FORD v. KAVANAUGH AND THE U.S.: WHERE AND HOW DO WE ARRIVE AT ‘TRUTH?’
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY OCT. 3, 2018) — As the FBI’s seventh investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh presumably winds down, the damage to everyone already has sunk to the foundation. Damaged stand the U.S. Senate; Kavanaugh, Ford, and their families; the political process; and the country itself. In the end, the Senate will vote this week. Kav will win narrow election to the Supreme Court, and he will join Diana Ross and her backups ASAP.
Will it have been worth it? What price, hatred? What price, this new politics of personal destruction? How on earth can we ever expect good men and women to run for office? How will we stop the onslaught of greed mongers and payroll patriots who see “public service as the bedraggled public serving the politicians’ selfish lusts for power and money?
Unless and until a new, higher standard emerges (which is nothing more to say than witnessing the return of such timeless principles as “preponderance of evidence,” “presumpti0n of innocence,” and “burden of proof”), the venomous partisanship that now characterizes the political process requires only:
- the assertion of wrongdoing
- by one person
- unsupported by facts or corroboration
- to ruin a reputation and blow up the tracks leading forward to national progress key issues.
Guilt now lies in the mere accusation. THE PLANET cannot think of a more disturbing derailment. The Founders wanted better than that. Of course, how could they foresee the cancer known collectively as “social media?”
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Christine Blasey Ford claims Brett Kavanaugh groped her clothed body 36 years ago at a high school kegger, when she was 15 and he 17. She offered no evidence. Kavanaugh categorically denied the assertion, yet the country came to a stop.
Forget the FBI probe. THE PLANET has a better way to go forward by introducing some logic. In formal logic, there’s a principle called The Exclusion of the Middle. This states that there is no middle ground between truth and falsity. Either an assertion is true or it is not true. “A” and “not A” cannot both be true. Kavanaugh cannot have sexually attacked Ford and not sexually attacked Ford. So which is it?
Actually, no one can say, and we can never know for sure. Some things are unprovable, those that lie in the excluded middle, but we can believe them with faith supported by logic and common sense. For example, in math, as our good friend Chuck Vincelette will agree, there’s a theorem holding that every even number greater than two is the sum of two prime numbers.
Is this true?
Computers have checked every such even number past 300,000,000,000,000,000 (17 zeroes) and have not found one exception. So can we say the theorem is true? No. All we can say is that for all even numbers thus far checked, the statement holds true. The only way for us to arrive at actual, technical truth would be for a computer to check the complete infinite set of even numbers above two, in which case we would wait forever. It could never check ALL of the even numbers in an infinite set. The only way for the process to end would be if the computer found an exception. None has yet been found. Nonetheless, THE PLANET can reasonably hold it “true” that every even number above two is the sum of two primes.
In the same way, we can say that based on all the evidence and claims, Kavanaugh did NOT perform the act claimed by Ford. The Senate, FBI, and Aunt Edna’s pet poodle could investigate, probe, and check until the sun explodes and turns us all to toast, and they will NEVER be able to definitively arrive at technical truth. Short of that, we must examine the evidence supporting her claims — and there is none, at least none admissible by any standard of justice and fair play. That’s the best we have.
Kavanaugh’s like that even number greater than two. We can say he’s the sum of two prime numbers, and we can have faith in the truth of that declaration. That’s as far as we can go. It is IMPOSSIBLE for him to produce a valid legal argument that he never, ever, not once committed murder, let alone groped Ford 36 years ago. It is IMPOSSIBLE for Kavanaugh to produce such an argument, and we can’t expect that of him. It is up to Ford to submit a preponderance of evidence to support the claim. She failed to do that. Her charge must therefore be dismissed.
There, you’ve got the truth. Now send Kav to the Court.
Once upon a time, 2 + 2 = 4.
Today, 2 + 2 = ?.
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“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”
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Wow?
