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FORD’S RIDICULOUS DEMANDS
Powerline ^ | SEPTEMBER 20, 2018 | PAUL MIRENGOFF

Posted on 09/20/2018 10:51:53 PM PDT by SmokingJoe

Citing “sources,” Fox News’ Shannon Bream reports on the demands Christine Blasey Ford and her legal team are making as a condition for her testifying about her allegations against Brett Kavanaugh:

Ford team wants NO questions from lawyers, only Qs from Committee members, #Kavanaugh cannot be in the room, Kavanaugh must testify FIRST – more to come …

These demands are absurd. No questions from lawyers? I guess Ford wants to be able to claim she’s being persecuted by an all-white-male panel. She doesn’t want a woman to examine her, which I imagine is what the Republicans have in mind.

But effective cross-examination is the best way to get at the truth. And in-practice lawyers, not politicians who once may have practiced law, generally make the best cross-examiners.

If Ford is telling the truth she shouldn’t be afraid of lawyers. The Committee should reject this demand.

Kavanaugh can’t be in the room? Say what? Ford is accusing Kavanaugh of a crime. Criminal defendants aren’t booted out of the courtroom when their accusers testify. As the accused, albeit not in a criminal proceeding, the interests of justice demand that Kavanaugh be confronted with the witness against him.

Kavanaugh must testify first? Give me a break. The accuser always goes first, whether in a criminal or a civil proceeding. How else can the accused defend himself against what’s actually being alleged?

I hope that the swing GOP Senators — e.g. Flake and Collins — will see the absurdity of Ford’s demands, so that Chairman Grassley confidently can reject them outright. If he does, there’s a good chance Ford will back down. If she doesn’t, the Committee can vote immediately.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; abortion; belongsinbloggers; blog; brettkavanaugh; california; calstatefullerton; christineblaseyford; christineford; ford; kavanaugh; lyinglimolib; maga; scotus; supremecourt
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To: SmokingJoe

Grassely is pretty crafty and has been around the block a few times with nominations. So far, he seems intent on getting this woman to talk and the Dems seem equally intent on her not talking. Makes me wonder if Chuck is sitting on some exculpatory evidence. Feinstein herself even admitted she didn’t know if the accusations were truthful.


61 posted on 09/21/2018 5:58:15 AM PDT by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after rain had started falling.)
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To: SmokingJoe
Wonder if any of those Senators are familiar with the 6th amendment to the Constitution? The part that says an accused has the right to confront the accuser?

Kavanaugh should be there front and center when Ford testifies, where she will have to lie to his face.

62 posted on 09/21/2018 5:58:59 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Travis McGee
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63 posted on 09/21/2018 6:02:30 AM PDT by PeteePie (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Reno89519
Ford’s Hail Mary. Better not work.

Dianne Feinstein's Hail Mary. The Democrats own this.

If it works, the GOP will have a catastrophe on their hands come Election Day.

64 posted on 09/21/2018 6:03:56 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: SmokingJoe

Remember, this is all a delaying tactic and nothing else. They want to push this back so that it pushes past the planned recess and then they can push to table the vote until after the elections.


65 posted on 09/21/2018 6:06:02 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
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To: SmokingJoe

The mistake here is the Senate allowing this to go on so long. Obviously this woman is full of crap.

Take the vote. It won’t matter because the left will harrass this guy from here on out anyway.


66 posted on 09/21/2018 6:06:42 AM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: grey_whiskers
The Senators should all bring model railroad engines to the hearing. Or else wear cock-and-balls hats.

No. Childish games are for Democrats. We need sober, serious adults to shut this nonsense down. This should've happened the moment Feinstein started reading her letter. It's gone on too long as it is.

67 posted on 09/21/2018 6:08:40 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: IamConservative

Exactly. The Dems are making demands so ridiculous that they know they will not be accepted, giving them what they want- OPTICS... which is to show the evil Reps. attacking this poor victim of masculinity and patriarchy. Ford is a piss ant and should be dealt with as such.

Stick to Senate protocol. Either Ford complies with the rules or she watches the hearings on TV. BOOM!


68 posted on 09/21/2018 6:17:41 AM PDT by freepersup (A freeper behind every blade of grass.)
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To: SmokingJoe

This is how crazy people talk.
No surprise at all she became a Psychologist.
I’ve meet a few good ones but most spend their lives looking for flaws in others while ignoring their own very serious problems.


69 posted on 09/21/2018 6:36:24 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Drew68

Alinsky, ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. That and calling your opponents Nazis right off the bat.


70 posted on 09/21/2018 8:36:29 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Extortion. .yep...Laura Ingraham said that this a.m.


71 posted on 09/21/2018 8:47:09 AM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: exDemMom

Thanks for the post. Yours are almost always some of the very best.


72 posted on 09/21/2018 9:54:57 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: newnhdad

I’m sure they do.


73 posted on 09/21/2018 10:14:03 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 from 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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To: fireman15

Thank you.


74 posted on 09/22/2018 3:38:55 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: varon

Do you still think the Republicans were wrong for not rushing this?


75 posted on 10/06/2018 3:19:07 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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