Supreme Court Justice Kennedy to Retire
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Disagree. In a "normal time", for example, 2006, they would never have hand these rounds of questions to begin with, and he would have already been confirmed.
Zombie
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No really, no. Just going by the numbers false accusations are incredibly rare. Vanishingly so when you consider how many of them go anywhere.
Hell, when it comes to rape, like 1% result in a conviction of the rapist due to low reporting and other factors.
False accusations aren't even on my radar of things to be concerned about.
Zombie
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Then you should know that it's completely normal for survivors of past sexual assault to have perfectly lucid memories of the event itself, but have no recollection at all of the events before and afterward. It's not a 'convenience' for them at all.
Or just very quiet. Or deliberately loud and boisterous, if still in a state of denial. Or any number of things.
Are you deliberately trying to look like a raging, misogynist pig? Is this a satire or put on?
Booker with some very good questions. Kavanaugh stuttering, stalling, dodging.
Kavanaugh should have said, "Ms. Ford's allegations are unsubstantiated, uncorroborated, and untrue. Interpret that however you like."
Each time I've sat down to watch this it seems he could never answer a question with a straight answer.
Stars Fan
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so why not do it then?
Kavanaugh's personal testimony was fine for me, but as a potential Supreme Court Judge, I think he failed that test. As a Judge you're supposed to be calm, impartial and measured. He did not do that today. I don't want an emotional Judge. I want someone who's willing to look at all the evidence laid out rather than 'I can shout louder than you, and I am crying so therefore I am passionate about this and therefore it must be true'.
I don't remotely remember every party or event I went to in high school, and I didn't drink. The only events I remember are ones where something unusual happened. All these other people weren't being assaulted so it wouldn't stand out for them.
I didn't realize there was a handbook for how an assault victim should react, and that all women should respond exactly the same or their credibility will be called into question.
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Also what does having many close female friends and hiring 4 female out of 4 law clerks have to do with anything? It just says to me 'I like woman'. That's all it does to me.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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My friends wife was abused by her father as a child, but she apparently completely put it out of her mind to the point she forgot it ever happened, had a great relationship with him as far as I could see and my friend went into marriage counseling, and I guess something triggered her memories of her dad abusing her, it caused her to have a complete breakdown and had to be hospitalized and everything, so I am not shocked there are details that she can’t remember.
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Dude, he's being accused of gang rape on national tv in a highly politicized and disingenuous attack from people who don't want him to be confirmed.
I haven't listened or watched any of this today, but in reading about it I'm a disturbed that Kavanaugh isn't even pretending to be a fair and partial judge. And I believe that a Supreme Court Judge should try to be that more than anything. I naively believe that the Supreme Court should be above politics.
Zombie
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Because they are worried about what that investigation will uncover.
It's the only thing that makes sense.
I certainly can understand why he is angry and upset, and he is certainly entitled to his emotions. None of us know exactly how we would respond under those same circumstances.
It is very likely he doesn't have a recollection of this event and believes he is being unfairly accused. But ranting about Democrats and the Clintons seems unwise.
So as a Judge, if you're presiding over a case, instead of ordering an investigation into something where evidence and witnesses can be verified, you'd rather rule in favour of someone passionately defending him/herself? Whoever is more passionate and cries the most wins?
Why didn't he simply say YES to the FBI investigation instead of repeating 'I'll do whatever the Committee wants'?
I thought the same person was going to grill Kavanaugh for them. Like they said we're handing responsibility for this whole thing over to a person who prosecutes sexual assault and she's going to question both sides. But to unleash her only on the accuser? Lame as ****!
You're assumptions about the way people should act are not meaningful.
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