(02-09-2019 07:32 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  The similarities (I'm just focusing on Kavanaugh's 1st two accusers because as others have said, the ones after that were completely bogus in my mind).

First, both initial accusers are now California professors (Dr. Ford at Stanford, Dr. Tyson at Scripps College). Aren't they also being represented by the same legal teams?

The second accusations both allegedly happened in college - and kind of elite academic institutions at that (Yale and Duke, respectively). And while the Yale accusation didn't get the same attention as Ford, I always felt it was highly credible. There was clearly evidence that Kavanaugh and Ramirez were more than casual acquaintances (they were in the same wedding party a few years after college and had to be physically restrained from each other because they wouldn't talk to each other - I had documented that in one of the Kavanaugh threads a few months back).

Third, while I agree that you need to investigate and not come to conclusions too quickly, both of the men being accused appear to be similar to me in that personalities - aggressive in their denials and rather profane in their public statements too (someone mentioned bleep the ***** by Fairfax, well Kavanaugh was pretty clearly filmed to mouth the word ***** about Hillary when he was part of the legal team trying to impeach (or indict?) President Bill Clinton. Both gentlemen seem misogynistic to me. At the very least, they aren't afraid to say what they want.

The big difference is that I believe ultimately, Fairfax will resign his current position as he doesn't have his political party behind him protecting his reputation. Wortham is probably in danger of losing his job as well. The Herring guy is safe - he's the one of the 3 who has shown true remorse and seems to have a much greater group of people behind him who are willing to keep him on the job.

Actually another big difference between Kavanaugh and Fairfax is that the 2nd allegation is much more serious for Fairfax. Rape vs I guess exposing himself in front of some college women when you're pretty wasted (and most everyone there is as well)? The second accuser for Fairfax is now also saying she was raped by a Duke basketball player.

Ford lied about many things, her fear of flying and why she had 2 front doors for starters. If she isn’t credible on small things, she probably isn’t on others, also all 4 of her witnesses bailed on her.


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