An alleged ex-boyfriend of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford came forward on Tuesday and said that she had once coached her longtime friend on how to take a polygraph test.
The letter began by saying that he “found her truthful and maintain no animus” during their relationship from 1992-1998.
It said, “During that time, it was my understanding that [Ford’s roommate, Monica] McLean was interviewing for jobs with the FBI and US Attorney’s Office. I witnessed Dr. Ford help McLean prepare for a potential polygraph exam,”
“Dr. Ford explained in detail what to expect, how polygraphs worked and helped McLean become familiar and less nervous about the exam. Dr. Ford was able to help because of her background in psychology,” the letter continued.
The anonymous boyfriend also contradicted Ford’s claims that she is afraid of flying and doesn’t like small spaces.
“To the best of my recollection Dr. Ford never expressed a fear of closed quarters, tight spaces, or places with only one exit,” the letter read.
Ford claimed during her testimony on Thursday that she had not ever coached or prepped anyone prior to the administering of a polygraph examination.
This Ford reminds me of the 1959 Ford Edsel that was rolled out as a winner and turned out to be a disaster.
Moonbeams have their own math. The answer for them to every problem has to do with Trump.
There is no question in my mind that Dr. Forde’s testimony was not credible. The rest is a rigged system with a very uncredible President sitting at the top of the pile pulling the strings.
To your point…Trump was at a rally last night trashing Fords testimony. And he had women stacked in his audience applauding what he was saying. It is amazing how much some humans are like lemmings.
Spa Your first sentence should read: There is no question in my mind that Dr. Ford’s testimony was credible. A little mistake but a very credible statement. I believe it is going to be people like you that is going to put an end to this circus act that is tuning this country upside down 33 days and counting.
The FBI investigation found that Kavanaugh got six penalties during his football career.
Yes, three for holding, two for illegal motion, and one for delay of game.
Take note that he never was flagged for illegal touching when covering punts.
He was holding and ejected
Trump has to constantly feed his ego. He is missing a lot of important character traits in his DNA. Kavanaugh should have been dismissed last week after his 17 year old personality disorder showed up for a hearing. This is a sitting judge, applying for a lifetime Judge on the Superior Court. No damn way!!!
What “ 17 year old personality disorder” are you talking about? Facts please!
He behaved like a rich whiny spoiled teenager who never quite grew up. Watch or rewatch the hearing and stop going by the Hannity version.
Are you saying he had no right to fight back after his reputation was smeared and he was called a gang rapist? Who wouldn’t get angry after being publicly dragged thru the mud for something he didn’t do? You should read the sex crimes prosecutor’s report!
Do you mean the sex crimes prosecutor hired by the republicans? I read that and heard it was typed up before the hearing.
Where are your facts to prove that the report was typed up before the hearing? More fake news from you.
You looking for facts? You got to be kidding. The only facts that you believe are Scumps lies. You and your ilk pose a real danger to our democracy because you can’t tell the difference between the truth and a lie. Proof Scump has told over 5000 confirmed lies but you are not aware of it because Fox news owns your brain. Oh yes you will call this fake news but you my enemy are a total fake and that’s not fake news. Watch the Gman’s show and start getting yourself educated. He has the ability to educate anybody and it is evident you haven’t
Been watching. If you are a Pittsfield resident The Gman is trying to help you but you may not have enough intelligence to understand what he is trying to do for you. I think you are the type of person that throws stones at people who are trying to help you. That makes you an ingrate and ingrates get their kicks trying to bring successful people down to their level well it ain’t going to happen INGRATE
Once again Gaetani, you are making outrageous claims with no facts to back it up. Instead, you throw out insults and hate speech as your defense. Anyone who disagrees with you is “the enemy.” Just like your leftist Democratic heroes, the mission is to destroy the opposition for the sake of winning. So sad!
The fact that the conversation here has shifted from Ford ‘s delusions to Kav getting pissed off and throwing i ce is a tacit admission that Ford is full of crap.
