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pnwmom

(108,975 posts)
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 02:22 PM Sep 2018

Rumor being tweeted that Kavanaugh may have misbehaved during a clerkship.








FWIW, a DC lawyer told me this morning he'd been waiting for Kavanaugh's #MeToo moment ... but the story he knew wasn't from high school but a summer clerkship.


Turned my mentions off because YIKES, but let me add he's already shared what he heard with a reporter as did the person with firsthand knowledge.
6:43 PM - Sep 16, 2018

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Rumor being tweeted that Kavanaugh may have misbehaved during a clerkship. (Original Post) pnwmom Sep 2018 OP
It's never just one. Girard442 Sep 2018 #1
Especially when they face no consequences. MoonRiver Sep 2018 #2
Ding ding malaise Sep 2018 #16
Exactly. The guys who do this are recidivists. We had a partner in our (then) Big 5 accounting firm Texin Sep 2018 #25
I knew there would be more. smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #3
If a second woman goes public, he is finished. marylandblue Sep 2018 #4
Ummmmmm, maybe not. GOPers believe that their GAWD's Iliyah Sep 2018 #5
Not all Repubs think that way marylandblue Sep 2018 #10
And shame mikeysnot Sep 2018 #23
"There is more about Kavanaug" RandySF Sep 2018 #6
Wow. I hope so. pnwmom Sep 2018 #8
Feinstein has something else up her sleeve? triron Sep 2018 #15
He Has No Business Being On That Court colsohlibgal Sep 2018 #7
Any court.... getagrip_already Sep 2018 #19
The incident Christine Blasey Ford described NastyRiffraff Sep 2018 #9
Remember the Brock Turner case? True Blue American Sep 2018 #20
Kaffluenza torius Sep 2018 #24
Exactly. The description of her attack was frightening to read. Texin Sep 2018 #26
spot on mercuryblues Sep 2018 #27
Yeah, the two guys grabbing her and pulling her into the bedroom. Kavanaugh throwing her down pnwmom Sep 2018 #31
He joined the club in college that had a goal of having sex with as many women as possible. Blue_true Sep 2018 #34
Seems pretty plausible - especially when you think of the 65 names thing. bitterross Sep 2018 #11
drip.drip.drip eleny Sep 2018 #12
The High School excuse peggysue2 Sep 2018 #13
AND he denies attending "that party." But the problem is pnwmom Sep 2018 #21
And him lying about it didn't happen high school. Mr.Bill Sep 2018 #22
Kavanaugh has Trump to personally vouch for his integrity ... oasis Sep 2018 #14
There's never "just one" with these sleazeballs. catbyte Sep 2018 #17
For every rat you see, there is 50 you don't. Marie Marie Sep 2018 #18
Looks like those tweets are hidden or removed. Renew Deal Sep 2018 #28
She'd earlier said she was getting too many retweets. Maybe that's why she went dark. nt pnwmom Sep 2018 #29
K&R UTUSN Sep 2018 #30
He was a binged drinker in law school Gothmog Sep 2018 #32
I don't have a problem with the drinking if he was safe around others. Renew Deal Sep 2018 #35
Does not surprise me. Blue_true Sep 2018 #33

Texin

(2,594 posts)
25. Exactly. The guys who do this are recidivists. We had a partner in our (then) Big 5 accounting firm
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 05:28 PM
Sep 2018

who was notorious. I've worked among those in a large and prominent Dallas and D.C. law firm who were also sexual predators. They don't stop at one and this type of behavior starts early on. Maybe it would behoove so-called investigators to go back into a young man's early history to see when the pattern began to emerge. I'll bet you it started when he was younger that in puberty in Kavanaugh's case. Yeah. I know that sounds ridiculous, and it's usually pooh-poohed away with the throwout, "oh, he was just curious." Hah! As if. Sure it starts that way. But there are certain people who won't be denied what they want. Many of these guys (most?) are narcissists and some of them have a more malevolent psychosexual personality disorder. What they do and will continue to do is repeatedly attempt assault and more whenever they feel they secure enough from detection and/or exposure by the
victim(s). It's not surprising that a vast number of men who do this are very prominent in their communities, their businesses and within the media. Prominent people feel they've got some sort of protective armor that will prevent their victims from going public with the information out of fear, much of which is instilled by the abuser who will threaten them with their jobs, ruination and public humiliation.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
5. Ummmmmm, maybe not. GOPers believe that their GAWD's
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 02:41 PM
Sep 2018

rules and laws supersede man's rules and laws. Plus, their GAWD always forgive any and all Republicans - "only".


