New tweets from Avenatti

[manor321]

Michael Avenatti has not always come through with information after suggesting something, but these new tweets are interesting:

All indications are that Dr. Ford is not alone. Buckle up - that includes you Mark Judge. #Basta

Link to tweet

And to those that have criticized our media strategy: this will be yet another example of why we used it - because it works!

Link to tweet

[DeminPennswoods]

1. Avenatti seems to get a lot of info "over the transom"

as it were.

[TheBlackAdder]

50. That's not Avanatti! That's his doppleganger friend who happened to be in the same Twitter account.

[Pachamama]

53. ???

Can you please explain...

[TheBlackAdder]

57. It's a reference to the Dr. Ford case, where Kavs friends were saying it was someone who looks same.

[Nitram]

140. No, it is not a reference to the Dr Ford Case. It implies there are other girls who were raped by

Kavanaugh and Judge.

[TheBlackAdder]

145. That's not what my post was about. It wasn't about Avanatti's literal post.

.

It was twisting the perversion of the Republicans, by claiming that Avanatti did not write it, his doppleganger did.

.

[Rorey]

64. LOL

I get what you're doing there.

[Pacifist Patriot]

116. Ha ha! Good one.

[Va Lefty]

2. I'm starting to think we could do a lot worse than have Mr. Avenatti as our nominee in 2020

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. We could also do much, much better.

Like by nominating someone who actually has significant experience in government.

[Sherman A1]

8. That might be a good idea or someone with at least a plan

that recognizes the many issues that working people are and will be facing.

I have been looking at Andrew Yang and his platform is very progressive and interesting from what I can see at this point.

[GemDigger]

78. He has a plan.

[link:https://www.dropbox.com/s/kiwkzgyzgztmrq1/WhatIBelieve.pdf?dl=0|

[Sherman A1]

109. So does he

https://www.yang2020.com/policies/

Andrew's Three Big Policies
Universal Basic Income Universal Basic Income
Medicare for All Medicare for All
Human Capitalism Human Capitalism
On the Issues

Fight for Equal Pay
The Freedom Dividend
Combat Climate Change
Reduce Mass Incarceration
Opioid Crisis
LGBTQ Rights
Gun Control and the Second Amendment
Paid Family Leave
Support for the Arts
Control the Cost of Higher Education
Right to Privacy/Abortion and Contraception
Campaign Finance Reform
Promote Vocational Education
Carbon Fee and Dividend
Increase Teacher Salaries
Early Childhood Education for All
Legalize Marijuana
Make Puerto Rico a State
Value-Added Tax
Hold Pharmaceutical Companies Accountable
Human-Centered Capitalism
Invest in America’s Mental Health
American Journalism Fellows
News and Information Ombudsman
Reduce Harm to Children Caused by Smartphones
Every Cop Gets a Camera
NCAA Should Pay Athletes
Nuclear Launch Decisions
Limit Bureaucracy in the Federal Workforce
Local Journalism Fund
Provide Basic Banking Services through the Post Office
American Exchange Program
Prevent Corruption among Federal Regulators
Closely Monitor Mental Health of White House Staff
Free Marriage Counseling for All
Automatically Sunset Old Laws
Prosperity Grants
Prevent Airlines from Removing Customers
Improve the American Scorecard
Increase Assistance for Single Parents
Fund Medical Technology Innovation
Fund Autism Intervention
Rebuild American Infrastructure
Reduce Student Loan Burden
Medicare for All
Expand Access to Medical Experts
Support the Revival of Earmarks
Make it Easier to Save for Retirement
Free Financial Counseling for All
Make Community College Affordable for All
Life-Skills Education in All High Schools
Modernize Military Spending
Make it Easy for Americans to Move for Work
Implement Mandatory Paid Leave Policy
Ease the Transition to Self-Driving Vehicles
Capital Gain/Carried Interest Tax
File Income Taxes
Financial Transaction Tax
Tort Reform/Reasonableness Dismissals
American Mall Act
Pathway to Citizenship
Entice High-Skill Individuals
Zoning
Algorithmic Trading/Fraud
Nuclear Energy
Modernize Voting
Modern Time Banking (Digital Social Credits)
Economic Crime
Media Fragmentation
Making Taxes Fun
Net Neutrality
Regulate AI and other Emerging Technologies
Robo-Calling Text Line

[FM123]

126. It's been awhile since Andrew Yang's name has come up on DU

I don't know if he could win, but I sure like how he thinks....

