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 politician’s bus tour. No doubt we’ll 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 Ford’s 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.
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Just another way to get more PR from the Press. This will become more than a three ring circus if they let her drive.
Grade A nut. We’re going to have to invent new words to describe this. “Absurd”, “ludicrous”, and “insane” don’t even begin to cover it.
She will be unhappy with the road snacks and hotel accommodations on the way and have to turn back.
Never mind the “female attorney”, let’s have Candace Owens question her.
she is crazy and will stop the hearings.
Facts are sexist.
Stop victimizing the victim with stuff that is true.
Believe Women.
Who’s paying for the trip? Who’s the chauffeur?
Will she have a police escort?
Will every town she passes have a welcoming committee, flying banners and a parade?
Wouldn’t it be cheaper to rent her a plane?
A car is smaller than a plane. One can get claustrophobic during rush hour.
For all this hoopla, she better have been raped and is not lying about it.
she is crazy and will stop the hearings.
I wonder whether she took a plane for obligatory visit to Manchu Pichu??
The Democrats will win and will pick the court appointments.
Hope she arrives just in time for the floor vote that will confirm Kavanaugh to SCOTUS.
That's a 3 day drive. Although I did Orlando to CT straight through (22 hours) jacked up on caffeine tabs. I'll never do that again. It was beyond stupid.
OMG!
BRENTT KAVANAUGH IS STILL ASSAULTING HER!
Brett Kavanaugh should be handcuffed while he is testifying ! !
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It was in the Hamptons I believe.
A Flake, even by Lib standards.
One suspects a major, major LIE (to establish a false premise) here.
Maybe she should have taken a horse to buy more time?/create a larger circus.
Missed that (as I never watch CNN).
Did the panel burst into tears or bite their lower lips and let the tears just well up? So touching.
Barf.
The Repuke Party truly makes me sick. Besides the RINOs I wonder how many in Congress are truly Democrat infiltrators? This woman is a flat out LIAR along with the Dems, but the stupid Repukes on the Judiciary Committee are giving her an undeserved hearing. The skank should be given the original date of Monday to appear and that’s IT. Until we get spine of steel Republicans in Congress, instead of these squish Repukes, the Democrats will always pull this stunt! It’s pure BS to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation and maybe the chance to get a couple of squishes like Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski to change their vote. The Dems are America’s enemy, but our side has too many in bed with them in the Swamp, and I believe a number of them are stealth Democrats!
Exactly! The Dems can't honestly claim that they didn't try to accommodate her. AND, she comes off looking like a loon.
The US Marshalls service surely has a secure prisoner/witness bus that could be made available, heck, make it a drink and ride adventure, pack the lawyer witches in as well, full armed Federal protection. Finest kind
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