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Senate Confirms Kavanaugh to Supreme Court, Ending a Clash With Lasting Fallout

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Dear Loudmouth,

The Women's movement?

Hardly old chap. The majority of white women voted for Trump as well as Roy Moore despite their predilections and crass and demeaning behaviour toward women.

This was always likely to go along party lines as the issue of abortion will too.

It was more a battle around decency and truthfulness and railing against the treatment of the less powerful.

The suffragette movement started out very much like the metoo movement with many of the same attacks directed at it. Now it would be unthinkable, except for the odd misanthrope, to want to deny female participation in our democracy. Did the suffragettes over reach on occasion? Of course, but that never served to deligitimise the movement. But it was the anti-slavery party of the GOP who most supported the suffragettes. This too was split to a large degree along party lines.

The metoo cause is right and just and unstoppable, and it will change behaviour for the better.

Dr Christine Blasey Ford's testimony is another pivotal step along this path. There will be young men who will now have second thoughts about their behaviour. There will be young women who will be prepared to speak out when they are transgressed upon.

Dr Ford seems to think that the death threats and the inability for her to return home are a price she was prepared to pay. The cost of exposing sexual violence and abuse is never insignificant but her actions will give other strength even if the immediate result is dismissal.

The days were the behaviour of a young Brett Kavanaugh was normative are now thankfully being challenged and rightfully so. It hopefully gives greater comfort to those raising daughter of their own.
Posted by SteeleRedux, Monday, 8 October 2018 8:50:53 PM
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Dr Fords own year books reveal drunkednes immorality racism and now caught out lying. A fine candidate for the left
Posted by runner, Monday, 8 October 2018 9:39:07 PM
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Here is some of her testimony, simple question why did she not go to the police just for this bit alone quote "I thought that Brett was accidentally going to kill me.". I would have been of to see the police straight away.

her words
“He began running his hands over my body and grinding his hips into me. I yelled, hoping someone downstairs might hear me, and tried to get away from him, but his weight was heavy,” she told the Senate in a dramatic public hearing.

“Brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes. He had a hard time because he was so drunk, and because I was wearing a one-piece bathing costume under my clothes. I believed he was going to rape me.

“I tried to yell for help. When I did, Brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from screaming. This was what terrified me the most, and has had the most lasting impact on my life. It was hard for me to breathe, and I thought that Brett was accidentally going to kill me.”
Posted by Philip S, Monday, 8 October 2018 11:57:36 PM
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Thanks to Donald Trump alone, the U.S. is enjoying the lowest unemployment since 1969; black and Hispanic employment is at all time highs; the dollar is high, and the stock market is booming. Trade is going America's way.

No wonder the unsuccessful Left hates Trump.
Posted by ttbn, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 9:18:34 AM
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Steele,

And the evidence?
Posted by Is Mise, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 10:02:32 AM
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Dear Is Mise,

The evidence of what?
Posted by SteeleRedux, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 10:26:19 AM
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