[Sherman A1]

127. I do as well, I don't know if he will get enough traction to be

of much impact in the campaign but I really like the things I read on his website regarding policies and I enjoyed listening to him on C-Span last weekend.

[FM123]

129. Just a gentle suggestion

could you start a new Andrew Yang thread on DU sometime in the near future - I think it would really be worthwhile

[Sherman A1]

134. Certainly but it will

Be a bit later today.

[7962]

137. WAY too many deal breakers in that list. Independents win elections.

And they're not gonna vote for "universal basic income" among other things.

[Va Lefty]

9. We have tried that, didn't work out to well. He has his positions up on twitter.

Can't say I disagree with any of them. We need somebody to eviscerate Traitor don on TV. I think he can do that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. He's a celebrity lawyer who's never done anything but litigate civil cases

involving contracts and intellectual property. He's got full of himself because of all the sucking-up from the national media on account of Stormy Daniels, but I see nothing in him that makes me want to vote for him as president. Or city councilman. Even his litigation of the Daniels case has been something of a dog's breakfast procedurally. Call me unimpressed. We have a deep bench of qualified candidates.

[Va Lefty]

15. You may be correct. Just expressing my opinion

[ismnotwasm]

28. He's also a tad shady

Once you look into his history. Right now he’s a political gadfly, an progressional agitator, but he’s OUR gadfly and agitator. Let him stir it up, but I don’t want him to run

[Sucha NastyWoman]

82. Explain what tad shady means

Lot if insinuations here with no meat on the bone

[ismnotwasm]

128. Oh just look him up

I don’t do research for people and I’m not interested in bashing Avenatti. I think a presidential run would prove problematic and no, nothing to do with pornography actors.

[DonViejo]

117. If you're going to pretend to be knowledgeable about a subject, at least have SOME....

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knowledge about it

While in college and later in law school, Avenatti worked at The Research Group, a political opposition research and media firm run by Rahm Emanuel (later White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama, and Mayor of Chicago).[23][24] Avenatti worked on over 150 Democratic and Republican campaigns in 42 states while studying at George Washington University.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Avenatti

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

121. I knew that. I was talking about his legal career, not stuff he did in school.

I'm still not impressed.

[eleny]

14. Do you think he might be good veep material?

He'd be a good watchdog for an administration and groomed for more. It's just that I think we need someone like him in the executive branch somewhere. He's confident, competent, strategic and has come through with whatever he's tackled so far.

I know what you mean about running for president. But he's a talent. He's running Trump in circles and tripping up Trump's team every time. Avenatti has the mental agility that I'd like to see be put to greater things. I'm glad he's on our side of the aisle politically.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. No. We have a lot better people than that who have real experience.

He might be a good press secretary or comm director, though; he's good at manipulating the media.

[eleny]

23. Yeah, I think there ought to be someplace for him

Communications isn't a plum. It's a lot of headaches but he's good at it. I see him more confrontational than I'd like. Obama had some of the best. They were smooth and likable. I don't know if MA can tame his aggressive style.

I just keep thinking that he's a good fit. It may be in some advisory capacity.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

81. Name them

And why you choose then

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

85. Here are some, in alphabetical order because I can't/won't rank otherwise:

Biden, Booker, Brown, Bullock, Cuomo, Delaney, DiBlasio, Franken, Garcetti, Gillibrand, Harris, Hickenlooper, Holder, Inslee, Klobuchar, McAuliffe, Merkley, Murphy, O'Malley, Schiff, T. Ryan, Warren. All are competent and experienced. I like some more than others. Not all will run. I'm not going to list their resumes here but there's plenty of info about them. More might turn up as well. My point is that we don't have to resort to a flashy media character with no experience in government.

[pnwmom]

107. Biden? No way. Not after Anita Hill. And he's just made it worse lately,

by trying to put all the blame on the GOP. He failed in controlling them and he needs to take responsibility for that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

122. I was just listing possibilities, not endorsing them.

[pnwmom]

125. And I would prefer Avenatti to Biden, but I'm open on the rest.

Compared to Biden Avenatti is far more strategic, smarter, and he has a progressive agenda.