Trump is a known liar outside the cult in the general population of Americans.I think the Senators will consider believability of the interviewees. What motivated Ford and what motivates Kavanaugh. In the end Republicans want to stop women from making choices about their lives inside a doctor’s office.Democrats want women to have control of their own life.Trump wants to make his base happy.The Christian right wing will forever love this man.Money beats truth everytime.Kavanaugh is the key to making America great again like the late sixties when there were riots, inflation,war,pollution and so many bad corporate decisions in the auto industry.
Republicans needed a plan and it was attack public education,union wages,and lawyers who could take on corporations in court…….they were they enemy of Corporate America .Union wages sent that generation to college and those newly educated forgot how they did it.They pretended that they did it alone……That makes Kavanaugh the most important pick every for republicans in 50 years,they can taste it….Kavanaugh is in and the TRUTH means nothing….its a dog and pony show.
Yes, liberals would do anything to defend abortion, they proudly admit it, so to say there is no possible reason a liberal would lie to stop a judicial appointment is ridiculous. If Ford were young and in a liberal college she’d be open to joining an a plot to assassinate an anti-abortion judge
Where do you study liberal biology?Where do you learn liberal Math and Music?What does liberal mean outside the definition Fox news has implanted by repetition.
Eagle editorial claims that Ford should be believed because “she has not one ounce of doubt,” as if the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard applies to the plaintiff’s own mind because females are never wrong and off course they don’t lie…
Just when you think the Eagle couldn’t sink lower they have some deranged catlady contemptuously labeling 17-year-old Kavanaugh a puerile immature man-child
The most important reason that KavaScump should not be appointed to to the SC is because he was nominated by Scumball. That reason and the many others I mentioned in yesterday’s posts are clear evidence that these republican dinosaurs are not out to find the truth but to burry the truth. It won’t work and decent Americans will have the final say in November. Till then expect the same dirty politics condoned by Scump. On November 7th the American people, the decent ones that is, are going to throw the most humongous party ever seen to celebrate the being of the end of Scumps reign of terror. Today on the planet we see many more people coming forward to rebel against Scump and I believe this trend is occurring throughout the country. There will always be a handful of nut cases who believe every lie that Scump tells and they have checked in today all ready on the planet but you can see very clearly their words ring hollow. Decent people unite better days are coming in 34 days.
Do me a favor. Throw away you chap stick and use your stick.
Art, that should read throw away your chap stick and use glue stick.
The best test for this kind of stuff (daily now) is the old tried and true standby:
Reverse it.
Dem president, Dem Senate, Dem nominee to SCOTUS, but Republicans coming up with last-minute weak-arse stuff to detail it.
SNL (I guess it is still on the air?) would have led with something like this:
https://vimeo.com/292192821?ref=fb-share
When was the last time you heard someone who raped or attempted rape admit it? Something tells me it does not happen too often what with prison being your reward for admitting it.
There are no Constitutional protections for Brett Kavanaugh, although he sure would make them up if he could.
He’s a shitty judge and I wish the debate was about his record. His record is garbage. His opinions are garbage. He got this nomination because Kennedy traded his retirement for it. Justice Kennedy who promoted racism, big money in politics, and taking away progressive protections from anyone that isn’t wealthy.
The whole circus is sickening.
I guess in Trump America a liberal Judge affects all men.Name that ruling for 100.00
Where do you study liberal biology?Where do you learn liberal Math and Music?What does liberal mean outside the definition Fox news has implanted by repetition.
Your left wing lunatic friends have politicized as many academic disciplines as they could.
Is education a liberal idea,is wanting a clean enviroment that keeps kids healthy liberal,is work safety liberal,is bank and market regulation liberal, equal rights liberal,is minimum wage liberal,is healthcare for all liberal,is research liberal,is building infastructure liberal,is social security liberal,How about medicare
TSC
The words “liberal” and “conservative” have lost all their normative meaning. The words have become so highly charge and politicized that they have become rhetorical chameleons, changing into whatever smear the user wished to attach. Like the words “normal” and “reality,” you can’t use them properly without quotes. That may provide fodder for a future column.
