Posted on 09/21/2018 4:35:26 PM PDT by mandaladon
Earlier today Allahpundit looked at the negotiations taking place between Christina Blasey Ford and the Judiciary Committee. The GOP agreed to push the date to Wednesday but is requiring that Ford testify first. A Politico story published today points to one additional factor which is apparently motivating Ford to push the date of the hearing back as far as possible: She plans to drive cross country to the hearing in Washington, DC.
The GOP has been told that Ford does not want to fly from her California home to Washington, according to the Republican senator, which means she may need to drive across the country to make the hearing. Ford has reportedly told friends she is uncomfortable in confined spaces, indicating a physical difficulty in making the trip by plane.
At first blush, this really sounds like a stunt. There are already people flying banners of support behind airplanes in northern California. Now Blasey is going to drive cross-country in what sounds an awful lot like a politicians bus tour. No doubt well be seeing excited tweets from people who encounter her at every gas stop along the way and probably a map showing her current location on
But last night, CNN published a story saying Fords claustrophobia has been known to her friends for years though they only recently learned she blamed it on her alleged assault at age fifteen:
So DeVarney and another friend have known about her discomfort in confined spaces but Ford only connected that to the alleged assault when she told her friend about it for the first time last month.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
it doesn’t take that long to drive...
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She probably wants to stop at a few Country Club golf courses on the way to work on her strokes.
like a car isn’t a confined space. hmmm.
Driving, she’ll be in DC by the day after election day.
What is wrong with video conferencing. The tech has only been there for, oh, 20 years.
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BARF ALERT
Has Big Media given her the Stephanie Clifford Award yet?
There should be nothing to fear from that except luxurious conditions.
-PJ
P*ssy Hat Express. What could go wrong?
Any photos of her overseas recently? Travel for work?
She has until 10 pm tonight to say she will be there.
We hear She drove to her surfing vacation in Hawaii , too
Have the vote tonight. Enough of this crap.
She will be out of touch due to poor cell service.Hopefully she can listen to Rush Limbugh most of the way.
Coup coup for communism
Is there a record of her traveling by air?
The left has gone totally nuts and the idiots in Congress are enabling them.
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