And he isn't huggy-kissy with females.

[justie18]

139. Have to agree

People need to contemplate Biden's behavior during the Clarence Thomas hearings, when he was chairman and Democrats controlled the Senate.

According to Anita Hill, he has never apologized to her about his treatment of her.

[pnwmom]

144. Not only that, he very recently put out a statement putting all the blame

on the other side, even though he was the Chair of the Committee -- and he was the one who made the decision not to call Anita's two corroborating witnesses to testify.

[PSPS]

21. Avenatti isn't qualified. Just another "media personality" chasing after cameras.

We all should know now how well that works out.

[eleny]

25. Imo, he has more depth than that

He's certainly good at running Trump in circles. Trump even keeps his muoth and tweets in check regarding MA. Not many can do that so I think Avennati knows how to circle his prey.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

80. Totally agree. He's got what's needed in his gut. Plus he's

Amazingly bright and quick savvy and unapologetic.

[EffieBlack]

93. It takes more than that to be a good president

I like Avenatti, but he's nowhere near qualified to be president of the United States.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

95. Yikes is there a way to get an alert when a particular

person posts here? So a person can get their contrary opinion out there quickly. LOL

[Sucha NastyWoman]

84. Huge difference between the two

In terms of intekligence character and honesty

[pnwmom]

108. Just another media personality who graduated first in his class in law school

and whose first job involved working with dozens of political campaigns, and who in 2010 set up a scholarship for part-time, night school students at his law school.

[Lithos]

104. Do not get starstruck

He is awesome at shaping a message, particularly when it is about someone else, but he has zero experience being the one making the hard choices and working the guts of government.

[eleny]

133. I talked about his evident abilities not any "star" factor

Maybe you meant to respond to someone else's post.

[StevieM]

43. I will be supporting Tom Steyer who has significant experience in waging the battle

to end climate change.

That is the most important issue IMO and he is the person I trust to lead it, regardless of whether or not he has held elective office before.

[shanny]

99. Maybe. On the other hand, I will cheerfully support

Avenatti in the unlikely event he becomes our nominee.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

100. Any Democrat is better than any GOPer. That goes without saying.

[calimary]

132. At least he knows the law. He's an attorney,

As are many in the House and Senate.

I like him. I like his strategic thinking and his ability to message shrewdly and effectively. Our side isn’t used to playing that way. THAT has to change, and FAST!

[GregD]

135. significant experience in government

Exactly. I'm glad Avenatti is doing what he is, but that does not qualify him for president.

[womanofthehills]

151. Avenatti sure speaks out more than lots of those with significant experience

I like him.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

152. I like him too, doing what he's doing.

I don't like him as a presidential candidate.

[Roland99]

11. Oh good grief

[PSPS]

16. Actually, we could do no worse.

We don't need another "media personality" devoid of any governing experience to be president again. Let Avenatti do his tiresome shtick on twitter and various blathering head shows. Maybe he'll get the biggest prize of all -- his own talk show or "reality" show!!11!

[Va Lefty]

24. We need somebody who can WIN!

I don't care if it's The Rock, Oprah or Whoever. The rules have changed. If we play be the old rules we will lose again. That is unacceptable!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. It's no good winning if they suck at being president.

[Va Lefty]

29. I disagree

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. So an incompetent ninny would be fine as president as long as he's OUR incompetent ninny?

I don't think so.

[Va Lefty]

34. You said "It's no good winning if they suck at being President"

Traitor don sucks at being President. You think republicans think it's no good?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

37. Do we want to be like them when we have so many good candidates?

We can win without some media whore trial lawyer.

[Va Lefty]

39. Not my intention to be divisive. Just expressing my opinion. Please enjoy rest of weeekend!

[Sucha NastyWoman]

105. Why are you so threatened by Avenatti?

You have used a whole host of loaded words to describe him.. He appeals to me because he’s putting up the best fight that I see. At worst he might teach some of our more traditional candidates to fight back.

