"Raping Kavanaugh" could be his trumpian nickname, something most of you would be proud of no doubt.
Whats your feelings on Keith Ellison. How come Dems are not all hystrical him.
Because none of us are defending him. He’s getting shunned. It’s also why you don’t hear many conservatives crying about it. Cause we don’t try to victim shame.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
"Raping Kavanaugh" could be his trumpian nickname, something most of you would be proud of no doubt.
Whats your feelings on Keith Ellison. How come Dems are not all hystrical him.
Because none of us are defending him. He’s getting shunned. It’s also why you don’t hear many conservatives crying about it. Cause we don’t try to victim shame.
Does he still have his job? Is h voting on laws for Americans? Slimey Swish very slimey.
He’s going through the same process all the other politicians in congress went through when they got accused.
It’s real cute you trying to play whatabout though. Dirty, dawg duty very dirty.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
"Raping Kavanaugh" could be his trumpian nickname, something most of you would be proud of no doubt.
Whats your feelings on Keith Ellison. How come Dems are not all hystrical him.
Because none of us are defending him. He’s getting shunned. It’s also why you don’t hear many conservatives crying about it. Cause we don’t try to victim shame.
Keith Ellison domestic violence accuser says Democratic party doesn't believe her story
The woman who accused Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison of domestic abuse said on Monday that Democrats don’t believe her story and threatened to isolate her over the allegations.
Karen Monahan, a former girlfriend, came forward last month alleging that Ellison sent her threatening text messages and once screamed obscenities at her as he dragged her off a bed by her feet.
Ellison has denied the accusations, saying he “never behaved this way.” He did acknowledge he was in a relationship with the woman.
The allegations didn’t lead to any immediate action against the congressman, except for the announcement that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) would review the accusations. He went on to win the Democratic primary election for Minnesota attorney general.
Monahan slammed the Democratic Party for its response to her allegations when compared to its treatment of Christine Blasey Ford. Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to force himself onto her during at a high school party nearly four decades ago, prompting prominent Democrats to get behind Ford’s allegations.
“No, they don't,” Monahan tweeted in response to a question whether the party believes women’s stories. “I've been smeared, threatened, isolated from my own party. I provided medical records from 2017, stating on two different Dr. Visits, I told them about the abuse and who did it. My therapist released records stating I have been dealing and healing from the abuse.”
She added: “Four people, including my supervisor at the time, stated that I came to them after and shared the exact story I shared publicly, I shared multiple text between me and Keith, where I discuss the abuse with him and much more. As I said before, I knew I wouldn't be believed.”
Her comment came after another user pointed to comments made by Peter Daou, a Democratic strategist and former advisor to Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, who wrote in a tweet that the Kavanaugh accuser will be “attacked, smeared, and demonized” and that people must “believe women.”
Many other Democrats and progressives – who stayed silent when the accusations against Ellison emerged – came out in support of Ford, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Tom Perez, chairman of the DNC, who urged to investigate the claims and Kavanaugh.
Monahan went to reiterate that her story has nothing to do with politics. “I have nothing to prove to anyone, I simply shared my story. People can believe it or not. I don’t need anyone to affirm my humanity, I affirmed it,” she wrote in another tweet.
“The fact that both parties only care if it scores political points is hypocritical,” she added. “Do you think a person who has dealt with any form of abuse by politicians is thinking about politics? No, we & are families are trying to heal.”
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Karen Monahan @KarenMonahan01
No, they don't. I've been smeared, threatened, isolated from my own party. I provided medical records from 2017, stating on two different Dr. Visits, I told them about the abuse and who did it. My therapist released records stating I have been dealing and healing from the abuse 8:44 AM - Sep 17, 2018
Chuck Schumer of New York on July 9 -- "I will oppose Judge Kavanaugh's nomination with everything I have, and I hope a bipartisan majority will do the same. The stakes are simply too high for anything less."
Kamala Harris of California on July 9 -- "Judge Brett Kavanaugh represents a direct and fundamental threat to that promise of equality and so I will oppose his nomination to the Supreme Court."
Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut on July 9 -- "I will be a 'no' vote on this nominee. Judge Kavanaugh's record and writings -- which I have reviewed -- signal an extreme hostility to the precious rights and liberties that make our nation great."
