But…there are witnesses?
Not to this new story. The person named as a witness isn’t talking. Right now, two journalists say that these other two guys confirm that this other guy talked to the FBI about it. Or am I missing a piece?
I don’t think there are actual witnesses to the Ramirez story either, FWIW.
So what you are saying is that there appears to be a witness who talked to the FBI (according to other witnesses) but that no further investigation was undertaken to see if there were other witnesses or to establish the credibility of what that witness stated was true? And that alleged witness is not talking to the press.
Huh.
Events from decades ago can be investigated. Cases are harder to prove to be sure.
Anyway. The main person to benefit from this in the news cycle will be Biden. First it got his strange record player answer fairly forgotten about. And Warren (Harris too but no one cares about her anymore) has harmed herself by calling for impeachment at this point. Her continued rise means furthering expanding the groups she appeals to. Those who currently soft support Biden or who began to move from him to her (less hard left voters of all colors and demographics) will I believe find that call to be something not presidential, more akin to a Trumpian “Lock her up!” than to the respect for process they want to see. It certainly pushes me away from her. His take is much more appropriate and measured.
We really don’t need another president who sees a crowd and thinks the best thing to do is get in front of it with a pitchfork and a torch.
What I’m saying is that all we know is there may be a witness, we don’t know what caveats and fogginess was in his interview. And the thing we shouldn’t forget: the victim isn’t claiming victimhood. Not remembering it at all, in fact. Don’t know how many decades old crimes like that get investigated.
If the hypothetical she (or Kavanaugh for that matter) came forward, admitted what they did, and said something like, “I was really stupid in my younger days; I recognize that what I did was terrible, and it weighs heavily on me to this day that I was once that kind of person. I am very remorseful for what I have done, but that isn’t who I am anymore” I’d at least hear them out.
A thorough investigation might answer questions like this, as well as finding more witnesses.
You really need to drop these allusions to honesty regarding other posters.
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Ok, but my mind goes there when someone tells me their plan is to investigate any and all possibility of wrongdoing by any Republican in high office along with using, twisting and changing the rules to get whatever possible political and legislative benefit they can. But I’m the cynical type.
This is a true story: I had some time to kill before an appointment this morning, so I went to get a coffee. I find a place to sit at a row of barstools. I notice as I’m sitting down that the guy a few (empty) seats away is wearing a backwards camouflage MAGA hat.
I’m drinking my coffee and sending a few emails, and about three minutes later, that guys scoots down few seats next to me. I can feel him staring at me, so I look over and say hello. He glances down, and so do I. He is masturbating in this coffee shop. I get up, tell the staff, and leave.
Why am I mentioning this? Because as far as I can tell, Republicans would support this guy if nominated to the Supreme Court, because I didn’t report him to the police, I don’t have any hard evidence that this happened, I’m not going to take it to a newspaper, and the only other person who knows it happened is a cashier who doesn’t know me from Adam.
After all, we can’t let unproven allegations get in the way of this man’s career path.
Fair enough.
I hope you took note of the size of coffee he was drinking. Was it a tall? Was it a grande? Was his name written on the cup? It was a busy shop, were there witnesses who will come forward to corroborate? What was the name of the waitress? Inquiring Republican minds will want to know. I mean, if you can’t remember important details like that, how can we believe anything you have to say?
Plus, I’m simply not to be trusted. I have a long history with Democratic politics, including my one and only campaign contribution ever of $100 to a Democrat congressional candidate in 2008 who I personally had known for a decade by that time!!! Thank goodness I’m not a woman, because then I’d be accused of being both partisan AND hysterical… and I was kind of asking for it because I went into a coffee shop alone.
Whore.
By white people, certainly.
Is this you predicting a dip in African Americans’ support for Biden?
Pretty much by everyone other than a few who are already supporting someone else and want to create something by way of Twitter comments.
Remember that the strength of Biden’s support in the Black demographic is with older Black voters who don’t spend so much time in the Twitterverse. They like his moderate positions and his association with the Obama years. So long as they think he is the most electable I don’t think “record player” will spin too badly.
Among the reporting on the reporting, this tidbit from the author’s book came out:
The actual Keyser quote is “I don’t have any confidence in the story.” (Ford’s story, that is)
I take this to mean that your position is that an investigation is not necessary because there is no there there. (?)
But if there is no there there, an investigation would make that conclusion.
Would it not be in the interest of the public, the accused, the administration and the institution of the SCOTUS, to have the investigation and finally put this to rest?
Even an inconclusive result based on all due diligence could be claimed as such, underscoring the importance of the presumption of innocence.
It’s a little more relevant, not to mention politically and judicially sound, to look at it in terms of his truthfulness under oath in his hearings. His personal conduct, for better or worse, has already been assessed politically.