Dan like I said decent people who live by the rule of law will be heard from soon. If Kavascump is appointed to the SC he will, I be!I’ve be the first SCJ to be impeached. Very little of what you have posted today leads me to believe that you understand the gravity of this situation. We need ethical moral unblemished individuals sitting on the SC and this buffoon does not cut mustard. Let’s pray that people like you do not prevail in the coming election in November because if they do we are going to see a civil war which will end with the reestablishment of law and order which we have not seen in our country for the past two years. Actually I might prefer that this lunatic be appointed as that will hasten the charge to get our country back on the right track but it may not be necessary because I believe the decent American law abiding citizens will demand that these republican dinosaurs better get this right or they are finished. Dan Do you want Scump to return your share of the 500 million dollars that he stole from the american taxpayers? Yes fodder for future blogs. We all post with our opinions and these are mine for today or for this morning I mean.
Will he be impeached before or after you start a civil war?
Soooooo, all of the right wing nut jobs on here are ANTI Harrington because of her lack of trial experience….. yet…..
are PRO Brett (F*ckBoy) Kavanaugh who has never been an attorney in a courtroom trial?
Fascinating
SHAKES
Apples and grapefruits, although it’s a clever comparison. To serve as a judge is to serve as the umpire in a judicial proceeding, calling the legal balls and strikes. Kav has a wealth of experience there. More to the point of your analogy: Many great MLB umpires (Jocko Conlon, Art Passarella, Bill Summers, Emmet Ashford etc.) have not played in the majors but could still ump. You go to school to be an ump and can learn the principles. Same with lawyering and judging.
12 years as a judge. Not so sure that is a ‘wealth’ but if it is to you then go with it. Another apples to watermelon comparison, the officiating crew at the 2018 Super Bowl averaged 15 years of experience.
Sarah Chucklebee is a media whore. Everything Trump touched turn to gold? She read that. Glad she was heckled at that restaurant, who orders a side of beef with a gallon of mash potatoes anyway? Trump is the evil one.
the only difference between Sarah and a self basting turkey is that the turkey is more believable
SCOTUS does not have trials.
Neither are qualified. They’re simply party bum kissers who are being promoted by their respective parties simply because of conservative credentials on the one hand, or with Harrington, her Progressive credentials and the fact that if Healey, Barrett, et al sat down fast,her neck would break.
I’m a liberal and she has no business doing this job.He deserves the job and is qualified to do it.Harrington sh ould not get the position just because shes now a politician just looking for a job.Bouvier has trained her to go get your picture takin with anyone of status or a ceremony, a picnic,a cause its insane voting for her.She will no doubt get it and it will be for the fact When is promoting her.She will be as effective as Bouvier and Tyer are
I think it should be up to the existing judges on the supreme court as to whether they want Kavanaugh on their court. Who better to judge him than they? And let them vote anonymously.
There are currently 8 justices and most likely a tie would occur. I say this respectfully but do t be so stupid.
Sorry, but you and that Kavanaugh lounge lizard seem to have similar traits. Any chance you are related?
I asked you not to be so stupid. So don’t be stupid.
You have a guy with a bad history with the bottle and women, but strong Conservative credentials. What do you do?
Republicans fight hard to make him a Supreme Court justice.
You have a woman lawyer with no prosecutorial experience, 7 criminal cases in total with one in which she asks for a mistrial due to her own incompetence, but she’s a Progressive Democrat. What do you do?
Democrats fight hard to make sure she’s the Berkshire County DA.
In both cases being what the party wants outweighs the fact that you’re not qualified for the job and you’re incompetent.
There is NO difference!
Obama admitted to being a heavy drinker and drug taker in high school. So much so, that he remembers very little from that time except for being in a daze.
