Kavanaugh Accused Of Participating In Gang Rapes

[Innula Zenovka]

Just noticed this:

Then, Friday night at a campaign rally in Springfield, Mo., President Trump called Kavanaugh a “fantastic man” and said “he was born — you talk about central casting — he was born, they were saying it 10 years ago about him, he was born for the U.S. Supreme Court. He was born for it. And it’s going to happen,” adding, “We have to fight for him, not worry about the other side, and, by the way, women are for that more than anybody would understand.”

Perspective | Kavanaugh isn’t entitled to a Supreme Court seat, just as men aren’t entitled to sex

I thought we in the UK were the ones with a reputation -- not wholly undeserved -- for having a class system based on birth and connections, but not even we would speak of someone being "born for" a position in the senior judiciary. It would probably go without saying that his or her background didn't hurt, but we do try (by and large successfully) to make such appointments primarily on ability and merit rather than birth.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

When the Muzzle Comes Off

But what I do know with absolute assurance is that we are living through a period in which women are enacting crucial, swift, large-scale social and political change.

That change is happening whether or not Republicans push Kavanaugh through, whether or not Democrats take the House or the Senate. The change is not simply (or perhaps, not yet) about outcomes, but rather about expectations and what it’s okay to talk about and when. Women — 27 years after Anita Hill, 12 years after Tarana Burke’s Me Too, and one year into #MeToo — are refusing to stop speaking about their experiences, their perspectives, their memories. By doing so, they’re expanding the boundaries of what kinds of stories must be taken seriously — and bringing a much fuller picture of female humanity into view.

 

[Cristiano]

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Cristiano]

In the Fox News interview, his big defense is he was a virgin in high school and for many years after.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

His being a virgin is, of course, not at all incompatible with either Dr Blasey Ford's or Ms Ramirez' allegations.

Furthermore, no one who is at all familiar with the criminal courts can fail to be aware of the disinhibiting effects of alcohol and the way it can impair the judgment of the most well-behaved and restrained people, so that they behave in ways that seem completely out of character and which they can hardly believe of themselves when they sober up.

 

[Pancake]

His being a virgin is, of course, not at all incompatible with either Dr Blasey Ford's or Ms Ramirez' allegations.

Furthermore, no one who is at all familiar with the criminal courts can fail to be aware of the disinhibiting effects of alcohol and the way it can impair the judgment of the most well-behaved and restrained people, so that they behave in ways that seem completely out of character and which they can hardly believe of themselves when they sober up.

Innula, I often wish you were eligible to ask questions in these Senate hearings, or at minimum during one of these bozo’s TV interviews. I’d pay to watch that.

 

[Cristiano]

Brett Kavanaugh: third woman expected to make accusations of sexual misconduct

 

[Tigar]

I was about to say “I haven’t!” But then I amembered when i useta hang around this one gay bath house when I was about 20 and that was pretty much expected behavior there.

But not in high school, not in college. wtf is wrong with the rethuglicans that they adore people like this?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Innula, I often wish you were eligible to ask questions in these Senate hearings, or at minimum during one of these bozo’s TV interviews. I’d pay to watch that.

Dunno about my questions, but I think the Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin has some excellent ones for committee members to ask him:

Evernote Link because Paywall

 

[Cindy Claveau]

His being a virgin is, of course, not at all incompatible with either Dr Blasey Ford's or Ms Ramirez' allegations.

Furthermore, no one who is at all familiar with the criminal courts can fail to be aware of the disinhibiting effects of alcohol and the way it can impair the judgment of the most well-behaved and restrained people, so that they behave in ways that seem completely out of character and which they can hardly believe of themselves when they sober up.

So you're saying he couldn't get it up?

 

[danielravennest]

Not sure what the main difference between the two men is. Aside from a conviction.

Kavanaugh hasn't been accused of drugging someone in order to have sex with them ... yet.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

Kavanaugh hasn't been accused of drugging someone in order to have sex with them ... yet.

The accusations mention how he participated in the frat brother "trains" and gangbangs where a girl is drugged and the boys line up for their turns. Maybe he didn't provide the drug, but he certain participated.

 

[danielravennest]

The accusations mention how he participated in the frat brother "trains" and gangbangs where a girl is drugged and the boys line up for their turns. Maybe he didn't provide the drug, but he certain participated.

That's why I ended my comment with "yet". I fully expected more accusers and witnesses to come out of the woodwork, and given Kavanaugh's "frat boy" behavior, it was likely he did do stuff like that.