[leftofcool]

115. Not if you don't get enough Democrats behind your candidate.

[NewJeffCT]

142. Whoever can control the media narrative is who wins

Ronald Reagaon in 1980 and 84
In 1988, Bush Sr sucked less at it than Dukakis
Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996
Bush in 2000 and 2004
Obama in 2008 and 2012
Trump in 2016

Trump is unique in that he has the ability to suck all the media attention out of the room. Avenatti is the only person left of center that seems to get a significant amount of air time - the media seems to love playing Pro Trump vs Anti Trump Republicans, while Democratic representatives are often too passive or not even given air time.

[Mr.Bill]

40. They're going to find out it's no good. n/t

[Kingofalldems]

49. So how are you so sure he wouldn't make a good president?

He's done great things for our side, don't understand the hatred.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

55. He has never held ANY elected or other position in government.

His entire career has involved litigating civil cases relating to contracts and intellectual property for Hollywood celebrities. He has a brash personality and a lot of talent for attracting media attention, but beyond that I don't really see anything special about him that would make me think he'd be a good president. I don't hate him but we have many, many better possible candidates who really do know how government works. If he really wants to go into politics maybe he should start out like most other people, by running for a city or state office.

[Kingofalldems]

58. So how do you feel about the big news in the OP?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

61. If it's true, great. But the fact that Avenatti tweeted a hint (which he's done before)

doesn't mean it's real; or if it is, that Avenatti discovered it himself.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

106. You mean he should do things the traditional way

Yes, that’s been working so well for us

[smirkymonkey]

62. He could not be anymore incompetent than Trump.

He's not a stupid man. Quite the contrary. I don't really want to see him run for president, but if we can't come up with a winning candidate by 2020, I would consider him. Being competent is not going to get people out of their chairs to vote.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

66. I don't think Avenatti is an incompetent ninny but so far he's dead last on my list

because we have so many more people who are competent, experienced and can win.

[demmiblue]

51. He can't win... Democrats aren't the dumbshits that republicans are.

He would never make it past the primary.

[bitterross]

47. Let's not get crazy. We don't know much about him.

Don't get too starstruck. I like him and what he's doing but I'm not ready to canonize him.

[Grasswire2]

98. He has quite a detailed bio at wikipedia.

Example:

"While in college and later in law school, Avenatti worked at The Research Group, a political opposition research and media firm run by Rahm Emanuel (later White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama, and Mayor of Chicago).[23][24] Avenatti worked on over 150 Democratic and Republican campaigns in 42 states while studying at George Washington University.[

[trueblue2007]

72. I want him as our VP. How about Cory Booker as President.

[mr_lebowski]

102. Love me some Cory ... dude is sharp as hell and would make an AWESOME candidate ...

Based on what I've seen so far, I'd be ecstatic if he were either our POTUS or VPOTUS candidate in 2020 ...

[Ninsianna]

86. Well we have actual qualified individuals so....

[tazkcmo]

131. I'll take half a Sen Harris

Over 2 Avenatti's any day. If I need a good lawyer that does good TV, I'll call him but for a President I want someone with a proven track record of leadership, good governance and a firm grasp of foreign affairs. Sen Harris has been in leadership positions, is a progressive with real life experience within the Federal government and has a thorough understanding of global relations, hot spots and conflicts past and present.

You are certainly entitled to your opinion and can vote however you choose but while he is a talented litigator, Mr. Avenatti's resume is seriously deficient in many areas especially when compared to several of our current Democratic Senators, Representatives and Govenors.

In short, being a natural born citizen , over the age of 35 and beng a "fighter" are his very short list of qualifcations. We can and will do better.

[Nitram]

141. No Lefty, Avenatti is not presidential material. He is an excellent defense attorney.

He'd probably also be good at intelligence. Different skills, different abilities.

[LenaBaby61]

3. Here's hoping ....

That Avenetti is saying that DR. Ford does indeed have "back up"

[Iliyah]

4. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Those that have been following, why the hell have they (GOP) been not producing documents?

[BigmanPigman]

33. Because they lie and cheat...it's their MO.

[spanone]

5. K&R...

[IluvPitties]

7. Kavanaugh would be very smart to just accept guilt and step down.

Offer a public apology and move on... this will not end well for him!