Me and Obama went drinking once at Sea World and then we rode on the backs of the Orcas. Obama wound up getting both legs bitten off at the knees which is why he walks funny to this day. Your comment reminded me of that both funny and sad day Pat.
Actually it was Obama’s father who lost part of both legs in a drunken driving bender. I suppose the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
Yes he liked beer. Remember the beer summit?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/obama-legacy/henry-louis-gates-jr-arrest-controversy.html
TS – Any update on when that Williams College rape truth-bomb will be exploding? You mentioned a “Chief” had been roped in and would be responding. Is it the same Chief referenced in the article below?
One of his officers was stopped in VT on suspicion of drunk driving few years back. He was stopped at 1:16am but was not given a breathalyzer until 3:06am. He blew a .065, below the legal limit of .08
If he had been treated like any other citizen, he would have been arrested for DUI and no longer a cop. Instead the Chief, drawing on the wisdom of Solomon, gave him a one-daysuspension and said “I don’t find him innocent or guilty of the charge. He put himself in a situation he should not have been in.”
So by all means, let’s hear from the Chief. Seems like a real stand-up guy.
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/williamstown-officer-suspended-after-stop,124197
Someone asked about Wynn. Has he given his statement?
Yes, you asked about Wynn under one of the several handles you use.
Wynn graduated in 1993. He graduated in a different era and has absolutely nothing to do with this.
Nice try, genius.
You asked about Wynn. A ridiculous attempt at misdirection.
You are not clever.
If 1982 matters in one case 1993 matters too. I want to know what he knew and I’ll bet his wife does as well.
Now Christina, why don’t you ask him. And ask him about Dale Eason while you’re at it
Very funny rapid-fire responses, Marquis. Good stuff.
Before David Capeless decided to stop prosecuting rape cases, Williams rape numbers were much lower. Primarily, because there were a number of prosecutions led by Capeless’s predecessor DA Downing.
Getting back to Chief Wynn. Your assumption that Williams then looked anything like Williams now is idiotic. Pretty sure a statement from him isn’t necessary, lol.
Only a fool would believe that rape is a recent.thing on campus.
Oh yeah, remember your ethics training. I hope you don’t do this from your state computer or on state time.
There is supposedly a petition going around that, if successful would require a list of all the lawmakers in DC who used taxpayers funded hush money to payoff the people who brought sexual allegations against them to be made public. The #MeToo movement should be all over this.
There is a hotel in Washington that is frequented by high class “escorts”. The list of congressman who have NOT been there is much shorter than the one of those who have. And Donald has everyone of them on his cameras which is why you see them all licking his ass for fear he will out them.
Oh yeah it is true people…it is true. Even Pat knows it is true.
The hookers are the only ones in DC giving people their money worth.
S Sanders now says that scump allowed the republicans on the senate judiciary committee to decide who was interviewed by the FBI and who wasn’t. Translation Good Old Boy KavaScump is green lighted for the appointment but wait the american people and the 3 undecided republicans haven’t been heard from yet. I believe they will be loud and clear and KavaScump will be hearing the word no. Any sane individual can see how corrupt this administration and this judiciary process is and soon very soon we are going to be seeing the changing of the guard and the sweeping of the trash out of the House and senate to the curb to be taken away with the rest of the garbage. This type of bull shit needs to be shut down now.
Trump is calling me on the cell phone, hold on.
Careful what you say…he might be taping you
My t v is disabled, you f,,,,,, orange haired piece of lard.
Big deal . No Jerry Springer for you today.
Most people in this Country are posers who have no class that support him, and those who support the Clintons think they have class, but are not classy people. Pittsfield class would be Chuck Garivaltas for instance. I’ll be back with my class list,It’s thin.
From “Dreams From My Father” describing his high school experience in Hawaii, Obama writes:
“I kept playing basketball, attended classes sparingly, drank beer heavily, and tried drugs enthusiastically. … If the high didn’t solve whatever it was that was getting you down,” Obama intones, “it could at least help you laugh at the world’s ongoing folly.”
