Blasey Ford, Yes or No; Kavanaugh, Yes or No?

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Another note on the sociology - this is also a bit of a watershed for sensible people of any political persuasion looking around and saying 'Wow, my side is awful'.

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-dc-circuit/1348102.html
^either way this should be more than enough reason to not allow kavanaugh.
He doesn't think that intellectually disabled people have the right to even be consulted before a medical decision.
He doesn't think that intellectually disabled people are protected by the constitution.

Isn't that more than enough?

When it comes to this accusation, I have doubts about it's validity because of the timing, I'm not entirely dismissing it, but accusing someone of sexual assault/harassment has become a political move. It really shouldn't ever be used as a political move, because that makes people take it less seriously when it happens.

Time for Kavanaugh to celebrate.

One thing that confused me about Ford's testimony: why did she need caffeine? She kind of made a cutesy joke about it, but I found myself spending far too much time trying to figure out why she said she needed it. Was she tired? Why would she have been tired? So tired that she needed caffeine to function? She was assumed to be under duress. If I was under such duress but I wasn't tired, I'd just want to get through it, I wouldn't be like: "Hey, can I get a double cappuccino?"

f!"£$! would I ever need a double cappucino were I a federal witness.

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'Nothing to Gain,' Kavanaugh Accuser Raises Nearly $1 Million

During the crucible of Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearings, Democrats repeatedly asserted that Christine Blasey Ford had “nothing to gain” by coming forward with her explosive accusation of attempted rape against the Supreme Court nominee.

"You had absolutely nothing to gain by bringing these facts to the Senate Judiciary Committee,” Sen. Dick Durbin said during her testimony last month. This sentiment was echoed by other Democrats, who presented it as evidence that Ford was telling the truth. "I want to thank you,” added California Sen. Kamala Harris, “because you clearly have nothing to gain for what you have done."

In fact, Ford stands to gain some $1 million and counting from national crowdfunding campaigns launched by friends and other supporters, while she is said to be fielding book offers.

The potential seven-figure windfall, which she says she intends to cash in on – while still asking donors for more money – has some questioning her motivation for accusing the conservative judge after 35 years of silence, and whether it goes beyond personal or even political justice. Others worry the largesse sets a dangerous precedent: Crowdfunding, which unlike political donations is unregulated, could be routinely used in the future as a bounty for providing political dirt on opponents.

Two GoFundMe accounts have raised more than $842,000 for Ford, and the money is still coming in weeks after she testified and left the spotlight. The total does not include a third account collecting $120,000 for an academic endowment in her name.

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com ... owing.html

I still want to hear audio of her voice in any context prior to the hearings.

#BelieveAllWomen?

Hoo boy. The Senate has referred another of Kavanaugh's "accusers" for possible criminal prosecution after she admitted her story was completely made up — a "ploy" to derail the nomination.

On September 25, 2018, staffers for Senator Harris, a Committee member, referred an undated handwritten letter to Committee investigators that her California office had received signed under the alias “Jane Doe” from Oceanside, California. The letter contained highly graphic sexual-assault accusations against Judge Kavanaugh. The anonymous accuser alleged that Justice Kavanaugh and a friend had raped her “several times each” in the backseat of a car. In addition to being from an anonymous accuser, the letter listed no return address, failed to provide any timeframe, and failed to provide any location — beyond an automobile — in which these alleged incidents took place.

Committee investigators began investigating Ms. Munro-Leighton’s allegations. Given her relatively unique name, Committee investigators were able to use open-source research to locate Ms. Munro-Leighton and determine that she: (1) is a left-wing activist; (2) is decades older than Judge Kavanaugh; and (3) lives in neither the Washington DC area nor California, but in Kentucky. In order to investigate her sexual-assault claims, Committee investigators first attempted to reach her by phone on October 3, 2018, but were unsuccessful. On October 29, Committee investigators again attempted contact, leaving a voicemail. In response, Ms. Munro-Leighton left Committee investigators a voicemail on November 1, 2018.

But it was a leftist fraud from the beginning:

She further confessed to Committee investigators that (1) she “just wanted to get attention”; (2) “it was a tactic”; and (3) “that was just a ploy.” She told Committee investigators that she had called Congress multiple times during the Kavanaugh hearing process – including prior to the time Dr. Ford’s allegations surfaced – to oppose his nomination. Regarding the false sexual-assault allegation she made via her email to the Committee, she said: “I was angry, and I sent it out.” When asked by Committee investigators whether she had ever met Judge Kavanaugh, she said: “Oh Lord, no.”

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/me ... 20Referral)%20with%20redacted%20enclosures.pdf

Lock her up.