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Goodheart

(5,264 posts)
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 01:11 PM Sep 2018

I just wrote this missive to my brothers and sisters, with whom I have lost patience.

You're charged with deciding which to believe of two people who have told two opposite things.

Here's how a sane, responsible person decides:

Which of the two has an incentive to lie? Let's go back to yesterday.... Dr. Ford had nothing to gain and much to lose, including her own life, by coming forward. Brett Kavanaugh has a GIANT incentive: the fulfillment of a lifetime goal to get a lifetime appointment on the highest court in the land.

Which of the two has a history of lying to protect himself/herself? We know very little about Dr. Ford, but we sure know that Kavanaugh lied to Congress about stolen documents, and we know from his testimony yesterday that he lied about "Renate alumnius", "devil's triangle", and "boofing"... and we know from his high school and Yale classmates that his claim of never getting out of control as a drunk is patently false. We also know that he lied when he said over and over again that Dr. Ford's four named persons all denied that the event never occurred.

Which of the two wants the light of an investigation to back up their word? We know Dr. Ford insisted on one, and we know that Brett Kavanaugh refused at least 19 times.

Whose account is backed up by evidence? We know that Brett Kavanaugh and his best friend boasted about drunken raucous behavior, we know that his best friend wrote a book naming a "Bart O'Kavanaugh" as a rowdy drunk. We know that Kavanaugh's own calendar contradicts his testimony of not drinking on a weekday, and even admits to drinking beer at a gathering with the very people Dr. Ford named in her accusation.

He's as guilty as sin.

This was not a court of law. In a court of law every responsible citizen would vote "not guilty". But "not guilty" in our system of justice usually means "not proven" rather than not guilty.

He's as guilty as sin.

This was a job interview, not a trial. The standards of putting somebody in jail are different from those we use to confirm or deny a job applicant. Outside of the courtroom we use a preponderance of the evidence rather than "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt".

He's as guilty as sin.

And the next worst part about this? YOU KNOW THAT HE IS, but you insist on eyewitnesses to the crime before you reject him from that job application. Shame on you for miscarrying your civic duty. Shame on you for supporting a proven liar onto our Supreme Court when that's supposed to be a forum for sticking to truth.

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I just wrote this missive to my brothers and sisters, with whom I have lost patience. (Original Post) Goodheart Sep 2018 OP
Well written. If they don't mind his language, Ilsa Sep 2018 #1

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
1. Well written. If they don't mind his language,
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 04:15 PM
Sep 2018

send Trae Crowder's facebook post, which was posted here:

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