New SCOTUS Judge

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Fudbucker said:
This is the #Metoo era. If this were the Democratic party of 1998, Al Franken would still be senator.
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Maybe but Al Franken was not as important (and thus easy to sacrifice to look good) as a Bill Clinton or a Supreme Court nomination.
 
eeyore1954 said:
If the shoe was on the other foot I think so. Although maybe times have changed.
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I can't see the Democrat base standing idly by while someone credibly accused of sexual misconduct is put on the Supreme Court, even if they are liberal. If my reaction is any gauge, the person would be withdrawn ASAP and another candidate put forward. The GOP still has time to do that.
 
LSSBB said:
Not sure how those votes compare to weighing accusations of sexual assault. Unless by immoral you mean votes in a way I don't agree with, or one thing I think is immoral is equivalent to another thing I think is immoral.
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Yeah, the evidence presented so far for that immorality on sexual issues is pretty feeble.

However, Roy Moore.
 
I'm 54 years old. I don't trust my memory from last week let alone 35 years ago. This is a skeptics forum, we should all know memory sucks. If she provides evidence it would be different. Just her story? No way.
 
Wolrab said:
I'm 54 years old. I don't trust my memory from last week let alone 35 years ago. This is a skeptics forum, we should all know memory sucks. If she provides evidence it would be different. Just her story? No way.
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She told a very similar story to a therapist in 2012 during couple's therapy. I don't think it's plausible that she could be totally mistaken about almost being raped and killed and who did it. That's not the sort of thing you're going to forget. I certainly don't think the adults who are accusing priests are mistaken about who molested them when they were kids or whether it occurred or not. Do you think they are?
 
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Fudbucker said:
She told a very similar story to a therapist in 2012 during couple's therapy. I don't think it's plausible that she could be totally mistaken about almost being raped and killed and who did it. That's not the sort of thing you're going to forget. I certainly don't think the adults who are accusing priests are mistaken about who molested them when they were kids or whether it occurred or not. Do you think they are?
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It was pointed out on the twitters that in 2012, Kavanugh was in the news as part of Romney's short list of SCOTUS candidates.

Hmmmm...
 
eeyore1954 said:
Maybe but Al Franken was not as important (and thus easy to sacrifice to look good) as a Bill Clinton or a Supreme Court nomination.
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Actually, a nominee is really easy to sacrifice. Just find another Federallist Society approved conservative justice who has made it clear that he thinks the POTUS is above the law. That shouldn't hard.
 
The Big Dog said:
It was pointed out on the twitters that in 2012, Kavanugh was in the news as part of Romney's short list of SCOTUS candidates.

Hmmmm...
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So she makes up a story at couple's therapy on the off-chance Romney wins, gets to appoint a SCOTUS judge, and picks Kavanaugh?

Are you claiming that's a plausible explanation?
 
Fudbucker said:
I don't think it's plausible that she could be totally mistaken about almost being raped and killed and who did it.
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Well, that didn't take long. It's only been a few days and we've already gone from groping to attempted murder.

By weeks end Kavanaugh will be worse than Hitler -- the Devil incarnate.
 
Dr. Keith said:
Actually, a nominee is really easy to sacrifice. Just find another Federallist Society approved conservative justice who has made it clear that he thinks the POTUS is above the law. That shouldn't hard.
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Yeah, I don't see why this is a hard call for the GOP to make. They should have just nominated a woman to begin with.
 
Fudbucker said:
So she makes up a story at couple's therapy on the off-chance Romney wins, gets to appoint a SCOTUS judge, and picks Kavanaugh?

Are you claiming that's a plausible explanation?
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Rule of So!

No, I am not making that claim.
 
The Big Dog said:
It was pointed out on the twitters that in 2012, Kavanugh was in the news as part of Romney's short list of SCOTUS candidates.
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Seriously?

Romney wasn't president in 2012, and certainly wasn't in a position to nominate anyone to the supreme court at the time. Seems rather silly to assume that the mention of Kavanaugh's name at the time (assuming she would have even heard about it) would have been enough to spark the woman to make unfounded claims to her therapist on the CHANCE Kavanaugh would get a supreme court nomination some time in the future.
 
Slings and Arrows,

Her story is that when Kavanaugh covered her mouth in order to stifle her screams she found breathing difficult, and feared he might accidentally kill her.

Which would also ensure a pretty indelible memory if anything can.
 
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Segnosaur said:
Seriously?

Romney wasn't president in 2012, and certainly wasn't in a position to nominate anyone to the supreme court at the time. Seems rather silly to assume that the mention of Kavanaugh's name at the time (assuming she would have even heard about it) would have been enough to spark the woman to make unfounded claims to her therapist on the CHANCE Kavanaugh would get a supreme court nomination some time in the future.
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raise your hand if you remember that Trump announced a short list of candidates while the was the Nominee. It was kind of a big deal

Cool, Romney did the same thing.
 
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