Bob Casey of Pennsylvania on July 9 -- "I will oppose the nomination the President will make tonight because it represents a corrupt bargain with the far right, big corporations and Washington special interests."
Patty Murray of Washington state on July 10 -- "I voted against Judge Kavanaugh when he was nominated for the circuit court and I strongly oppose this nomination now. I will be urging my colleagues to stand with me in rejecting him, and in calling on President Trump to send us someone who would stand with women, workers and families, and who would truly commit to respecting settled law and the rights and freedoms we hold so dear. And I will be urging people across the country to stand up, speak out and make their voices heard."
Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin on July 12 -- "After reviewing this nominee's record, I know why powerful special interests in Washington selected Judge Brett Kavanaugh to work on the Supreme Court for them, not the people of Wisconsin," she said in a statement. "The people of Wisconsin need a fair, impartial and independent Supreme Court Justice who will stand up for them, not for powerful special interests. I don't have confidence that Judge Kavanaugh would be that justice."
Tammy Duckworth of Illinois on July 19 -- "Based on his own words and writing, I fear that Judge Kavanaugh would be the deciding vote in critical cases that restrict a woman's freedom to make health care decisions with her doctor, tear away protections that guarantee Americans with pre-existing conditions may obtain health insurance and empower a president of the United States to act as though he is above the law. Judge Kavanaugh should not be confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice, and he will not have my vote."
Brian Schatz of Hawaii on September 4 -- "I've seen enough. As long as the Republicans refuse to release 96% of the Kavanaugh records, this process is illegitimate. Every other Supreme Court nominee has turned over nearly everything, and I am now convinced they are hiding something. I will vote no."
Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire on September 10 -- "Judge Kavanaugh's past rulings on abortion demonstrate that he is willing to infringe on a woman's constitutionally protected right to make her own reproductive decisions, and his failure to answer questions about the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's protections for pre-existing conditions puts the health and well-being of millions of Americans at risk. After careful consideration of his record and reviewing the limited documents made available to the US Senate, I have come to the conclusion that I cannot support Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to serve on the US Supreme Court."
Mark Warner of Virginia on September 11: "I would have liked to meet with Judge Kavanaugh personally before deciding how I'd vote. Even attempted to set up a meeting with him, though unfortunately the White House never responded. So I'm just going to say it. I'll be voting no on Judge Kavanaugh."
Claire McCaskill of Missouri in a statement on September 19: "While I am also uncomfortable about his view on Presidential power as it relates to the rule of law, and his position that corporations are people, it is his allegiance to the position that unlimited donations and dark anonymous money, from even foreign interests, should be allowed to swamp the voices of individuals that has been the determining factor in my decision to vote no on his nomination."
Juanita Broaddrick, who alleged then-Arkansas Attorney General Bill Clinton raped her in 1978, blasted Hillary Clinton for hypocrisy in demanding due process for a woman who accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
Broaddrick, a retired nursing home administrator from Van Buren, Ark., said that all accusers deserve to have their case adjudicated, and that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford should attend a hearing on Monday on her matter.
When asked about accusations against her husband, Clinton said on MSNBC that people "need to take each of these situations on their own merits," and that there should be "due process for everyone involved."
Broaddrick said Clinton was "asking for things she denied the victims of her husband."
Broaddrick recalled how the former secretary of state met her a short time after the alleged rape.
"She grabbed ahold of my arm... and she says with this very angry look on her face... 'do you understand everything that you do?'," Broaddrick said. "At that moment, I felt she knew [about the alleged rape] and she was telling me to keep quiet."
Broaddrick said Democrats refused to read her own deposition on the matter to President Clinton's independent counsel, Kenneth Starr, despite the opposite phenomenon currently playing out in Kavanaugh's case.
"They did not want to know about it," she said.
Broaddrick recalled how the late Alaska Sen. Theodore Stevens (R) remarked at the time that "I don't care if you prove he raped a woman and then stood up and shot her dead — you are not going to get sixty-seven votes [to remove Clinton from office]." -- citing a book by former House counsel David Schippers.
Paula Jones, a former Arkansas state employee who claimed Bill Clinton sexually harassed her, said on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" that all women have a right to be heard.