Just more proof that lots of kids drank heavily and even took lots of drugs as with Obama, but Obama went on to become president of the United States. It didn’t say anything about his character according to Democrats who voted for him enthusiastically, but are now saying that Kavanaugh drank too heavily in high school to be considered on the Supreme Court and he is also an alcoholic.
I’m sure you still voted for George W even though he was a known drunk and cocaine addict. He also became president.
I reiterate, Bretty-Boi’s proclivity with mind altering substances shouldn’t doom his nomination, his disgraceful record and job performance should.
What disgraceful job performance? I did vote for Bush because he overcame his earlier drinking problem. That’s the thing, people can and do grow up and become healthy, good and functioning people. What somebody did in high school should not determine their worth as human beings when they do everything they can to improve themselves.
We all agree Pay,what about his calender Obamas calender says to get a fake birth certifacate so he could be president….your still a birther Pat?Trump lied again.How about Trump taxes he did not want to pay.How about the millions Dad needed to give done on his failed investment,millions tens of millions
School committee, Americans don’t care about this stuff. They care about jobs, crime and the economy. This fishing expedition against Trump just makes people want to vote for anyone but Democrats. President Trump is not responsible for anything that his father did when President Trump was 3 years old.
Don Trump did the scam not his dad.Dad bailed him out of failure.When Don was 2years old he was worth 2 million.Kavanaugh is a drunk liar.
Hilary Clinton’s campaign started the northern thing.
I hear Dr. Ford’s father help with the JFK assassination. Sad.
Didn’t Trump own the building Oswald was caught at?
Yeah, and he owned Jack Ruby’s strip club.
at least Obama did not mock sexual assault victims while his base laughed and applauded
But I am sure you got a kick out of that scene huh Pat. Didja record it so you could play it over and over for the grand kids?
No mocking involved He just repeated what she said. After her old boyfriend’s statement she looks more and more like a fraud.
Obama mocked special Olympics athletes on the tonight show
I was talking to Ivanka this morning and she said that her father came to her last night and asked her, “what can i do that will really piss women off the most?” And she said, “Dad, if you go on Tv and make a mockery of sexual assault, women will really hate you, so don’t do that.” But of course Donald and his tiny penis just had to do it because he enjoys demeaning woman as it makes him feel powerful. And so that is the back story on how one assholes brain works to make America great again.
Liberal hypocrisy has no limits. They saw the movie “Say Anything” and they thought Hey, I can do that!!
Scump has stated that he could shoot someone in Central Park in broad daylight and get away with it. The fact that Scump has so many die hard Waco’s in this country who think like this it is the reason why I say we could face a civil war in our country if this insanity isnt contained. The SCJ judiciary result will either calm the country or turn it into chaos . If KavaScump is seated this will spark widespread dissent and protest which I hope will be civil but I am very worried because Scumps type of followers might very well take to violence knowing how Scump looks at things. These are trying times we face and every American has to ask themselves if the type of government and administration we are seeing now is what we want to see in the Future. I just heard that 40 Individuals with salient information against KavaScump have not been contacted by the FBI. The reason Well Scump and the Republicans on the judiciary committee didn’t want to hear from them. Do you see what I mean when I say this type of bull shit must be contained?
A Civil War? Are you going to take up arms against republicans? Democrats have proved themselves to be violent a long time ago and it has really shown since the 2016 presidential election. Trump supporters have not hurt a soul but democrats have been shooting at congressmen, mailing rison poison and harassing republicans in public places. Many democrats are dangerous and unstable and are willing to go to war and kill fellow Americans. Look at ANTIFA.
