Reports are that Ford's attorneys are still upset with the terms and are calling them unfair, but at this point, the Senate Judiciary committee is standing firm on these areas, which they have deemed to be hard lines. I cannot stress enough that the Committee has the obligation to protect the rights of Kavanaugh (who is being accused) in this situation.
Of course, this isn't the first time that there were reports of an agreement floating through the media, when after some times, both sides later declared that there was no agreement. But I suspect at this point an official announcement will be made by Grassley and Ford's legal team on this one. Ford and her team have come to the end of the gamesmanship. With the last potential witness failing to back her story, her options became shit or get off the pot.
Or to put it more bluntly, come to Washington and testify, or look like you were only in this for a chance to smear Kavanaugh with a hit and run attack.
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Update: Ugh! Another outlet is reporting that Ford's legal team is suggesting that while they have agreed to testify on Thursday, that they are saying terms are still being worked out. This one might still not be in the books.
The statement from Ford's attorneys said the other unresolved matters included whether the GOP senators on the committee would ask questions of Ford themselves.
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The Republican have been perfect gentlemen.
The Republicans are worried about Kavanaugh because he's refusing to answer questions that he will be facing. From both sides .
Peter Baker of the New York Times is reporting Kavanaugh has calandars of the summer of 1982 that show where is was and including parties he attended.
There is no corriberating entry showing he attended a party that Ford described.
Peter Baket:
Kavanaugh has calendars from summer 1982 that he plans to give the Senate that don't show a party that matches Blasey Ford's description, according to someone working for his confirmation. Calendars can't prove it didn't happen but his team will argue there is no corroboration.
The calendars show he was out of town much of the summer at the beach or with his parents and they detail basketball games, movie outings, football workouts and so forth. A few parties are mentioned but include names of people other than those identified by Blasey Ford.
http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=137586
Now Ford will miraculously remember when the party was and it will be on a day Kavanaught was in town.
And Roger is anxiously awating fo someone to write his talking points.
Peter Baker
Sept. 23, 2018
WASHINGTON — Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh has calendars from the summer of 1982 that he plans to hand over to the Senate Judiciary Committee that do not show a party consistent with the description of his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, according to someone working for his confirmation.
The calendars do not disprove Dr. Blasey’s allegations, Judge Kavanaugh’s team acknowledged. He could have attended a party that he did not list. But his team will argue to the senators that the calendars provide no corroboration for her account of a small gathering at a house where he allegedly pinned her to a bed and tried to remove her clothing.
The calendars show, according to the person working for his confirmation, that he was out of town much of the summer at the beach or away with his parents. When he was at home, the calendars list his basketball games, movie outings, football workouts and college interviews. A few parties are mentioned but include names of friends other than those identified by Dr. Blasey.
Kavanaugh to Give Senate Calendars From 1982 to Back Up Denial https://nyti.ms/2zpTVWM
Gee Roger you just repeated what I posted.
Only portions of the wording are the same.
And what is substantially diffrent James.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has worn many hats over the course of her storied career, but one job she never had was babysitting a president.
Clinton appeared on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on Friday and weighed in on many issues facing the country, from the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to a president potentially being subpoenaed or even indicted.
She also discussed why she thinks our democracy is in crisis, explaining the dramatic shift in philosophy and attitude from President Barack Obama’s tenure to that of President Donald Trump.
“So you never had to steal a treaty off [Obama’s] desk,” Colbert joked. He was referring to journalist Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear: Trump in the White House, in which Woodward says staffers repeatedly removed documents from Trump’s desk, fearing the consequences of his impulsive decisions.
This is going to look mighty strange in the history books.
Not really. She'll go down as the incompetent bitter old loser she is.
Just wondering when the magical mystery tour will depart Palo Alto.
Alyssa Milano
The courage of survivors will always be stronger than Donald Trump’s hate. The lives of survivors will always be more important than Brett Kavanaugh’s career.
When I was sexually assaulted, I wasn’t that much older than Christine Blasey Ford — now a PhD in psychology — was when she was allegedly assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (Kavanaugh denies the incident occurred). I’ve watched, horrified as politicians and pundits refused to believe or take seriously these allegations.
Then, on Friday morning, President Trump tweeted that if Ford’s words were true, she would have filed a report with local law enforcement years ago. This statement chilled me to my core.
