Posted on 09/18/2018 6:27:13 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
WASHINGTON — She went public just days before a critical vote and took a polygraph test to bolster her credibility. He unequivocally denied her years-old charges of sexual misconduct. Calls mounted to delay the vote and investigate. It was late September, and a Supreme Court seat hung in the balance.
For those of a certain age in Washington, the past few days have felt like an eerie echo of the confirmation battle that consumed the capital in 1991 when Anita F. Hill accused Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her. Now it is Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh who faces a hearing on Monday to address explosive accusations by Christine Blasey Ford that he sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers.
While not a perfect parallel, the case has quickly polarized Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation process, once again drawing in all three branches of government for a showdown over sex, truth and politics. Justice Thomas ultimately prevailed, and has been on the Supreme Court for more than a quarter of a century. But this time the battle takes place in a different era, at a moment when the #MeToo movement has brought down many powerful men over accusations of sexual misconduct that were once swept under the rug.
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What a load of crap. Condescending aholes.
anita hill was well rewarded for her lies. She still is a professor at a big university. Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Brandeis.
“...anita hill was well rewarded for her lies....”
The mantra goes on — crime ** DOES PAY ** in Washington, DC. Especially if you are a DEMOCRAT....
Yeah. In their echo chamber even FALSE accusations are real. :)
This is so f’ing predictable. The Democrats will do everything to stop a conservative majority on The Court. I wonder how they would have slimed Amy Barrett had she been nominated instead!
Meanwhile, Keith Ellison still sits in Congress.
Yeah. She has recently written about what *she* endured!
If memory serves, Jane Mayer is hooked up in this too.
Let her speak for half an hour. Let him respond. Then vote.
Today’s talking points. Saw the same “comparison” on the CBC morning show two hours ago.
It’s a new “era”. “Women” are now allowed, expected and even encouraged to lie about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. Try to defend yourself from the lies and YOU are a “bigoted” and “rasis” Nazi. Hey America. You be woke?
CBS not CBC
Somehow all this is going to backfire on Democrats. How can they lynch Kavanaugh with flimsy 36 year old accusations and ignore Clinton’s actual escapades of sexual assault? Al Franken could be just the first of many more Democrats to be taken down. The old line about people living in glass houses should be careful about throwing stones comes to mind. However I am deeply saddened tbat a good man like Kavanaugh and especially his family are being subjected to these lies and baseless accusations by scum bag politicians
Echoes of Anita Hill = shameless democrat character assignation.
By next Monday, we will likely know the date and location of the party, the participants, and Kavanaugh’s alibi. Both sides will be working full time until then.
but a dirty trick is still a walk in slime.
I think the bigger change since then is successful black men are more respected today than they were back then.
In other words, Clarence Thomas having to face a false accusation of being “like a typical black men” (as thought back in the day) was probably harder to overcome then, than Kavanaugh trying to overcome his false accusation in the #MeToo world.
Investigate the brother’s sex life in 1980’s just guessing.
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