Jones claimed then-Gov. Bill Clinton (D-Ark.) met her in a hotel room in Little Rock, where he propositioned her and pulled down his pants in front of her.
A lawsuit that arose during Clinton's tenure as president concluded with an $850,000 settlement on Jones' behalf.
"It's really unbelievable if [Hillary] said all women have a right to be heard... Why not me, Kathleen [Willey] and Juanita?" Jones asked.
Carlson recalled how former Clinton adviser James Carville dismissed Jones by saying that anyone would seek litigation if "you drag a $100 bill through a trailer park" -- and how that sentiment was shared among Democrats.
"It's about what's right and what's wrong," Jones said.
Long term, this type of garbage will hurt Dems, boy who cried wolf syndrome. It’s the same way most of Middle America feels about being called a racist, the word loses all meaning when everything is racist. The same rule applies here, high school kids getting it on, 40 years later construed as sexual assault. Eventually and quickly most Americans will be like “yeah yeah ok sure sexual assault again, right just like the last 10”. Which is horrible, it’s a damn travesty if you ask me.
Promoting a woman who threatened and attacked the victims of her husband’s sexual assault victims as the best presidential candidate and then turning on a dime and throwing 40 year old sexual assault charges. The hypocrisy knows absolutely no end.
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is facing accusations of hypocrisy over his calls to delay the confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh amid sexual misconduct allegations, as he once admitted groping a friend without her consent in high school.
BREAKING: Kavanaugh has already testified under oath about the accusations, sitting down Monday evening for a transcribed interview with committee staff and answering questions, during which he emphatically denied the allegations "under penalty of felony" if he was not truthful
Scalia's seat was vacant for 400 days. The Republican Senate stonewalled Obama for over a year on a SCOTUS appointee.
The Anita Hill accusations were investigated and it took three days. Let me bold that for you.. Three days
Let's say it takes a week, two weeks.
That has zero impact of the vote on Kavenaugh before the election.
People wish to ignore that Ford passed a polygraph test. That a class mate has spoken out that corroborates her story. Her therapist confirms this was told to her in 2012. She told her husband about it years ago. That is worthy of looking into.
For a group of people that refused to even hold hearings for over a year on a SCOTUS nominee, they sure are in a big hurry to rush one through.
The sad part is so many that advocated them stalling Obama's appointee for over a year are now whining we shouldn't take a week or two to look into something that actually has enough smoke to take a look at.
Can we say hypocrisy boys and girls?
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
"Raping Kavanaugh" could be his trumpian nickname, something most of you would be proud of no doubt.
Politics aside, this topic aside, trump aside, I really believe after this comment you have gone off the wall my friend. I am honestly worried about you. No joke.
It’s not important in this case for the SC justice nominee. But it goes without saying you’d all be in for an outright FBI investigation on Booker now, right?
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson.
It’s not important in this case for the SC justice nominee. But it goes without saying you’d all be in for an outright FBI investigation on Booker now, right?
Bill Clinton’s Former ‘War Room’ Director Quietly Advising Kavanaugh Accuser
09/20/2018
Benny Johnson
Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser Christine Blasey Ford is getting advice by Democratic super-activist Ricki Seidman, Politico reports.
Seidman, currently an executive at a public relations company, has worked for the Dukakis, Mondale and Clinton campaigns for president. She served as Joe Biden’s communications director when he was named Barack Obama’s running mate in the 2008 election, and managed the confirmation of Obama’s Supreme Court justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Recently, Seidman served at the the executive director of the liberal voter turnout group Rock the Vote.
Seidman served in Bill Clinton’s campaign’s “war room” and served as deputy communications director in the Clinton White House, according to Politico.
Most importantly, Seidman is no stranger to high-profile fights over nominations to the Supreme Court by a Republican president. She cut her teeth running attack ads against Robert Bork, a nomination that was eventually derailed. She then moved to Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy’s office, where she was instrumental in convincing Anita Hill to go public with her claim that Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her, The Weekly Standard reports. Seidman was also instrumental in leaking the Hill story to the press, according to “The Real Anita Hill” by David Brock. According to the Weekly Standard:
As legal director for Norman Lear’s People for the American Way, she was responsible for the infamous attack-ad on the judicial record of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork. She next moved to Senator Edward Kennedy’s office shortly after Clarence Thomas was nominated to the Supreme Court, and she is credited with pressuring the reluctant Anita Hill to come out with her harassment story. When the Judiciary Committee failed to listen, according to David Brock’s The Real Anita Hill, Seidman helped leak the story to the press.
