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10-09-2018, 07:24 AM | #1 |
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I'll just say this then. Given the facts you know, and the evidence she could not produce, do you believe her case would have survived a real criminal trial?
(Not that it wouldn't open with statute of limitations - which is in place because of specifically these sorts of problems - i.e., cases lose all their potential evidence pro AND con - and human memory is ridiculously flawed over time.) The anti-Kav side needed her not to go through actual trial conditions, which would have displayed more clearly to the world that there was no criminal case to be made. The pro-Kav side needed to appear somewhat considerate and not put a potential victim through the kind of grilling a real trial would include. All this is just part of what made it a perfect storm so that both sides could be seen as angelic from the POV of their constituencies Both sides got roughly what they wanted although they certainly won't admit that And so did the public actually - eating this shit up not realizing it's turd sandwiches. We love it, we want it, it's on all channels |
10-09-2018, 08:31 AM | #2 |
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"Unfortunately the GOP didn't allow her to try to prove it"
I disagree. Seems to me she had her shot and the best she could bring to the table was a claim. # "we potentially have a rapist on the Supreme Court." That's a possibility. # "Yay for your side." How did 'my side' (the weird-ass anarcho-individualists) score a win here? # "This was simple hardball" This is politics. # "Republicans chose a potential rapist over the possibility of a delay." Blame Feinstein. |
10-09-2018, 08:33 AM | #3 |
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that there is a pretty good assessment, toad
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10-09-2018, 09:39 AM | #4 | |
Read? I only know how to write.
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None of that happened here. Even the victim did not want to testify. And would not have if not outed by an aggressive press. In a similar situation, how long did it take for Cosby to finally be prosecuted? How many witnesses were interrogated by professionals? Nothing done in a few months is at all related to what must happen in criminal prosecutions. Even The Don said her testimony was credible. I do not believe any of this was decided on facts. Clear both in video and in comments from close associates; Senator Susan Collins was under threat and seriously disturbed due to unknown sources - be it Sen McConnell or physical violence. Her face and so many security guards demonstrated the pressure. Decisions clearly were not based in what would exist in a criminal prosecution. Furthermore, I do not believe many of the excuses publicly stated for their conclusions. But it is the nature of the beast. |
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10-09-2018, 11:02 AM | #5 | |
still says videotape
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I do blame Feinstein, both sides played a game which ignored the good of the country in favor of party. My perspective is that of someone who found Dr. Ford more credible.
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