[Intolerant in NJ]

26) Also noteworthy is that she says “in the early 1980’s.” The grammar here is wrong - you would write “1980s” without the apostrophe...interesting, but much of what the expert says is arbitrary and a matter of style and preference - for instance, the "Basic Manual of Style" in the back of my "Random House Dictionary of the English Language" says "to form the plural of letters or figures add an apostrophe and an s...the 1890's (or 1890s)"......

More interesting to me is what I heard on Howie Carr this afternoon - apparently a letter sent directly to a member of the Senate to be used in a Senate hearing is considered sworn testimony, while one sent to a member of the House is not - this may explain why Ford sent the letter originally to her Representative Eschoo or whatever - she thought she could make the accusation and not be held responsible if it were investigated - when the letter was forwarded to Feinstein it must have become a legally recognized allegation subject to the possibility of perjury and other sanctions - no wonder Ford is trying to get out of testifying....

[Alberta's Child]

I don't think that's true. The letter is clearly addressed to Feinstein.

I imagine nobody would be able to get around that legal distinction by pointing out that she didn't actually send the letter to Feinstein, but that she gave it to the U.S. Postal Service and THEY gave it to Feinstein. :-P

[kiryandil]

she thought she could make the accusation and not be held responsible if it were investigated

She was ADVISED - she didn't "thought"...