“And if she does appear she’ll ruin the Dems’ shtick and be a laughingstock.
Tough choice.”
No way. I think the game was for her never to show. It plays out like this:
This Friday, her lawyer will issue a statement on her behalf. It read something like this: “Ms. Ford has been subjected to some of the most veil death threats and hate mail from Trump supporters. Ms. Ford simply wanted to tell her story; yet, due to the threats on her life from Trump supporters, she feels it is best to not appear in the interest of protecting herself and her family. Ms. Ford stands by her statement that Judge Kananaugh violently raped her.”
Over the weekend, it will get washed out. The following week the Judge will be appointed. Thereafter, the Dems will run on “Stop Trump from appointing another rapist to the S.C.” The brain dead “educated” suburban females will crawl over glass to get to the polls to vote Dem in the mid-terms to protect muh abortion and muh #metoo,
The Dems are playing the long-game on this one. While the Judge certainly did not do this, in the court of public opinion, he will be a convicted rapist, and Trump’s appointment of him will go down as illegitimate.
He’ll be alright “in the court of public opinion”, but a sizable group of Dem women will believe just as you say.
But we were never getting those votes anyway.
It’s all a political show. The most childish I believe I’ve ever seen.
Same thing happened to Clarence Thomas, and the democrats had to just suck it up. He’s been an absolutely marvellous judge.
I disagree with this assessment 100%. I see it the other way. The dems took a dirty shot and it backfired on them because their Huckleberry chickened out. She didn't want to be questioned under oath knowing it could put her in prison for lying.
The dems have cried wolf way too many times for the general public to believe anything they say anymore. They are known and established liars with zero credibility. Even their base knows they were lying but forgive them for trying to slow or stop the confirmation.
Bottom line: The dems jumped the shark.
It is my hope this is fully investigated (honestly) and anyone found to be complicit made to pay. If it's a senator, say Feinstein, she be removed from all committees permanently since she can't be trusted. In truth, after getting caught with a 20 year Chinese spy working directly for her and able to hear her private conversations; it proves her judgment has never been good enough to be on a single committee.
Ridiculous. What she has alledged wasn’t rape. I think the majority of Americans are fair-minded and will see this for the dirty trick it is.