Maybe you dozed off. Watch it again. Watch his face crinkle up in fury. And, as a lot of people have pointed out, this wasn’t spur of the moment rage, this was a speech carefully written out and read. Calculated. Planned.
No. I’m sure he was advised to take the Clarence Thomas route: outrage! How dare you! High-tech lynching!
Is that not exactly what he did say just in slightly different words?on_the_hill:
Here’s what he should have done on day #1: “I did some pretty stupid things in high school and college. I drank a lot more than I should have, and I didn’t treat people the way I should have. I realized this early on in my career, and I’m deeply sorry for what I did. I am a different man now, and I hope you will judge me by my later life, not my high school and college life.”
It wouldn’t give him a free pass to molest women, but it’s a good start.
Let’s break it down…
Sure. And I’m supposed to believe that nonsense? Poor Renate was mentioned 14-15 times in that yearbook. No doubt you’ve read her own take on it. She’s mad.
So…if you think that women don’t need witnesses or evidence to make an accusation, but you think they’re needed to IMPACT the perpetrator’s life…does that even make sense? So she goes to the police, or the boss, and makes an accusation. And the police, or the boss, says “Well, you don’t have witnesses or evidence, so therefore we can’t possibly do anything that would impact this guy’s life. Just suck it up, honey.” Really?
Impact as in cause someone to be fired, lose something huge and important in their life, etc. are YOU seriously saying that you think someone should be able to come out of nowhere with absolutely no leg to stand on and have that happen to someone? If so just WOW.
Yes. Have you read the 1992 column? I have. First, he admits he did it. Second, the girl was kissing him. Third, and most important, he realized in college that that whole mind set of “getting some” was a bad thing. And he says so quite eloquently. Compare that to the Kavanaugh situation: First, he denies it. Second, Christine was not making any amorous advances towards him whatsoever–she was on her way to the bathroom, and third, he condemns sexual abuse–when he’s 52 years old and his dream job is on the line. Not while he’s still in college. See any differences?
Yes. Absolutely. If I go to my boss and say “So-and-so keeps grabbing my butt,” I expect him to do something about it. At the very least, question the other women–has it happened to them? Do they think the action would be out of character? Confront the perpetrator–most people aren’t good liars. Does he begin to fumble around with words? Or, a better tactic, lure him into conversation about what a hot number I am. See his reaction. Or have a longer talk with me–where did this happen? When? Has it happened before? etc. Am I making a credible complaint? Or the boss could hold a brief public meeting and say “Suzie here has accused Brett of fondling her. We have a strict policy against such things. Please report any such activities to me immediately if you see them or if you are a victim. We will take action.” Or any of a host of things. Would you just listen to the woman and immediately go off the fire the guy? Maybe–depends on what I know about the two people.
Why would Ford be telling the truth? Why not? What’s her motive? She explained why she came forward, and it made perfect sense. It had nothing to do with politics. She talked about the attack in 2012 to her husband and her therapist. She didn’t just manufacture it last July. She insisted on two front doors because she didn’t want to feel closed in. And so on.
I’ll respond to you and people like you Nov. 6. And in 2020. Good night.