Jesus... On Cnn just now

[busterbrown]

It was Reported That Ed Whelan head of an who an important principle of a Republican PR Group which works for Republicans// Ed is a friend of Kavenaugh... This Ed Whelan.. put out a name of a suspect,, an elementary teacher in Cali.. and quick as shit they withdrew the story.. Can you fucking imagine this.. They quickly withdrew the story. But they were caught.. and Kavenaugh must have known...

Max Boot a long Time Conservative on Cnn tonight.. Just went off on a Repub. on the show trying to defend Whelan.

I really think this freaking huge.

sorry about the spelling and stuff trying to get this out,,

Check Cuomo or Rachel but its out there.

[dchill]

1. Ed Whelan...

President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. A "think tank." I don't know which of those sentences is more ironic.

[busterbrown]

4. Thanks for the update.

I think this huge.. As I stated when it Broke? on Anderson's Show... Max Boote when ballistic on the Repub. panel memeber. A freaking second grade teacher.. Thats who they are trying to pin down as being responsible for the assault on Ms. Ford? Christ Almighty!

[dchill]

6. I heard it on MSNBC-Sirius in the car at 3pm...

But I also saw something about it earlier this morning - also MSNBC. So... It's no CNN scoop.

[Ilsa]

13. Lawrence O'Donnell ripped into Whelan tonight.

I wish I could remember the exact phrasing, but it was a deeply wounding insult.

[Iliyah]

2. RWers, i.e. GOP senate and house supported it.

WH toooooooooooo.

fake new (Murdoch)

[malaise]

3. I'm waiting for the law suit from the teacher

The only way to deal with these fake news peddlers is to make them broke.

[busterbrown]

5. Agree!

but those who are important? There's the Koch Muth Fers

[uponit7771]

17. +1

[BigmanPigman]

7. I read this on DU earlier...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2162472

"It turns out that the Keystone Cops detective work by conservative legal activist Ed Whelan — which set Washington abuzz with the promise of exonerating Brett Kavanaugh, only to be met by mockery and then partially retracted — was not his handiwork alone.

CRC Public Relations, the prominent Alexandria, Virginia-based PR firm, guided Whelan through his rollercoaster week of Twitter pronouncements that ended in embarrassment and potentially a setback for Kavanaugh’s hopes of landing on the high court, according to three sources familiar with their dealings.

After suggesting on Twitter Tuesday that he had obtained information that would exculpate Kavanaugh from sexual assault allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford, Whelan worked over the next 48 hours with CRC and its president Greg Mueller to stoke the anticipation. A longtime friend of Kavanaugh’s, Whelan teased his forthcoming reveal — even as he refused to discuss it with other colleagues and close friends, a half dozen of them said. At the same time, he told them he was absolutely confident the information he had obtained would exculpate the judge.

[Cartoonist]

8. You had me there

I thought Jesus was being interviewed on CNN.

[lillypaddle]

10. oh, you ...

[Garrett78]

12. A huge percentage of the US population thinks that could happen in their lifetime.

We're all living in a giant insane asylum.

[Cracklin Charlie]

9. I'm sorry...

I may be missing it from your story.

But, I saw that Dr. Ford had said that this guy had tried to access her social media before her name had been made public...information he would have had to obtain from the White House.

The White House immediately set this guy on her in a second attack. I would think the FBI will know this by now.

[lillypaddle]

11. I think there are two different things

Whelan was going to try to pin it on another person who looked like Kavanaugh, and then withdrew his accusation.

The other thing was that Whelan searched her out (Dr. Ford) BEFORE her name was leaked.

Busy little bee, that guy.

[DeminPennswoods]

18. The timeline afaik

1. Ford spoke to the WaPo
2. WaPo (likely) called the WH for comment thus giving them Ford's name
3. Whelan starts searching Ford's name via the internet
4. WaPo publishes story

In the time between Ford talking to the Post and the time the Post published the story, Whelan knew Ford's name and began doing internet research on her. The logical conclusion is that Whelan was given Ford's name by someone at the WH. Further, since Kavanaugh spent most of the last 3 days ensconced at the WH, it's not a reach to think that Kavanaugh knew of (or was even in on) Whelan's plan to pin the blame on someone else.

[Hamlette]

14. Josh has been talking about this all day on TPM

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/

Interesting questions. Was Kavanaugh in on it?

[rusty fender]

15. It started Thursday evening on Twitter

Some of the Twitter comments on Whelan’s cockamamie thread are priceless. Unfortunately, with the Repukes in charge, Kavanaugh will likely suffer no harm from Whelan’s con job

[trueblue2007]

16. i think rachel or lawrence reported this tonight. it is awful