I think you’re right. Grassley watched the Democrats basically turn his committee and the confirmation process into a sick disgrace, destroy the reputation and livelihood of Judge Kavanaugh, and flood the Capitol with astroturfed protestors. That members of the committee were doxxed, that correspondence wasn’t turned over to him by the ranking member.. that’s got to piss him off.
As someone said later in the thread, while going after Ford maybe difficult politically, there’s no downside to exposing Ford’s lawyers and Democrats in the Senate for the frauds they are.
For now, until the midterms, play Ford as the victim of power hungry Democrat machine politicians who will use and abuse anyone for power. Grow Republican support while demoralizing the left.
Agree. Those actions will also scare the crap out of Ford. Even if she is not mentioned.
play Ford as the victim of power hungry Democrat machine politicians who will use and abuse anyone for power.
Something like this?
I can picture them talking about how they were going to stop Kavanaugh from being confirmed, and McLean pops up and says that she knows just the patsy.
I intently watched the entire hearing last Thursday. When I first heard Ford speak, I thought she was faking that meek whispery voice. But as the questioning went on, it became apparent that she was very uncomfortable and clearly did not want to be there. The clincher for me came when Rachel Mitchell asked her if she was aware that an offer was made for committee members or staffers to have a private interview with her in California.
The attorneys immediately tried to keep her from answering. When Grassley was asking the attorneys if there was some way that she could respond without violating attorney/client privilege, Ford spoke before the attorneys could stop her.
She asked Grassley if she could say something, and of course he said go ahead. Ford said that it was not made clear to her that she could have been interviewed in California and would have been happy to have hosted them.
This revealed several things. One is that the attorneys were not properly representing her. Another is that Ford seems like the kind of person who is willing to help others and eager to please, especially life long friends. That her shy, mousy, personna is not fake, but that is who she really is.
So I’m thinking that while they were on the beach during those last days of July, the assertive retired FBI attorney McLean might have plied Ford with false memories that she came to 100% believe, but with only enough details to make them seem credible.
I haven’t really thought this out all the way, but at first blush it seems a possibility.
Why can't the FBI raid the offices of Ford's lawyers like they did to President Trump's lawyer.