I think the outrage is more related to the handling of Garland, though I'm sure Trump being president makes it worse (with fairly good reason).
I'm absolutely on board with term limits for Supreme Court Justices
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Sen. Ben Sasse unloads on Congress at Kavanaugh hearing
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Nothing Dianne Feinstein could do or say would scare me too much, but Ronan Farrow throwing his hat into the ring would absolutely terrify me.
I don't think it's nothing, but I agree that Republicans won't care that he allegedly held down a woman, forced himself on her, covered her mouth to muffle her screams, and turned up the music so no one else could hear what he was doing to her. In the past, we would likely pause and investigate such allegations to prevent an attempted rapist from receiving a lifetime appointment to the highest court. But in these times where the GOP is frothing for a victory to help their election chances, the long-term good of the country will almost certainly take a back seat to near-term political wins.
Yah, I'm not ready to assume that's something that would be summarily dismissed by the GOP (though they did elect Trump, so...) - but I think a 35-ish year old case of he-said/she-said with literally no proof is a big bag of nothing no matter who we're talking about.
I mean, what's to investigate? They've spoken to all three - she claims it happened, the two men say it didn't. There's no criminal record as it was never reported, etc. Not suggesting they're innocent nor am I suggesting she's lying - I'm simply saying there's no proof unless it happened and one of the two men decides to own it.
IOW, big bag of nothing.
I really don't want to start a what-about-ism back and forth but I really can't let that stand. How about physical assault and rape ala Bill Clinton? The victims in that case were attacked and the GOP was portrayed as being prudes for caring then.
She said she's seen therapists, so there is possible corroboration from that side. But I basically agree. If this were low-stakes, the GOP might shelf him to avoid bad headlines. No chance of that for SCOTUS.
On the other hand, rape is often habitual. There may be others.
Lordy, my last recollection of Bill Clinton was elementary school. You guys really enjoy invoking these 20-year-old distractions when someone starts to talk about the #MeToo movement of 2018.
Grassley knew about the letter. No way to compile such a list on such short notice.
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Yup. Part of his hearing seemed to be dedicated to showcasing a bunch of white women who definitely weren't sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh. Another part to showing that he coached little girls in a totally non-rapey way. It seemed odd at the time but makes much more sense now.
They elected Trump - at this point, I'm not holding out hope for any sort of moral standard.
That's what I was thinking - instead of sending this to the FBI (what a dramatic waste of time) the Dems should put the word out to see if anyone else has a similar story.
Feinstein's handling of this was downright stupid. But, like I said, now that Farrow is involved I would be very concerned. Guy is the now most feared journalist of this generation, and for good reason.
he went to an all-boys high school and there are 65 girls who knew him well enough during that time to attest to his friendship, character and integrity.
Agreed on term limits. I would extend it to all politicians who currently don’t have them.
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I am not quite that young but my last recollections was seeing him and Hilary on Channel One news @ school @ 8:30a each morning. You may or may not remember that [emoji4]
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