Interesting how you see the Republicans in the Senate as a single voice. The confirmation (not case) will be decided by the ability to gain 50 votes for the nominee.
I would not expect you to. I have no doubt you have some plausible reason in your mind for her to say this despite her believing it to be untrue.
Was she calling for a positive ID, or checking to see if someone offered an alternate ID? If one of the people she called had said, "Yeah, I remember it was Blake Ash who put his dick on your face, not Brett", do you think she would still be coming forward?
From the information provided to date, it seems fairly evident that Ramirez has doubt that it was Kavanaugh, otherwise she wouldn't have called a bunch of classmates to verify, and state she couldn't remember if it was him or not. IIRC, she even stated that she wasn't confident enough to come forward and was essentially pressured to do so. And when I say "in this case", I think you can infer that I wasn't referring to a legal case, but the issue at hand. What is more interesting is that some people think that our politicians will break from party lines and make a proper decision instead of a party decision. Sadly it just doesn't happen very often. The Republicans know that the potential shaping of legal decisions for a long time are at stake, and they are willing to risk a lot to push their guy through. Do you think without more evidence that he won't get confirmed?
She was quoted as stating that she wasn't certain it was Kavanaugh that did it. After six days not only did she decide it was him, she suddenly remembered that someone ran down the hall and stated Brett Kavanaugh (not just Brett) stuck his dick in some girls face or something along those lines. So I reiterate, I'm not sure she fully believes it was him, because she doesn't remember what happened, and she has said as much to multiple classmates. I'm sure she thinks it happened, and remembers something happening, but I don't think she would have moved forward with an allegation without pressure from others, because she was unsure of what exactly happened and who did it. Hopefully someone with a better recollection comes forward and clears it up one way or another.
As I stated above, I'm more convinced that what happened with Ford probably did occur. Just hard to prove with no one to back up her claim regarding the incident or the party (a lot of fuzzy details). I've been dragged to parties where I didn't know what house I was at, just the vicinity, so I believe everything she stated may have happened, and the fuzzy details seem reasonable. It's just unfortunate for her that the witness that was in the room and the other two she said were at the party (including a good friend) have no recollection of the event or the party. I also went to a lot of parties in high school and beyond, and without a traumatic event happening to me, I couldn't tell you all the parties I went to or who was there. I'm sure both events are being investigated by the senate (at least the Democrats). Maybe something will make it all stick. But as it stands, Kavanaugh will likely still get confirmed. Just they way our political process works. Same thing happened with Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill, and the whole thing, even though investigated, was largely railroaded to make her look like a lying slut. Pretty sad that we put up with the circus time and time again.