ANTIFA is a right wing group of paid aholes who hide behind a mask
Yeah right. That’s why they oppose republicans.
a mere assertion cannot be the yardstick to measure that an event occurred. Dan Valenti is a murderer. There he must be…this is a political play for power and nothing else – the vote will happen Sat and he will be confirmed – the FBI will find nothing – b/c there is nothing – the guy has lived in a microscope his whole adult life and never was a bad word spoken – Ms. Ford was credible but she was because she believed it – just like I believe my earlier statement regarding Dan V. Call the cops and put him in jail….
Are you talking about the same guy we saw lying to the judiciary committee? Where do clowns like you come from. The only things that must be given credence are facts and we know that we will not get them because ScumpAnd the republicans on the judiciary committee have insured that we don’t. The 3 undecided republican senators will set this charade straight and I believe there are more republicans senators who have talked about this FBI investigation being a sham will add to the nay votes to KavaScump. If they don’t the American public will and that you can bank on. Scumps base will be there for him even if he kills someone in front of them but the the decent Americans have seen enough of this dysfunction and that is who we will be hearing from soon.
I’m very impressed with the high level of discourse in here. Just like YouTube comments: “You suck!” “No, you suck!” “You’re a racist!” “No, you’re a racist.”
But no need to emulate the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
and likewise I am impressed with how you raised the level of discourse without even trying. Good job Eddie.
Fast Eddie who dutint think.
The “Safeway” store that ‘Dr’ Blasey-Ford claims to have gone into after the alleged event in 1982…….
DIDN’T OPEN UNTIL 1986.
Not only that but Ford said the incident took place on a bed. And beds were not even invented until 2004. So surely something is amiss. Is she saying the whole thing happened in the future? OMG!!
FUGE
Maybe she’s a time traveler. She is, after all, a “doctor.”
How can you say that “Guilt now lies in the mere accusation.”? What is wrong with all of the men who think this way? Don’t you have a lovely wife? Didn’t you respect your own mother? What would you say if it were their testimony in front of the entire US on television? Why would you suppose that any woman would subject herself to such scrutiny–disrupting her life further than being raped as a teenager would do–along with her family’s privacy? Shame on men who believe such lies. I am ashamed of my country!
Perhaps I have misunderstood your points. Would that that were the case.
VICKIE
THE PLANET can say that because it factually describes the Ford-Kavanaugh case. She made an unsupported claim. No evidence. No corroboration. No memory of too many of the salient features (though she remembers she had only one beer!). I can’t say why any woman would do what Ford did, although her Go Fund Me money has topped $1 million. Look, at some point, one has to get over the setbacks of the past, especially a past that is two score, ten, and six years old. Either that, or be the perpetual victim. It would appear Ford has chosen the latter.
I’m sure you would agree that most crimes against moms ,aunts,sisters ,and daughters of abuse happen with no witnesses.You believe him and he is known to be the lawyer political dirty tricks guy as a young guy who spread the story of Bill Clinton murdering Clintons friend George Foster….he Kavanaugh has no respect for the Truth and he has a political agenda to put women back in the kitchen when white men were great.
Vicki, she wasn’t raped as a teenager. That is the media and Democrats telling lies to get women all upset so they will vote Democrat and oppose Brett Kavanaugh. Ms. Ford was not raped. She said she was not raped.
She said Kav copped a forced feel through one layer of clothing and a bathing suit. That’s like trying to feel for a tiddly wink while wearing boxing gloves, by the way. Not much there. She said she was able to leave the room before anything else could be done. End of story.
I call for Ms. Ford to donate the money collected from her Go Fund Me pages to battered women’s shelters and programs.
You mean the Go F*** Me pages?
Hell no, she deserves a nice vacation.
You realize that Sasquatch has had more eye witnesses than Christine Ford?
So does the Loch Ness Monster and the Roswell Crash.
The loch Ness Monster.was recently seen on Silver air swimming toward the old KFC looking for Mary Jane.
Or the cash that was hijacked at PHS a few years ago.
Hopefully Kavanaugh can restore his credibility after he gets the nod Friday. And hopefully he doesn’t stop drinking beer.