[meadowlark5]

12. He wants this too badly

I wonder if he was kind of a joke at Georgetown Prep. He might have been in the midst of the party and thought he was cool, but you know there is always that guy. Thinks he's something but everyone thinks he's a douche but tolerates him because he's part of the crowd.

Listening to him speak, he sounds a little dumb. I wonder how he got as far as he did. Sucking up, lying, owing favors for promotions. So it would be really an achievement for him to be on the SCOTUS. I mean, look at Trump. A dumb, lying hunk of shit sits in the White House. Sometimes it's who you know, not what you know.

[IluvPitties]

67. He reminds me of Ted Cruz, but without the smarts.

[colinmom71]

31. He can't at this point...

That little matter of debts being mysteriously and suddenly paid off means that he's owned and will not be able to step down until he's "allowed".

[reACTIONary]

74. He can't admit guilt...

... because he would lose his day job. But he coukd step down with no admission. Course he could still lose his day job.

[idcdu]

123. He needs to resign

From his current spot in DC. He is too tainted.

[Trust Buster]

10. "Our media strategy" ? This attention hound inserts himself into everything.

[shanny]

18. This "attention hound" is why we got Cohen.

Who is the golden goose, the gift who keeps on giving.

[Trust Buster]

27. No, Mueller got Cohen on tax evasion. The attention hound had nothing to do with that.

[TheBlackAdder]

38. Without the Stormy case, implicating Cohen and Trump, Mueller probably might not have seen it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

45. Oh, I think Mueller is a whole lot smarter and more thorough than that.

Do you really think Cohen wasn't already in his crosshairs?

[TheBlackAdder]

54. Yes. Very early on, no one was paying attention to Cohen, it was just a Russia-limited investigation

.

The scope of inquiry, as assigned to Mueller was to investigate the Russia matter and anything that would turn up as a result of it. Cohen wasn't even on the radar, until Avanatti pushed the issue. So many here were telling him to go away, but were surprised when the payoffs were announced, then Mueller had to handle it.

.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

59. Do you think Mueller didn't know about him before Avenatti got involved?

I don't. Cohen has been Trump's fixer for 10 years and I suspect he was always being looked at.

[TheBlackAdder]

65. I didn't say that. I said Avanatti got him looking at Cohen and the American public too.

.

Fixer or not, if it did not relate to the Russia investigation, he might not have known what and where to look. Sure, Mueller might have gotten some off-shore banking records that pointed back to the Russian oligarch, but that was facilitated by Ananatti outting Cohen.

The public wasn't getting any feedback on the investigation. It was all Trump's spin factory. With no input against Trump, the public perception was waning... Avanatti and Daniels energized Democrats that there was hope of a Trump takedown.

Avanatti brought to the public eye the corruption with Trump, something that Mueller could not do.

.

[33taw]

91. Mueller knew about him, but they were losing momemtum.

Avenatti brought up the payment of $130,000 and brought attention to Cohen and Trump and the payoffs.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

41. In fact, he almost made things worse.

He wanted to intervene in Cohen's case in SDNY because he claimed some of Cohen's documents shouldn't be released if they related to Daniels. The judge told him that the lawyers' rules of professional conduct for New York provide that if a lawyer is actually representing someone in a case they can't comment about the case in the media and that if he wanted to intervene he couldn't go on TV any more. So he decided not to intervene - he chose TV over Daniels' (claimed) interests in some documents.

[shanny]

97. the raid on Cohen's office / home was about the Stormy Daniels case

so, yeah, it did have something to do with the "attention hound." Personally, I couldn't care less if he is an attention hound--I'll make that stronger: I'm glad he's an attention hound (your characterization) or media savvy (mine). If it puts lil' donnie back on his heels, I'm all for it.

[Jarqui]

19. "Dr. Ford is not alone. Buckle up - that includes you Mark Judge. #Basta"

You wanna know how that hit me?

"comrade Kavanaugh,Senator Grassley, Mitch McConnell and Mark Judge? Welcome to another Avenatti sponsored nightmare. As you toss and turn while trying to sleep, ask yourselves: 'has this guy ever been wrong?' Sweat dreams ...."

