What makes you think kavanaugh is guilty with no real proof?
I mean everyone Ford claimed was with her denies any such event. Why would you ever believe her? Just because she's a women claiming to be victimized doesn't make her right… Or am I wrong?
I don't think he was guilty.
I don't believe her
She may have been assaulted at some point in her life. I believe her on that but her claim that it was Kavanaugh has been proven to be unfounded. The whole issue in the confirmation process was less to do with sexual assault than it was to do with partisan bickering.
Keep in mind that the same people defending Kavanaugh as 'innocent until proven guilty' have accused the Clintons and Obama of every crime they could imagine, and then behaved as if all those accusations had been proven even after most of them were completely discredited. Why should we listen to moral lectures from THEM?
Proving Ford's claims is pretty much impossible. However, he repeatedly lied under oath, which is easy to prove. Further, he basically said "what comes around, goes around", and disparaged democrats. That isn't the proper temperament for any judge, let alone a supreme court judge.
My hope is that when democrats have subpoena power, he is brought up on perjury charges and impeached.
Guilty? No one filed any criminal charges against him! Ford's testimony was sincere, heartfelt, and very emotional. Our society allows her to claim "victim" and no proof is required. However, when she makes the decision to accuse someone… Anyone at all, including a nominee to the Supreme Court… She better have something to corroborate her accusation. She literally has nothing to support her accusation.
Kavanaugh was not on trial, not a matter of guilt or innocence. The temperament he showed dealing with the accusations is further proof he has no business being on the supreme court. The lies he told before the accusations came out are enough to disqualify him.
And, if you think all of the backlash is because Trump nominated Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch was confirmed without any backlash. Trump nominated Gorsuch as well.
Christy, there's a one in four chance that you will be a victim of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. I hope if it does happen to you, that people believe you regardless of how powerful your attacker is.
Since the FBI was not allowed to conduct a proper investigation the only evidence we can go by is the testimonies given by both Ford and Kavanaugh, which unfortunately means mostly going by emotion, not fact.
Kavanaugh lied under oath during his initial confirmation hearings.
Kavanaugh refused to release his records in a timely manner for the senate to review. Who releases >40k pages the night(!) before the hearings and expects anyone to have adequate time to read them? (yes, the republicans claim they read them… At an astounding rate of 120 pages a second…)
Now on to the testimonies itself.
Ford calmly and clearly answered all questions - no matter how ridiculous they seemed. This was after she had faced weeks of attacks, death threats, and taunts by everyone including our so-called president!
Kavanaugh, on the other hand, was defensive. He deflected most questions, assuming he even addressed them and several of his claims have been refuted former friends. He then threw a temper tantrum.
So who do you find is more believable? The one who has nothing to gain but national scrutiny, insults and death threats, or the one who was already shown to be deceptive if not an outright liar?
Throw in the fact that the vast majority of women who DO come forward, are telling the truth, so statistically speaking at least, the chances of her telling the truth are over 94%. We've executed people with less certainty. There's no way Kavanaugh should have been confirmed without at least allowing the FBI to conduct a true investigation.
Note how many will parrot the obvious parrot point that "Kavanaugh was not on trial… This was a job interview." as if that makes hearsay and third-hand accusation fact…
translation: we're crying because the FBI couldn't do a criminal investigation even though it was not a criminal investigation… Stupid!"
- Who has the burden of proof? Ford or Kavanaugh? If this were a criminal trial the accuser would have the burden of proof… but this is no trial… this is a JOB INTERVIEW. Right? In job interviews, candidates are routinely disqualified for not being able to prove their innocence. they are routinely disqualified by a standard of "more likely than not" like it is in CIVIL court.
- Regarding Brett Kavanaugh, whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? People have been verbally slaughtering him and he hasn't been found guilty of anything. And no, the republicans haven't been stifling anything. Dianne Feinstein did stifle, though, when she sat on this letter from Christine Blasey Ford for 6 weeks. You'd think that she'd think that letter would be important to the FBI in vetting Kavanaugh. But nope! She drops this at the 11th hour.
- Libs, so what is the bare minimum proof we should have to ruin Kavanaugh's and Ford's lives? At this point we have a story from a politician, claiming that she heard a story from a constituent, about a possible situation from 35 years ago when everyone was a minor. Is that the kind of proof you want in order to ruin lives, or do you just not care. Whatever it takes, that is what it takes. RESIST at all costs.
- Is it true that the real reason for Nikki Haley's resignation was she supported Ford and did not like Kavanaugh's appointment to SCOTUS? That is what democrats are saying. But is there any truth to this? Did she hint at why she resigned?