Just ask Republican's lord and savior, t-rump.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
10. Not all Repubs think that way
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 02:59 PM
Sep 2018

And all we need to do is peel away 2 Senators, some of whom are already sounding doubtful.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
9. The incident Christine Blasey Ford described
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 02:55 PM
Sep 2018

sounded like an escalation of something he'd done before. Alcohol emboldens men to go from unwanted "fondling" to attempted or actual rape. It's a mindset that many privileged young men have that they somehow deserve to use women's bodies for their own pleasure; what the woman feels about it is immaterial to them.

Texin

(2,594 posts)
26. Exactly. The description of her attack was frightening to read.
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 05:33 PM
Sep 2018

There was a quality to it that implied to me he'd done this or similar before. The actual level of physical aggression and the nature of time and place (another person's home, no less), a locked door and music amped up to muffle the attack. And the fact that he was with a friend made it even more sinister. Does anyone doubt that the intent was for him to have his way with her, so to speak, then turn her over to his buddy?

mercuryblues

(14,530 posts)
27. spot on
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 05:43 PM
Sep 2018

And the idea that they both pulled her into the room makes me think this was done before. Too in sync with each other. One pushed her onto the bed, while the other locked the door.

There's more to come out about this cretin.

pnwmom

(108,975 posts)
31. Yeah, the two guys grabbing her and pulling her into the bedroom. Kavanaugh throwing her down
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 07:34 PM
Sep 2018

on the bed and Judge turning up the music to hide her screams. And then Judge jumped on top of them both.

It sounded coordinated -- like they'd done this before.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
34. He joined the club in college that had a goal of having sex with as many women as possible.
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 08:24 PM
Sep 2018

How many NORMAL guys join clubs like that, or even know they exist? I am willing to bet that some of his debt was related to buying escorts. The guy appears to have sexual issues.

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
11. Seems pretty plausible - especially when you think of the 65 names thing.
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 03:08 PM
Sep 2018

They had that list out within such a short time. It was already assembled for some reason. They knew something was coming.

If there is more out there it is a real shame for the women who were abused. I hope they come forward to stop him. This time around I think we have a much better chance to stop this than when Anita Hill was assaulted for a second time by the Senate during Thomas' hearings.

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
13. The High School excuse
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 03:23 PM
Sep 2018

Everyone knows that teenage boys are in hormone overdrive. And teenagers often do stupid things.

But . . .the story that Ford tells: the assault which includes holding her down, tearing at her clothes and putting a hand over her mouth to keep her quiet IS NOT NORMAL for any teenager. Plus, Ford took a lie detector test and passed. Though not admissible in court, it does lend to her credibility as does the fact that she had spoken about the assault earlier, way before Kavanaugh's nomination.

I suspect if these allegations are true there will be other women out there. Because . . . privilege, because if you get away with this sort of behavior once then repeated occurrences are more likely. And now there's a rumor of some untoward behavior while the man clerked.

Very, very dicey!! As is refuting you were ever at the party. Because witnesses.

pnwmom

(108,975 posts)
21. AND he denies attending "that party." But the problem is
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 04:49 PM
Sep 2018

she said she couldn't remember which party -- the where or when -- it happened at. She just remembers hanging out with boys from Georgetown Prep over a several month period, during which time this happened.

Renew Deal

(81,855 posts)
35. I don't have a problem with the drinking if he was safe around others.
Mon Sep 17, 2018, 08:48 PM
Sep 2018

People’s youth shouldn’t be held against them if possible. The rape charge is relevant to his status on the court.

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