[Pachamama]

60. So far, Avenatti's record on calling things in advance are all correct...

[roamer65]

20. Sounds like there were more women attacked by these two scumbags...Judge and Kavanaugh.

[HuskyOffset]

120. Yes, that's how I read it too: more accusers (NT)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. Looks to me like Avenatti wants a piece of this.

[Iliyah]

32. Seems like the GOP was aware of this.

[BigmanPigman]

35. This or his $200,000 debt and gambling habits.

That is why he wasn't their first choice.

[OliverQ]

36. On Reddit I'm hearing this too.

The reason Michael Bromwich got on board is because there are more women who are going to be coming out soon. Based on Kavanaugh demanding his interns and staff look like models, there is no question this is a pattern with him. I expect more women to come forward this week.

[Honeycombe8]

44. He's beginning to sound a lot like Trump, who also demands the women look like models.nt

[grantcart]

48. That's why they had the letter prepared there is another incident they know of

[uponit7771]

75. Is there any links on the intern looking like models part? Thx in advance

[Honeycombe8]

42. What indications, I wonder? nt

[Kingofalldems]

46. Republicans hate Avenatti and fear him too.

He'd make a great candidate for VP.

Interesting thread.

[bitterross]

52. Given his record for accuracy, this is going to be interesting.

Next week is going to be interesting. Sounds like there are more women out there than just Blasey. Not surprised about that at all.

[Kingofalldems]

56. Kick this big news.

[deurbano]

63. Saw Avenatti last night in San Francisco at a Janz fundraiser! Red to Blue/DUMP Nunes!

[oberliner]

68. Is there still a Stormy Daniels case happening?

[Kingofalldems]

69. Any comment on the OP?

The one that says there are more victims?

[Izzy Blue]

90. Last I read Stormy's case against

Trump and Cohen is ongoing.
and

wiki

September 2018

September 7, 2018: Cohen offers to rescind and invalidate the non-disclosure agreement with Daniels, in return for Daniels refunding the $130,000 Cohen had paid to her.[95][96]

September 8, 2018: Lawyers for Trump have declared that Trump will neither enforce the non-disclosure agreement nor contest Daniels' claim that it is invalid.[97]

[GoCubsGo]

70. Well, it's not exactly a huge leap to assume that there are other victims.

Guys like Kavanaugh and Judge don't usually limit themselves to one of them.

[lillypaddle]

71. A little bit of Avenatti

goes a loooooong way.

[watoos]

73. Good Grief

who turned this into an Avanatti bashing thread? Shame on you.

If he is the Democratic nominee I'm on board with him.

[uponit7771]

77. +1, He's been accurate and effective... don't understand it either. Don't care if he's out front ...

... just as long as he's progressing getting Red Don out of office

[Izzy Blue]

76. Could Avenatti be referring to

The other girl that was at the party or Dr.Ford's new attorney Michael Bromwich?

[Kingofalldems]

110. No.

[Izzy Blue]

79. Bad news,really bad, this was the other girl Ford said was at the party.

Report: Lawyer says Christine Blasey Ford’s classmate has no recollection of ever being at a party with Kavanaugh or Ford

Posted at 9:46 pm on September 22, 2018 by Brett T.

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/22/report-lawyer-says-christine-blasey-fords-classmate-has-no-recollection-of-ever-being

[Nevilledog]

83. Unless that girl was also attacked at the same party why should she remember?

[Izzy Blue]

88. Good point

Yet I was thinking if she was there Christine would have told her what had happened to her.

Did she not tell any of her girlfriends?

I'm just going on my teen years when a group of us close g'friends would tell each other the good, bad and ugly about guys.

[Izzy Blue]

92. What I don't understand

Is if this is true and Leland was the witness Ford was relying on why didn't she get in touch with her before she went public?

[Nevilledog]

94. Here's the problem.

We are making too many assumptions about this info:

1. What is the basis for supposing that Leland was with Ford the night of the attack? Could be that Ford may have said Leland was my best friend at the time, so she might have been with me. Who says they were best friends at the time, were they part of a group of besties?

2. As Ford has not specifically pinpointed the date or location of the party how would Leland know? Did Leland know who the boys were?. Had she seen them together at any party?