Far too many of us know that what President Trump said is simply not true. Victims of sexual assault often don’t report what happened because they know all too well that our stories are rarely taken seriously or believed — and that when it comes to sexual misconduct, our justice system is broken. Now, we are seeing our worst nightmares realized when we see the disbelief, pushback, hate, and death threats Ford is receiving just because she had the courage to speak up.
It took me years after my assault to voice the experience to my closest friends. It took me three decades to tell my parents that the assault had even happened. I never filed a police report. I never told officials. I never tried to find justice for my pain because justice was never an option.
For me, speaking up meant reliving one of the worst moments of my life. It meant recognizing my attacker’s existence when I wanted nothing more than to forget that he was allowed to walk on this Earth at all. This is what every survivor goes through. Telling our stories means being vulnerable to public attacks and ridicule when our only “crime” was to be assaulted in the first place.
And we are not alone. One in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18 years old. This is the reality for survivors of sexual assault: our journey begins in fear and, for many of us, it continues in fear for the rest of our lives.
Yet, today, we will not be silenced.
On Friday, in response to President Trump’s tweet I decided to speak out about my own experience—and I welcomed other survivors of sexual assault to do the same. I encourage you to read the replies of people across the country who have carried the burden of being a survivor, sometimes for years, and never reported it.
Our stories are not rare — they are tragically common. This is the pain that people across the country carry with them every single day. I encourage you to listen to members of your family, to your neighbors, to those in your community who are living with an experience similar to Blasey Ford’s. But, most importantly, if you are also a survivor, I encourage you to honor your own experiences and your own voice, in your own time.
Despite the alleged actions of Brett Kavanaugh, despite the words of President Trump, and despite the silence from so many of our lawmakers, you are valuable. You are human. You are important.
And no one—not a Supreme Court nominee and not a President—can take that away from you.
So let me be as clear as possible: I believe Christine Blasey Ford and I demand that our Senators vote to reject Brett Kavanaugh as the next Justice on the Supreme Court. Every person who refuses to loudly and openly reject Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is telling every generation of Americans that an alleged abuser’s career is more valuable than a survivor’s humanity. And the highest court in our land is no place for an alleged sexual offender to sit.
...mighty strange in the history books...
I was referring to Roger's 4:59.
Regardless of how the Kavanaugh thing goes, the prospect of a President's advisers sneaking papers off his desk to try to keep him from doing stupidities-- yeah, that's going to look mighty strong.
I saw 6:16 earlier and started to put it up myself. It speaks volumes.
Alyssa Milano
Really?? Never forget the old joke, when you’re taking a girl from behind, scream who’s the boss, when she whimpers, “you are”, donkey punch her and yell, “No Tony Danza is the boss”.
You’re better off using Cher as an expert
Yale University classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has claimed that he exposed himself to her at a college party, the New Yorker magazine reported late Sunday.
The woman, Deborah Ramirez, has called on the FBI to investigate the alleged incident. The magazine's report, which is co-written by Pulitzer Prize winner Ronan Farrow, states that four Democratic senators have received information about Ramirez's allegation and at least two have begun investigating it.
The report was published days before Kavanaugh is to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about an allegation of sexual assault against him dating to his days as a high school student in the early 1980s. The accuser in that case, Christine Blasey Ford, has agreed to go before the committee and tell her story.
Faux News
College classmate says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at Yale party
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/23/college-classmate-says-kavanaugh-exposed-himself-to-her-at-yale-party.html
cowardly king obamaSeptember 23, 2018 at 2:42 PM
James said...
And she could answer, I do not specifically recall the party or the man, but I do believe Ford when she says she was pinned to the bed and groped by Kavanaugh.
She could have said this on her letter to the committee. But she didn't."
Run Jane run.
Here it comes, the closet woman.
"Deborah Ramirez"
Next.
# = pound Sybol
So the girls of me to want to be pounded too.
#metoo
So you got Kavanaigh pulled as the US Supreme nominee.
Congrats.
Really, this was a historic win for those of the left.
College classmate says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at Yale party
Again small detail, she's the only one saying and that's after six days of "consulting with lawyers and searching my memory". Nobody else at the party is saying it.
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