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LIVE THREAD:Judge Brett Kavanaugh & Professor Christine Blasey Ford Testify 9:45 am
C-Span ^ | 9/27/2018

Posted on 09/27/2018 6:39:06 AM PDT by nikos1121

Judge Brett Kavanaugh & Professor Christine Blasey Ford Testify

The Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony from Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Professor Christine Blasey Ford about her allegations that Judge Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while the two were teenagers.


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To: snarkytart

Exactly right. There are two stories here, one is whatever Ford says happened to her and the second is the political vote for Scotus justice. Simple as it gets, if a reconstructed memory from 35 years ago - q “he said” vs “she said” over a bed tussle about which the real truth will never be known give the excuse to vote against Kavanaugh, that was never a yea vote to begin with.


3,841 posted on 09/27/2018 11:53:05 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Ohioan

I didn’t advocate shouting at the witness. I advocate never having the hearing, and voting last week. But since that didn’t happen, this is a big lose. Nothing was presented to discredit the core claim.


3,842 posted on 09/27/2018 11:53:05 AM PDT by Wayne07
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To: MayflowerMadam

I thought Rachel did a decent job and wrapped it up pretty well.

Remember - it’s just halftime.


3,843 posted on 09/27/2018 11:53:14 AM PDT by DJlaysitup (...oh well...)
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To: Wayne07
There are no closing arguments. That was it! It was a big nothing..

Incorrect.

>> "Ford had never heard of the counseling that Mitchell mentioned."

That was perhaps the closest to checkmate I saw all hearing. Brilliant.

Mitchell: "Hey, PhD in Psychology who's written papers on Children's Trauma, have you ever heard of a Cognitive Interview, which is the industry standard backed by experts, for investigating trauma?"

Ford: "Uh, no."

Mitchell: "Hey, you might want to learn about that, being in your field of expertise, after all. That might have been a better option than getting an attorney, a polygraph, and coming here."

Ford: (uncomfortable silence)

3,844 posted on 09/27/2018 11:53:24 AM PDT by Lazamataz (On future maps, I suggest we remove the word "California" and substitute "Open-Air Asylum".)
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To: tina07

I hate to be vicious but to the average person her very unattractive looks along with blubbering on and off with no tears falling is cringe worthy, ESPECIALLY to other females who are the harshest judge of other women.

When all the BS smoke is clear, what did she say that was so damaging to Judge Kavanaugh? Nothing.


3,845 posted on 09/27/2018 11:53:27 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: mass55th
She claims she always more relaxed about flying when she's going on vacation.

What a flake. I'm personally terrified of flying, and wouldn't do it to collect a big inheritance.
3,846 posted on 09/27/2018 11:53:51 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat
My overall impression is this:

1. I believe that Dr. Blasey Ford does suffer from some psychological problems and that may be due to a traumatic event, but that does not mean an event which she seems to lay the blame on.

2. There appeared to me that there is something more to the relationship between her and Mark Judge than we know or which has been released publicly.

3. The "Hello" to Mark Judge only 4 to 6 weeks after an alleged attack in which she feared for her life injured her credibility.

4.The prosecutor, contrary to what a lot of people think, did what she needed to do, and that is to show that Blasey Ford is an easily manipulated individual and has been taken advantage of by her politically motivated attorneys and by Democratic politicians.

But as Dennis Miller would say, "I could be wrong."

3,847 posted on 09/27/2018 11:53:58 AM PDT by Darth Republican
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To: hsmomx3
I cannot believe all these people in the media think she was so credible. She was a floozy bimbo.

You honestly didn't expect them to react any other way, did you?


3,848 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:02 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SteveH

We also know she said she went swimming at the country club every day. How did she get there every day?


3,849 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:09 AM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Smogger

Yep. Right on.


3,850 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:09 AM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing)
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To: hsmomx3

Ford has aged horribly. How much did she smoke and drink her whole life?


3,851 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:19 AM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: COUNTrecount

LOL!! I love that guy. Just watching last night’s program. I’d have given my eye teeth to have worked for somebody like him.


3,852 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:22 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: TheConservativeParty
Beach friends?

Like the Sand People of Tattooine… a gritty folk

3,853 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:22 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: caww

Lindsey was very good when he was in the House during the Clinton impeachment hearings.


3,854 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:23 AM PDT by laplata (Leftists/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: TianaHighrider

“Could someone please update me a litte?”

Republicans are stealthy brainiacs or complete idiots, take your pick.


3,855 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:27 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Stop the madness. Make repeated vanity posts a bannable offense.)
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To: HamiltonJay
It really is insane. If they had an Elizabeth Smart testifying, there wouldn’t be enough kindness and bravery and bending over backwards to glorify vocabulary words in the English language left for the committee to use. Not if they think this woman was INCREDIBLY BRAVE AND COMPELLING for coming forward to tell of a small grope at a teen party 35 years ago.
3,856 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:36 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: NEMDF
Trump Derangement Syndrome




3,857 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:39 AM PDT by Cheerio ( #44, the UNKNOWN Manchurian Candidate)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Of course it was. :-) I admit it 100% honestly. The girls all wanted to be noticed by the boys. It was normal hormonal teenage stuff. Not necessary right, but normal. We never considered the boys bad or perverts. The difference then from now is that the girls knew what they were doing and most accepted responsibility for it, unlike what we see today. Today most girls want the attention but when they get it and get caught they want to destroy the boy. As strict as my parents were, my Dad ordered Mom to lower my hems and I sat up part of the night putting them back up. I wanted to look like the other girls without crossing any moral boundaries. I was too afraid of Dad to do anything to get myself in that kind of trouble.

I’m so glad I didn’t have boys to worry about. I had one girl that would rather ride horses than boys and would rather drive a tractor than a car. LOL


3,858 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:40 AM PDT by Tennessee Conservative
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To: BunnySlippers

I’ll just say, if they didn’t have the votes.....the whole thing would have been handled way differently.

This was an attempt to show the GOP as sensitive and listening.

This isn’t a trial. It’s a public spectacle with the November elections on the horizon.

The voting public has already made up there minds on today’s issue. Nothing that goes on will change any minds.

The votes have been counted behind the scenes. We know the GOP majority prevails.


3,859 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:45 AM PDT by blackberry1
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To: Lazamataz

Did that exchange actually happen?

If so, why isn’t that the end of all this?


3,860 posted on 09/27/2018 11:54:47 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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