3. My understanding is that Ford did not tell anyone what happened at the time..... Why not ask Leland if she remembers Ford being upset at a party, or perhaps asking to leave earlier than planned.

There are so many bits and pieces that need to be explored here.

[Nevilledog]

96. There's another thread discussing this.

Looks like there is a WaPo article that answers these questions. As I guessed there was more info than just that she was denying anything.

[Izzy Blue]

101. Thank you, your're so right, all assumptions.

Leland did say that she didn't know Kavanaugh.

??

Hopefully Michael Bromwich joining her team is a good sign.

[Kingofalldems]

111. Not gonna work.

[winstars]

87. WTF is twitchy dot com... Looks like its published in St Petersburg???

[Izzy Blue]

89. LOL! Oh how I wish it were

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/09/22/politics/kavanaugh-ford-accuser-nomination/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

[winstars]

103. Me too. Lots of missing details from St. Pete...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lawyers-for-christine-blasey-ford-say-she-has-accepted-senate-judiciary-committees-request-to-testify-against-kavanaugh/2018/09/22/e8199c6a-be8f-11e8-8792-78719177250f_story.html?utm_term=.a6d880ca4c4c

[Silver Gaia]

112. Well, it's easy enough to say you "don't recall" something if you don't want to get involved.

It doesn't prove nothing happened. At least she's not saying she remembers being there and that her friend was never out of her sight all evening. If she wanted to hurt the case, that would be how to do it. I think she is just saying she doesn't want to be involved.

[OnDoutside]

146. Get her under oath.

[Silver Gaia]

147. They could subpoena her... *IF* it would be helpful.

But why bother unless it's absolutely necessary? Her testimony in Congressional hearings and/or court may be superfluous, especially if she has to be coerced. I just think she's not that big of a deal because her statement is nothing concrete.

[OnDoutside]

148. Republicans won't allow that, but if she makes a formal police complaint in Maryland then that ups

the stakes hugely. At that point, it will get serious for those "partygoers",

[Silver Gaia]

149. I agree, but

there's still no reason to subpoena her, whether in Congress or in court, unless she changes her tune. She can still say she doesn't remember while under oath, and that does more harm than good for Dr. Ford. I could see the defense maybe using her in court, although her statement is still inconclusive, so it doesn't prove anything.

I think her statement was likely just her way of saying "leave me out of this."

[samnsara]

113. perhaps other women have asked him to rep them?

[VOX]

114. Avenatti is the perfect person to do what he does. It's necessary to have some muscle on the left.

FINALLY! So damned tired of the right-wing stealing elections; stealing our own democracy and putting it in suspension; stealing the best interests for peace and safety of this country (and of the world); making off with the profits/revenues generated by juicing the economy, and sending most “rights and privileges thereto” upstream to the 1%; for stealing the peace of mind (and personal savings) that a functioning healthcare system would bring; for stealing even more from POC, by using them for rally-props while your heart is incapable of feeling anything about anyone who truly works hard (2-3 jobs per day, in many cases).

Avenatti is the hard-puncher that was called for and overdue. He’s a little slick, but, slick and tough and outspoken is needed. He’s the antidote for politeness in the face of rampant, criminal insanity.

[bonniebgood]

118. THANK YOU +++++ nt

[onetexan]

138. You've summed it up perfectly - Av is a slick and tough hard puncher

but a DAMN GOOD ONE at what he does because he's smart, not like the DOTUS and his second rate enablers. It's about time we have someone like him on our side.

[watoos]

119. Something else I noticed about Avenatti bashers

they sound just like Republicans.

Remember what they said about Obama? He is not experienced, we need someone with government seniority.

Remember what they said? The only thing that Obama did was be a "community organizer," something similar to what Avenatti did, ehh?

I'm not saying that Michael Avenatti is a Barack Obama, but I am saying that the criticisms against Avenatti are similar to those against Obama.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

124. Obama had been a state senator and then a U.S. senator before running for president.

In other words, he had significant experience in government.

[Scurrilous]

130. K&R

[ooky]

136. He's been accurate enough to raise my hopes

with these new tweets. K&R.

[dlk]

143. Given His Media Presence & Reputation, It's Entirely Possible Other Victims Have Contacted Avenatti

[ck4829]

150. Kick