Mueller must be licking his chops over this KavaScump circus because if a single criminal charge sticks to KavaScump it will trigger an FBI investigation that will truly be run by the FBI director and not Scump. Who do you think might head up this investigation? Yep Robert Mueller the 3rd.Uh Oh. Now that will be a real investigation. Any questions scumpsters?
The american women will save our democracy in November by a landslide. Scump will have his base but it won’t nearly be enough to save him. The sane will show up in droves and we all know who they will vote for. God I love this drama.
Actually we have republic not a democracy.
Didn’t you just say that Trump controlled the FBI?
He’s said criminal investigation, unlike this dumb investigation with multiple constraints. Vote Yes on Question 1.
Mitch McConnell is the most dangerous and corrupt person in America. He has shown the American people that he doesn’t care what KavaScump was charged with he just wants him on the court. So sad. This dinosaur must be put out to pasture.
Freshman roommate confirms Kavanaugh had a major drinking problem?
One thing Trumps and Kavanaugh’s wives have in common is that “thousand mile stare”. You can tell they have both been through long term anxiety and have developed an obedient posture. So sad
but MAGA
Republicans new form of goverment is now inside your phone with yesterday’s test of access.Good Luck with that form of control
What happened to a financially conservative security minded republican party?
Government has reached the lowest of lows. This Government needs a shakeup. A wakeup like no other. Both sides are triburial. This is going to ignite Americans!!!
trburile
Apologize
triburile
No, prob spa. What do you think of the scope of the investigation the president ordered and mcconell ordering a vote ASAP Now. A witness not queried came on news and said Kavanuts drank like a fish. No questions to blasé ford either. Trump – McConnel spit on the senators request. Zero supplemental testimony.
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It is a disgrace. They don’t care about the truth. They are self absorbed, and wreckless.
Well, now China is messing with us. As was said two years ago on the Planet when the question was asked,why was China posting war ships near the Philippines?
Chine is doing nothing more than we have done. It is fueling its war machine with the byproducts of economic success. China is the next great world power. Why shouldn’t it be able to define its spheres of influence. History shows that EVERY dominant power has done this — Spain, France, England, the U.S., and now China. Each does it in their turn, while their empire prospers. Each recedes as their empire inevitably fades away, as America’s is doing.
Off topic.
I have never seen this city so trashy. Trash everywhere just in time for a big tourist season. Unfortunately, you can’t stop the pigs that don’t give a shit. Take a walk on Woodlawn. There has to be 200 nip bottles, and all kinds of other trash. Who would ever want to develop there? I’m always amazed that business owners don’t pick up in front of their property. I guess they hope it will blow away. I used to see the house of correction crews out. Apparently that’s no longer a program.
HARRISON
To your point, we have received complaints about the sad state of city streets (as if THE PLANET has a magic Trash Disappearing Wand!). We have noticed the filth ourselves. We see it as a sign of a city overrun by scammers — people who come to the city because of free welfare, the drug trade, or because they have a loved one serving time and want taxpayers to support their lifestyle. We even see signs that the city itself has given up on keeping streets clean. Littering is one of those “small” issues that’s actually a large quality-of-life matter. It comes down to personal responsibility, which in Pittsfield seems to have gone the way of the typewriter.
Kavanaugh did not want to answer questions. Trump and the Senators don’t want their feet put to the fire. They don’t want to be approached by constituents or answer reporters. This is indefensible behavior in our Country, and Congress needs a housecleaning. Americans pay their paychecks, and are being shut down and shut out. The same in local Government. There is a loud voice for gun rights, but yet a silence for code of ethics, and fairness, and racism, Go invasion of taxes.
Kavaugh is the biggest SWAMP appointment ever in the history of the Supreme court and Trump will be able to do it with the support of ….Trumps own description of his supporters”The Stupids”
Yale Graduate of BEER. I like Beer will be his legacy!! Real pride there.