(09-29-2018, 09:51 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(09-29-2018, 09:29 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: This is why the man does not belong on the Supreme Court. There is no consensus on whether the guy is guilty or innocent. The nation is once again divided. I have absolutely no allegiance to either party and I still don't know who to believe, but when it comes to these sort of things, I tend to lean towards the accuser for safe measure. I don't want sexual predators out there roaming the streets. With that said, I am not 100% leaning one way or the other. It's more like 51% it happened to 49% it didn't and that isn't enough for me to definitively say one way or the other. I am of the opinion that anyone with such accusations, should NEVER be appointed to the highest, most respected court in the land. For God's sake, if he doesn't make it through, all Trump has to do is nominate another one of "his guys". He has all the power in this situation. He can just keep nominating people he wants until they get through. By pushing this one guy, he's just tainting the reputation of the court itself. I don't know why Republicans are taking such a hard line stance. They have the advantage. It also doesn't help that Supreme Court Judges are supposed to be impartial to political parties and Kavanaugh went on about some left wing conspiracy against him by people opposed to Trump and the Clinton's as well. For this alone, he should be taken out of the equation. He showed his cards. That's a no-no.

If you believe her it's because of your emotions, not her facts. If a perfect candidate can just be smeared this way and his supporters fold insteadof fighting for him then we'll have exactly this kind of fraud perpetrated every time an R President makes a nomination. It will set the precedent and become the norm. No one will corroborate this woman's story, not even herself under oath. It's just another lie for political gain by the left and half of America are either gullible enough to believe it or actively supporting the "by any means neccessary" style tactics to win.

And by "tending to believe the accusser" you both play right into their hands with your emotions AND violate one of the basic tenants of our society ie the presumption of innocence. It's a scam and you're falling for it.

He's not a perfect candidate.
He is a partisan hack who worked for Ken Starr and violated grand jury secrecy rules to manipulate the Press while doing so.
He is a partisan hack who obtained information that had been stolen off of Democratic senators' computers, that was clearly marked confidential, and chose to share that information among his friends, and not disclose the theft to either the victims or to the authorities.
He is a partisan hack who condoned torture.
He is a partisan hack who suddenly believes that the president can pardon himself.
the American Bar Association considers him to only be "qualified" rather than the usual "highly qualified" rating that a person obtains before being appointed judge.
I'm not saying any of this in the spirit of partisanship.
None of these things were true about Neil Gorsuch.
Neil Gorsuch went to the same high school as Kavanaugh and had the same opportunities to write embarrassing things in his yearbook entry.  
We only have Kavanaugh's yearbook entry because somebody that he went to school with thought that we should know about it. In other words, he made an enemy among his classmates, and there is something incriminating there. Ask yourself why this didn't happen to Gorsuch. The need to vote no to Kavanaugh should become clear. It has nothing to do with Christine Ford's story.

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