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Grassley's Office: Christine Blasey Ford’s Demands in Exchange for Testimony are Non-Starters
townhall.com ^ | 9/21/2018 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 09/21/2018 8:07:21 AM PDT by rktman

The woman accusing Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault during a high school party nearly 40 years ago, Christine Blasey Ford, has given the Senate Judiciary Committee a list of demands she says must be met before she's willing to testify about the incident under oath.

According to Chairman Chuck Grassley's staff, these demands are non-starters.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: abortion; brettkavanaugh; california; calstatefullerton; christineblaseyford; clocktickin; grassley; kavanaughaccuser; lyinglimolib; maga; negotiations; prcampaign; scotus
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To: rktman

Hallelujah! Now, let’s have a vote.

If Flake, Collins & Co. want to sink him let’s give them the opportunity. They can reap what they’ve sown at the ballot box.


21 posted on 09/21/2018 8:16:48 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: rktman

Then get on with it. Vote now. Time for action. Words are worthless. Time to play hardball.


22 posted on 09/21/2018 8:16:49 AM PDT by mulligan (EeThe)
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To: Alberta's Child

The only demand that made any sense to me in this setting was the one that Kavanaugh couldn’t be in the room.

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You have the right to face your accusers.


23 posted on 09/21/2018 8:18:01 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: rktman

I don’t watch the “news,” so the article is the first I’ve seen Attorbey Katz. Hot stuff. Hubba, hubba. You’d never think just by looking at her that she’s a feminazi lawyer


24 posted on 09/21/2018 8:18:33 AM PDT by j.havenfarm ( 1,500 posts as of 8/10/18. A FReeper since 2000; never shutting up!)
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To: rktman

Grassley is hiding.
These comments were made by staffers, not Grassley.


25 posted on 09/21/2018 8:18:33 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right)
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To: mulligan

They do not want her to testify...they want to be able to say the GOP would not let this poor women testify


26 posted on 09/21/2018 8:19:16 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Abby4116
It's not a criminal proceeding, so that's not a relevant position to take.

I explained last night that I wouldn't want him in the room just for political optics. There would be one camera trained on him for the entire time she was testifying, and all of the most unflattering clips and still shots would be used in the MSM reports afterward.

If he insisted on being there while she testified, I'd be OK with having him there.

Was Clarence Thomas in the room while Anita Hill testified? Probably not. In that case, though, I suspect it was because he simply didn't want to waste his time.

27 posted on 09/21/2018 8:19:35 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“If Flake, Collins & Co. want to sink him let’s give them the opportunity. They can reap what they’ve sown at the ballot box.”

The ones it puts pressure on are the Democrats up for reelection in Trump states.


28 posted on 09/21/2018 8:20:39 AM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Flake is done running for office. If he votes no its dead and he can write his own contract w the enemedia.


29 posted on 09/21/2018 8:20:49 AM PDT by prov1813man
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To: PBRCat
In defense of Katz ...

When you are representing an awful client who has no leg to stand on, you're sometimes forced to make the most ridiculous arguments as a lawyer.

These demands actually give me a lot of comfort -- because they indicate that Betty Ford's own lawyers know she's bat-sh!t crazy.

30 posted on 09/21/2018 8:21:27 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will)
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To: Tadhg

I’m pretty sure the gray lady, mother of all news outlets, the NYT, would be more than happy to spread the word. Probably already on someones computer waiting for them to hit the print button.


31 posted on 09/21/2018 8:21:39 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: tennmountainman
Grassley is playing this right. He is chairing a Senate committee, so his only public announcements should be the ones that relate specifically to the procedural matters at hand:

1. Is there going to be a hearing on Monday?
2. If so, will anyone make an appearance?
3. If note, will there be a committee vote scheduled?

32 posted on 09/21/2018 8:23:26 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will)
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To: Flick Lives

This is not a criminal prosecution, so that’s not really relevant here.


33 posted on 09/21/2018 8:24:31 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will)
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To: rktman

Stop yapping and start VOTING.


34 posted on 09/21/2018 8:24:59 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Are you Humbly Grateful or Grumbly Hateful?)
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To: Alberta's Child

Her demands that he testify first is a dead giveaway that its all a setup. All he has is that it wasn’t him and have to defend accusations from news reports since he hasn’t seen the Unredacted Letter or heard what she has to say publicly. She and her lawyers can then come right back and counter attack every point with madeup details to hint that he’s lying and being deceptive


35 posted on 09/21/2018 8:25:45 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Flake does not care, he is not running.


36 posted on 09/21/2018 8:26:04 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: V_TWIN
In the minds of the lib dems it’ll never be enough anyway. Might as well vote/confirm and tell ‘em to stick it and get on with life. After all......WE WON!!!!!

That is exactly right. As far as the Left is concerned, Justice Thomas is a pervert, G.W. Bush stole the 2000 election, Hillary was the "real winner" of the 2016 election, and Brett Kavanaugh is a would-be rapist. They will never give up on those mantras. It's past time to stop worrying about what the Left (which includes the media) will say.

37 posted on 09/21/2018 8:26:53 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: Hojczyk
That's exactly right.

I think everyone knew this moonbat was never going to show up. The partisan wrangling over the last couple of days has been nothing more than an attempt to cast blame on someone other than Betty Ford as the reason for her failure to show up.

38 posted on 09/21/2018 8:27:21 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will)
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To: SaveFerris

They were counting on the spineless GOP to cave — as they have so often in the past. I can imagine that if Trump were not shipping in replacement backbones to GOP members in Congress, they would have caved on this one too.


39 posted on 09/21/2018 8:27:24 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“They can reap what they’ve sown at the ballot box.”

Unfortunately, Flake won’t be facing the ballot box. He decided not to run again when running below 20% in the polls. I call it unfortunate because A) as a constituent, I can’t pressure him, and B) the Republican running for his seat has been more liberal than he has! Although I do think she would be a solid vote for a conservative judge. Whatever else she is, she isn’t a flaming pro-abortion type.


40 posted on 09/21/2018 8:28:19 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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