Thread: Eight big problems for Christine Blasey Ford's story

-Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations against Brett Kavanaugh are serious. She is accusing him of violent attempted rape. “I thought he might inadvertently kill me. He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing,” she told The Washington Post, recounting the alleged incident at a high school party “one summer in the early 1980s.”

But her story is also growing less believable by the day. Here are eight reasons why it’s hardly “anti-woman” for senators to question her account at Thursday’s hearing:

1) For starters, Ford still can’t recall basic details of what she says was the most traumatic event in her life. Not where the “assault” took place — she’s not sure whose house it was, or even what street it was on. Nor when — she’s not even sure of the year, let alone the day and month.

Ford’s not certain how old she was or what grade she was in when she says an older student violently molested her. (But she doesn’t plead inebriation: She described having just “one beer” at the party.)

2) Ford concedes she told no one what happened to her at the time, not even her best friend or mother. That means she can rely on no contemporaneous witness to corroborate her story.

3) Worse, the four other people she identified as attending the party, including Kavanaugh, all deny knowledge of the gathering in question, including Leland Ingham Keyser, who she calls a “lifelong friend.”

Keyser’s lawyer told the Senate Judiciary Committee: “Simply put, Ms. Keyser does not know Mr. Kavanaugh and she has no recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was present, with or without Dr. Ford.”

The other two potential witnesses — Mark Judge and Patrick “P.J.” Smyth — also deny any recollection of attending such a party. The committee took their sworn statements “under penalty of perjury.” “These witnesses directly contradict Professor Ford’s allegations against Judge Kavanaugh,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley advised Ford’s attorneys last week.

In her original letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Ford claimed that Kavanaugh talked to Keyser and Smyth right after he assaulted her. Yet neither shares her memory.
This is, to say the least, highly problematic for her case. No witness corroborates any part of her story.

4) Her own immediate family doesn’t appear to be backing her up, either. Her mother, father and two siblings are all conspicuously absent from a letter of support released by a dozen relatives, mostly on her husband’s side of the family.

The letter attests to her honesty and integrity. “Why didn’t her parents and brothers sign the letter?” a congressional source familiar with the investigation wondered...

https://nypost.com/2018/09/25/eight-...y-fords-story/

9) Adopting the voice mannerisms of a 6 year old.

Originally Posted by John

9) Adopting the voice mannerisms of a 6 year old.

I'm glad I didn't watch the event!

Originally Posted by curly sue

I'm glad I didn't watch the event!

Yes, you are better off for it

It was a well crafted accusation. By claiming she didn't know when or where the supposed attack happened, there is no way to disprove it.

I may be naive but I believe Pres Trump’s call for a week of FBI investigations is wise and strategic. First, that Kav will be exonerated but also for the country to see (as we all have seen) that the left is beyond reason. Then there is a third little opportunity....to catch the FBI at their own tricks in this investigation. Because. As we all know there will be zero peace after the affirmation and seating.

It would be a great victory for the conservatives against Dems/liberals for him to be confirmed. Of course they'll scream like a stuck pig and try to delegitimize it for years to come.

Originally Posted by krystian

...“Why didn’t her parents and brothers sign the letter?”

Hmmm, that's an interesting tidbit of information

I suppose it could be because they just didn't want to have their names in public, and they wanted to avoid the negative press and death threats?

“Why didn’t her parents and brothers sign the letter?”

Chit chat says they work for the CIA.

Originally Posted by John

Chit chat says they work for the CIA.

Ahhh, yeah - I heard that (on the radio) too - Now, if that's true, how convoluted is this whole thing?