she found on an ancient Coke can that had Kavanagh’s fingerprints on it!
Don't worry about it! A cure for early-onset Alzheimer's is in the offings!
Regards,
LOL! You're gonna regret that...humor's often overlooked around here.
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