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CNN's Dana Bash Attempted to Sandbag Susan Collins Over Her Kavanaugh Vote. There's Just One Problem
Townhall.com ^ | October 7, 2018 | Beth Baumann

Posted on 10/07/2018 10:42:26 AM PDT by jazusamo

Two cnn videos at link.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), one of the swing votes during now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation vote, went on CNN's "State of the Union" to explain how she decided to vote.

Initially, Collins said she was undecided about how she was going to vote, especially after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. She initially thought Kavanaugh should withdraw from the proceedings. The lack of corroborating evidence and the fundamental right of being innocent until proven guilty ultimately made Collins vote in favor of Kavanaugh.

Instead of accepting Collins' reasoning, Dana Bash pressed the senator...and even tried to put words in her mouth.

"Do you still think it's possible that he [Kavanaugh] did it [sexually assaulted women] but you don't have the proof to back it up?" Bash asked Collins.

"I do not believe Brett Kavanaugh was her assailant. I do believe that she was assaulted. I don't know by whom, and I'm not certain when, but I do not believe he was the assailant," Collins replied.

"And so, people watching you, hearing you say that, you understand that they'll think you're saying you don't believe her?" Bash asked.

Bash then went into some mumble jumble about a he-said-she-said scenario in which Collins ultimately decided Kavanaugh was innocent.

Bash's "interview" with Collins wasn't an interview at all. If anything, it was a sad attempt at shaming the senator for her vote. Just because Collins voted for Kavanaugh's confirmation does not mean that she doesn't believe Dr. Ford. It means she didn't find any corroborating evidence to suggest Kavanaugh was the assailant. The two conclusions are not a direct result of each other. It is possible to believe that someone was raped without believing that the person they accused was the perpetrator, especially when the accusations come up 30+ years after-the-fact.

CNN should be ashamed of their "journalist" and her so-called quest for the truth.

Here's a thought: Dana, if you're going to put Collins on trial for her decision, simply because you disagree with her outcome, then at least be up front about it. Don't disguise it as an "interview" and make sure you talk to the other 47 senators who voted alongside Sen. Collins. Let's see how your anti-male, pro-feminism type of questioning stands up over time.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Maine
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To: jazusamo

Dana’s questioning makes you wonder if something happened in her own life.....I am hearing and seeing a lot of transference by women as if they want to ‘tell’ ....”things happened to me”....and therefore any man of the hour is their target in the political climate.


21 posted on 10/07/2018 11:21:12 AM PDT by caww
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To: jazusamo
If Ford wanted justice for her alleged “rape” she should have acted upon it when it happened.

Instead she wanted revenge, which is not the same and indistinguishable from political actions.

I feel good about defending Kavanaugh.

Screw the Feminists.

22 posted on 10/07/2018 11:23:00 AM PDT by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Dana Bash should be beaten like a baby seal. She simply echo’s the lies of the left and this poor, misguided doctor. Used. Abused. Confused. Maybe Bash has a sexual assault story of her own?


23 posted on 10/07/2018 11:23:14 AM PDT by donozark (There are no flamingos in Venezuela.)
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To: jazusamo

CNN is ISIS. Its employees are domestic terrorists.


24 posted on 10/07/2018 11:23:21 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

True, the size in numbers of the members of the cabal against President Trump is huge in my view.


25 posted on 10/07/2018 11:23:30 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: gcparent

Dana who? I wouldn’t recognize it if it were floating in my toilet.


26 posted on 10/07/2018 11:27:30 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: caww

Yep, that’s a possibility with her and many others rabidly supporting Ford whether they be politicos, media or activists.


28 posted on 10/07/2018 11:28:06 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: RedMonqey

Agreed.


29 posted on 10/07/2018 11:33:48 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The Clinton Non-News doesn't belong at press conferences, or on the air, because it isn't a news organization.

30 posted on 10/07/2018 11:37:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: jazusamo

As suspected would happen Fords attorney has stated she will not be carrying charges any further against Kavannaugh.....and not the least bit surprising.

However, the Hollywood #metoo stars and feminista activists will keep this rolling as it’s now a ‘political weapon’ they are and will use to galvanize women voters who see themselves as victims. Just as they appeal to black woman on being race victims.


31 posted on 10/07/2018 11:39:23 AM PDT by caww
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To: jazusamo

In journalism the story is all about the journalist, what they see, what they do but mainly what they think and what they feel. When you keep a journal it’s all about you.

A reporter is supposed to gather facts either witnessed or corroborated.

That’s a big difference. Reporters are far and few between these days. While journalists are a dime a dozen.


32 posted on 10/07/2018 11:39:34 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: RedMonqey
Of course this was never about an alleged sexual attack...but to the Dems like Feinstein and political activists they love to weaponize sex in one form or another......pushing the 'emotional' buttons.
33 posted on 10/07/2018 11:45:17 AM PDT by caww
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I wonder when we will see and hear a video of Dr. Fraud teaching a class. I bet the baby-voice and uptalk at the end of a sentence will be no where to be found.


34 posted on 10/07/2018 11:51:00 AM PDT by JohnEBoy
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To: caww
Of course this was never about an alleged sexual attack...

You got that right.

Else where is the rage against Keith Ellison? Bill Clinton. Ted Kennedy and his nephew?

One word: ABORTION
35 posted on 10/07/2018 12:02:53 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: leaning conservative

I believe that there are far more women in this country who are more upset by the possibility of a false accusation against a male who they care about than there are women who are enraged by the “treatment” of Ford.


36 posted on 10/07/2018 12:14:51 PM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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To: Freee-dame

I agree.


37 posted on 10/07/2018 12:31:57 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: jazusamo

I believe Ford HYPNOTIZED herself back to when she was a teenager, then made up an assault by some other boy and convinced herself it was (now)Justice Kavanaugh.

Her radical lawyers and friends aided in her self-deception. She may have used CIA or FBI mind-altering drugs.

This will all be proven as time goes on.


38 posted on 10/07/2018 12:37:30 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: jazusamo
There's Just One Problem.

Uhh, Beth, you asked the question in your headline. Now effin answer it without sending me on a snipe hunt through your badly written rambling never quite gets to the point article.

39 posted on 10/07/2018 12:58:40 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: jazusamo

Dana who?

CNN is dead to me.


40 posted on 10/07/2018 1:03:33 PM PDT by Captain7seas (UNexit. Make America Great Again!)
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