Posted on 09/29/2018 12:17:27 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Maybe the optics required a female special counsel. But wasn't it possible to find someone who understands that the job of a prosecutor is to undermine the credibility of any witness testifying against the victim he's supposed to be representing?
In the case of the alleged event sketchily recalled by Christine Ford, this shouldn't have been difficult.
Any good attorney does not stick to scripted questions and takes advantages of openings provided by witnesses. This is something Rachel "Creampuff" Mitchell failed to do.
The special counsel needed to use all her time to question Ford about five things:
1. How well she knew Brett Kavanaugh
2. The alleged assault
3. The process by which she recovered the memory
4. The impact on her life
5. Why she chose to come forward when she did and what her expectations were
It's fine to lob a softball or two at the start; you want the witness to feel comfortable and trusting. But then you bear down and turn up the heat.
Instead, we got repeated questions about irrelevancies such as where the polygraph test took place; who ordered and paid for it; who was paying for Ford's lawyers; and the dates of various communications with Anna Eshoo, Dianne Feinstein, the lawyers, and the Washington Post.
Here are some things Creampuff should have asked:
1. How well did Ford know Kavanaugh?
This is crucial, given that Ford's best friend, Leland Keyser, told the committee that she "does not know Mr. Kavanaugh and has no recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was present." All the other individuals supposedly at the gathering also deny being there. The obvious question is, did Ford, if she was really assaulted, misidentify the perpetrator?
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I must have missed it, too. She was such a wee little mouse, I started to tune her out.
Apparently, I didn’t lead such a sheltered life as I thought I had. I was able to ride my bike all over town by myself or with my bestie who lived down the block. All was fine as long as my chores (everything was on me) were done and I was home to cook dinner.
Junior year, my bf could come over without parents being there but it was all innocent. I was very straight laced.
This woman is disagreeing with you. It is not respectful to treat women like china dolls. It’s condescending which is how everyone from Senators to msm has been treating Ford. It’s disgusting. Ford is a full grown supposedly intelligent woman. She is not a fragile little three year old.
female.
“It is old-school to treat women with deference and politeness. This also happens to be the correct way to treat them, by the way.”
This is what you are disagreeing with?
I don’t see anything about “china dolls” in there.
Is that really you, CBF? You certainly sounded like a fragile little three year old,
No. Piro would be too abrasive, therefore ineffective. Plus her voice is annoying.
Oh I thought Flake recommended Mitchell.
Should have hired a prominent criminal defense attorney. A defense attorney would have torn her testimony apart in short order by asking closed-ended questions. Asking open-ended questions was the worst approach.
Yep. The one person who defended Kavanaugh best was Kavanaugh himself in his opening statement.
Yep, she was working for the Democrats.
Agreed. Hiring her was a fail. The hearings should not have been televised either - thus no way for the rats to turn it into the Jerry Springer show that aroused their low-info, emotions-over-thoughts base. Republicans got rolled big time with this one.
Thank goodness it was televised
BK’s statement was critical.
I really think that the point of allowing the FBI investigation (drink) is to give the dems more rope.
Totally agree. Another plant.
Good observation. I think it backs up my opinion about her goal.
The maps were an opportunity for Ford to add some details to explain what she meant when she described the scene of the crime as being "near" something else. You'll note that Ford added NOTHING.
Similarly, the interrogator led Ford through her experience allowing her to add details. For example, Ford described that, as she entered the home, she saw that Brett and Mark were inebriated. In addition she described the room as being simply furnished, or some such thing. She added NOTHING to the short, one page description that she has stuck to in the past.
Since Ford concluded that Brett and Mark were inebriated, she could have described whether they were sitting or standing when she entered the home. How were they dressed? Were they holding drinks? Smoking? Talking? Singing? Snoring?
Ford added NOTHING. That is because there was nothing to add. The written description was invented without any supporting details. Ford couldn't take the risk of elaborating on anything. She's lying.
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