Can Democrats actually stop the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh?

False.

Mark Judge: “I never saw anything like what was described

PJ Smyth: “I have never witnessed any improper conduct by Brett Kavanaugh towards women

She did make a reasonable request that the Senate prioritize gathering facts over political timing concerns, but the Senate seems to have refused.

As things stand, either she shows up and be called a liar (because there’s no evidence to back up her claim, because there hasn’t been an investigation) - or she doesn’t and get called a liar. Why would she show up??

Maybe wait for the first Republican to ask her if she was a virgin when it happened? Won’t be that long.

Glad to see you no longer claim they said “it didn’t happen”. Good for you. Next step for you – value fighting sexual assault and rape in our culture and society over partisan political concerns. Why not just try it?

Someone else walked into the room (I assume he didn’t know what was going on) and jumped on the bed with them. That was all the distraction she needed to get away

So are you gonna tell us about that protection, or what?

Forgiveness and becoming a productive member of society happen after admission and repentance, not before. Being a productive member of society doesn’t forgive your crimes, only actual admission of guilt and submitting to society’s judgement does that. You cannot just make up your own penance and go with that.

If he had been caught, or even if he came clean about it in his early adult life, then sure, he could have said that, since that time that he did something reprehensible, he has made amends and learned the error of his ways.

However, if someone does not admit their mistakes, then they cannot make amends or learn from them. You cannot receive forgiveness for a sin you deny.

We don’t know that there has been a sexual assault to fight!!! That’s what you keep ignoring.

If we were saying, “Sure he was playing grabass with her, but its no big deal. Boys being boys,” then you can say that we have wool over our eyes and that is sexual assault we should be fighting.

Throughout this thread, you have assumed the truth of her allegations in proposing a procedure to determine the truth of her allegations. That is a problem not only in this process, but in the criminal justice system.

Not fully investigating credible allegations hurts the fight against sexual assault and rape in society. Fully investigating credible allegations helps that fight.

It really is that simple.

I haven’t assumed the truth of anything, only that it’s a credible allegation that should be investigated.

BOOM! :slight_smile:

Classmate’s post deleted. Contained several inconsistencies:

I’m delighted to continue reminding you (and others) that their denials were stronger than “they did not remember”.

The Judiciary Committee is investigating. Does “fighting” against sexual assault require an FBI investigation to the exclusion of everything else? Are the thousands of investigations ongoing right now in the states deficient because they do not involve the FBI?

Ford has half of the country on her side, with powerful people right now trying to dig up dirt or anything to help her. I would venture to say that possibly aside from Anita Hill, her accusations are being vetted more than any sexual assault accusation in the history of the world.

How is society failing her? By not conducting the one particular investigation that everyone knows is not going to happen?

I’m guessing King talked to a lawyer who told her to STFU. Instead she wrote: “I do not have first hand knowledge of the incident that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford mentions”

Your link didn’t have any actual inconsistencies (just questions that the link dishonestly described as “inconsistencies”), but I’m happy you got the chance to drop a boom! I hope it was fun.

Fighting against sexual assault requires a full and objective investigation of credible allegations by professionals, including finding additional witnesses and questioning everyone involved in the allegation (including Mark Judge), which is not being conducted by the Senate at this moment.

It could happen with a single order by the President. Of course, the President has an active interest in preventing scrutiny into credible allegations of sexual assault, so it’s a shame that he’s the one with the power to actually do good on this.

Why isn’t the state of Maryland investigating?

If the accusation is true, the issue is not what he did 32 years ago. It’s what he’s doing now, i.e. denying the event and refusing to apologize.

According to What Are Maryland's Statute of Limitations on Sexual Assault and Sexual Abuse? | LegalMatch

I don’t know how they distinguish felony from misdemeanor-level offenses. It certainly seems possible to me that this only qualifies as a misdemeanor offense and the statute of limitations has already been exceeded.

There’s also this bit though:

AFAIK, Christine Ford never took the step highlighted here.

Sounds like that should be her next step if she really wants an investigation to occur.

That could even happen after Kavanaugh is confirmed. Which may result in his ultimate impeachment.