Seidman was so instrumental in the promotion of the Anita Hill story that HBO cast her in its dramatic series about the hearing, “Confirmation.”
Thomas was eventually confirmed and called the accusations a “high-tech lynching.” Seidman told Politico, who broke the story, that she believes Ford is “courageous.”
“I believe her, and I think she’s very courageous for coming this far,” Seidman said.
Blasey Ford’s lawyers say she would be willing to testify next week before Congress, if the Senate Judiciary Committee can assure her safety and offer “fair terms.”
Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s campaign on Thursday invited supporters to a fundraiser next month with the two attorneys representing Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford, according to an invitation obtained by Fox News -- only to abruptly cancel those plans after they became public.
The two attorneys, Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, have been in the news advocating on Ford’s behalf and negotiating with Senate Republicans about whether Ford will testify on her allegations. The nominee has denied sexually assaulting Ford in high school.
“Please Join Debra Katz, Lisa Banks and End Citizens United for Cocktails and Conversation with U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) to support her re-election campaign,” read the invitation, which Fox News received from two separate sources.
But the Baldwin campaign told Fox News that Katz and Banks are no longer “involved in the event,” saying the fundraiser was scheduled before Ford made the allegations.
The fundraiser, according to the invite, was scheduled for the night of Oct. 1 in Dupont Circle, an area of Washington D.C.
It asks for a $1,000 donation to “host” the event, $500 to “co-host,” $250 to attend as a “friend” or $100 to come as a “supporter.” The invitation said it was paid for by Tammy Baldwin for Senate.
“Your support for Tammy's campaign has been wonderful and we really appreciate the help,” the invitation reads. “We are fast approaching the final weeks and we could use your help one more time.”
Katz and Banks did not return a request for comment.
Baldwin’s Republican opponent, Leah Vukmir, in a statement sent to Fox News before it was clear the attorneys were pulling out, called the fundraiser “despicable.”
"In the most despicable manner, Senator Baldwin, who opposed Judge Kavanaugh within 48 hours of his nomination and refused to meet with him, will be holding a political fundraiser with the lawyers of Dr. Ford who is now accusing him of sexual assault,” Vukmir said. “Baldwin and her Democrat colleagues will take advantage and fundraise off any situation — even the most egregious.”
In a letter to Senate Republicans on Wednesday, Katz and Banks said, "Dr. Ford was reluctantly thrust into the public spotlight only two days ago. She is currently unable to go home, and is receiving ongoing threats to her and her family's safety.”
Trump has proven time and time again to be weak and spineless, and will back down at the first sign of pressure.
Democrats could use this to their advantage and run a full court press here regarding Kavanaugh. But I doubt they will, as they are just as weak and spineless.
You posted a link from the Daily Caller? Seriously?
For those who don't know, the Daily Caller is a fringe white supremacy website founded by Tucker Carlson that Carlson had to back away from once he landed O'Reilly's spot, due to the site's long history of hiring prominent neo-Nazis, and then having to later fire them/pretend they didn't know that their staff writers were members of white supremacy groups (this has happened 6 separate times in the last 4 months alone).
Long term, this type of garbage will hurt Dems, boy who cried wolf syndrome. It’s the same way most of Middle America feels about being called a racist, the word loses all meaning when everything is racist. The same rule applies here, high school kids getting it on, 40 years later construed as sexual assault. Eventually and quickly most Americans will be like “yeah yeah ok sure sexual assault again, right just like the last 10”. Which is horrible, it’s a damn travesty if you ask me.
Promoting a woman who threatened and attacked the victims of her husband’s sexual assault victims as the best presidential candidate and then turning on a dime and throwing 40 year old sexual assault charges. The hypocrisy knows absolutely no end.
LOL long term? All this was brought on by the deplorables on the right. Long term? ...this is the long term coming back on the Republicans who are now paying for what they created years ago plain and simple. Enjoy.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson.
