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Ms. Toad

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62. I'm not suggestion it ws a misunderstood signal.

Sun Sep 16, 2018, 03:39 PM

Sep 2018

I'm just suggesting that I have known teenage boys who have engaged in similar actions, later recognized how wrong they were/how much damage they have done, have gone on to be outstanding citizens and, in at least one instance with which I am intimiately familiar because I was the victim, it would not be a stretch to say he became a feminist as an adult.

I'm just not wiling label an adult as evil based on a single bad act in his youth.

It may well not be an isolated incident - although I haven't heard any suggestion there are others yet. If it isn't - and especially if they continued through adult-hood (a la Trump), that is a very different question. And his attitude now that a specific victim has come forward with details of a specic incident will speak volumes from my perspective. If he does not actively squash efforts to smear his accuser, he's toast on this matter as far as I'm concerned.

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Kavanaugh accuser speaks out: [View all] Kingofalldems Sep 2018 OP

She needs to get to testify Gothmog Sep 2018 #1

How would that work? The confirmation hearings are over. Demit Sep 2018 #9

They were over when Hill accused Thomas too FBaggins Sep 2018 #15

What part of the accuser did not want Feinstein to make it public DURHAM D Sep 2018 #18

Both indict Feinstein's judgement FBaggins Sep 2018 #19

Thanks man for explaining DURHAM D Sep 2018 #21

I understood it was her name she didn't want made public - not the accusation Bradshaw3 Sep 2018 #26

That's not what Feinstein's communications director says FBaggins Sep 2018 #31

Ok, thanks Bradshaw3 Sep 2018 #32

You asked a question and I answered it... now that's mansplaining? FBaggins Sep 2018 #29

Not at all. Perfect strategy. First the victim did not want her name used. still_one Sep 2018 #61

She did ask questions, didn't she? That's why Kavanaugh denied it? nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #52

She asked something about sexual assault in the hearings? FBaggins Sep 2018 #57

Oh. I guess she couldn't ask, because she couldn't identify the accuser. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #60

They re-opened the hearings for Anita Hill and can do so again Gothmog Sep 2018 #16

Back then, the Democrats were in the majority, john657 Sep 2018 #34

They won't do it. Mr.Bill Sep 2018 #35

Not by the minority party they can't. Demit Sep 2018 #38

They can reconvene. triron Sep 2018 #51

The Republicans run the show. What makes you think they'd reconvene? Demit Sep 2018 #58

She needs personal security. TNNurse Sep 2018 #50

Whoa! Here we go! She's got her therapist's notes! PearliePoo2 Sep 2018 #2

Ooh. Awesome. triron Sep 2018 #53

I hope she can testify if she chooses to... steve2470 Sep 2018 #3

I want to thank her for going public manor321 Sep 2018 #4

I have a feeling she will testify BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #5

"While his friend watched" dalton99a Sep 2018 #6

Washington Post article; "Ford said she Hortensis Sep 2018 #7

Holy Shit malaise Sep 2018 #10

Yes, and we already had many proofs of that. This is Hortensis Sep 2018 #41

This is a great article by the Washington Post Gothmog Sep 2018 #17

She took a polygraph and passed! PearliePoo2 Sep 2018 #8

I admire this woman's courage and sense of responsibility. NoSmoke Sep 2018 #36

Kavanaugh in trouble now, GOP can no longer attack an anonymous letter but there is now a face to it sunonmars Sep 2018 #11

Much worse than I expected from the bits leaking out Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #12

Now we know why the GOP had that "letter" ready to back him....They knew he was a predator. sunonmars Sep 2018 #13

And, had apparently already talked to Judge, from the WAPO article. Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #22

I don't know. It's not exactly a case of "I thought no meant maybe." Demit Sep 2018 #45

I'm not suggestion it ws a misunderstood signal. Ms. Toad Sep 2018 #62

She passed an FBI polygraph! Tavarious Jackson Sep 2018 #14

Good question!! I think the answer is obvious. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #23

Not an FBI polygraph, john657 Sep 2018 #37

Thanks Tavarious Jackson Sep 2018 #42

From MSNBC Gothmog Sep 2018 #20

Different rules apply... Guilded Lilly Sep 2018 #24

You're probably right. But I hope not. dchill Sep 2018 #54

Me, too, dchill, One of them has to be the magic turning point! Guilded Lilly Sep 2018 #63

Post removed Post removed Sep 2018 #25

Feinstein did nothing wrong. phleshdef Sep 2018 #33

That's simply not true FBaggins Sep 2018 #43

You are misinformed as to how this went down. phleshdef Sep 2018 #44

She said that shouldn't be the reason LostinRed Sep 2018 #46

Seconded. This accusation was going nowhere without the accuser. bettyellen Sep 2018 #47

I don't think she will be the last to come out with accusations about this judge. ooky Sep 2018 #27

That's what I think it would take FBaggins Sep 2018 #39

My fear is that the other women he has attacked Ilsa Sep 2018 #49

GOP confirming him at this point is actual, physical war on America Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #28

Just another repub creep Bradshaw3 Sep 2018 #30

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2018 #40

She took a polygraph. Has it in therapists' notes twice years ago. And now begins the retaliation... Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #48

I don't I ever knew any male friend in high school or college that would go there. triron Sep 2018 #55

k&r Demovictory9 Sep 2018 #56

I admire her bravery DesertRat Sep 2018 #59

I understand her fear and wanting to remain anonymous initially. DangerousRhythm Sep 2018 #64

K&R UTUSN Sep 2018 #65

If this man is confirmed we need to impeach him Kingofalldems Sep 2018 #66

This will come up Gothmog Sep 2018 #67