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.
I don't think we've heard the last of this because the main lessons Democrats learned here is that you need "corroborating" perjurers to go along with the smear to make things stick next time. That's why this needs to be exposed for the outright lie it was from the outset.
A lot more than abortion. At the heart is money, power, and concealment of criminal activity. The women protesting are just useful pawns.
A lot more than abortion. At the heart is money, power, and concealment of criminal activity. The women protesting are just useful pawns.
That said, she's either a malign and devious leftist stooge, or a traipsing irresponsible dingbat. There's no middle ground here.
“... her inedible hippopotamus.”
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Those words kinda sound like the words you meant, but I think you missed the mark on the language you posted.
It's edible after all.
I would go so far as to say her Dad, with her mother’s full knowledge and consent. I also suspect, though not strongly, that it was ritualistic in nature.
I might suggest research into the exclusive all men’s club that her father was president of.
Those were my exact thoughts, too.
Other 49 senators.
On teh substance of the article - I firmly believe that direct verbal pushback is required when the media puts incendiary words in an R politician's mouth. In this case, something akin to "Dana, you know that is not what I just said, and your partisan attempt to change the meaning of what I did say speaks to your character issues. If you'd like to have an interview, perhaps you would stop being an advocate for about 10 seconds?"
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