Posted on 10/07/2018 10:42:26 AM PDT by jazusamo
Two cnn videos at link.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), one of the swing votes during now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation vote, went on CNN's "State of the Union" to explain how she decided to vote.
Initially, Collins said she was undecided about how she was going to vote, especially after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. She initially thought Kavanaugh should withdraw from the proceedings. The lack of corroborating evidence and the fundamental right of being innocent until proven guilty ultimately made Collins vote in favor of Kavanaugh.
Instead of accepting Collins' reasoning, Dana Bash pressed the senator...and even tried to put words in her mouth.
"Do you still think it's possible that he [Kavanaugh] did it [sexually assaulted women] but you don't have the proof to back it up?" Bash asked Collins.
"I do not believe Brett Kavanaugh was her assailant. I do believe that she was assaulted. I don't know by whom, and I'm not certain when, but I do not believe he was the assailant," Collins replied.
"And so, people watching you, hearing you say that, you understand that they'll think you're saying you don't believe her?" Bash asked.
Bash then went into some mumble jumble about a he-said-she-said scenario in which Collins ultimately decided Kavanaugh was innocent.
Bash's "interview" with Collins wasn't an interview at all. If anything, it was a sad attempt at shaming the senator for her vote. Just because Collins voted for Kavanaugh's confirmation does not mean that she doesn't believe Dr. Ford. It means she didn't find any corroborating evidence to suggest Kavanaugh was the assailant. The two conclusions are not a direct result of each other. It is possible to believe that someone was raped without believing that the person they accused was the perpetrator, especially when the accusations come up 30+ years after-the-fact.
CNN should be ashamed of their "journalist" and her so-called quest for the truth.
Here's a thought: Dana, if you're going to put Collins on trial for her decision, simply because you disagree with her outcome, then at least be up front about it. Don't disguise it as an "interview" and make sure you talk to the other 47 senators who voted alongside Sen. Collins. Let's see how your anti-male, pro-feminism type of questioning stands up over time.
Dana’s questioning makes you wonder if something happened in her own life.....I am hearing and seeing a lot of transference by women as if they want to ‘tell’ ....”things happened to me”....and therefore any man of the hour is their target in the political climate.
Instead she wanted revenge, which is not the same and indistinguishable from political actions.
I feel good about defending Kavanaugh.
Screw the Feminists.
Dana Bash should be beaten like a baby seal. She simply echo’s the lies of the left and this poor, misguided doctor. Used. Abused. Confused. Maybe Bash has a sexual assault story of her own?
CNN is ISIS. Its employees are domestic terrorists.
True, the size in numbers of the members of the cabal against President Trump is huge in my view.
Dana who? I wouldn’t recognize it if it were floating in my toilet.
Yep, that’s a possibility with her and many others rabidly supporting Ford whether they be politicos, media or activists.
Agreed.
The Clinton Non-News doesn't belong at press conferences, or on the air, because it isn't a news organization.
As suspected would happen Fords attorney has stated she will not be carrying charges any further against Kavannaugh.....and not the least bit surprising.
However, the Hollywood #metoo stars and feminista activists will keep this rolling as it’s now a ‘political weapon’ they are and will use to galvanize women voters who see themselves as victims. Just as they appeal to black woman on being race victims.
In journalism the story is all about the journalist, what they see, what they do but mainly what they think and what they feel. When you keep a journal it’s all about you.
A reporter is supposed to gather facts either witnessed or corroborated.
That’s a big difference. Reporters are far and few between these days. While journalists are a dime a dozen.
I wonder when we will see and hear a video of Dr. Fraud teaching a class. I bet the baby-voice and uptalk at the end of a sentence will be no where to be found.
I believe that there are far more women in this country who are more upset by the possibility of a false accusation against a male who they care about than there are women who are enraged by the “treatment” of Ford.
I agree.
I believe Ford HYPNOTIZED herself back to when she was a teenager, then made up an assault by some other boy and convinced herself it was (now)Justice Kavanaugh.
Her radical lawyers and friends aided in her self-deception. She may have used CIA or FBI mind-altering drugs.
This will all be proven as time goes on.
Uhh, Beth, you asked the question in your headline. Now effin answer it without sending me on a snipe hunt through your badly written rambling never quite gets to the point article.
Dana who?
CNN is dead to me.
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