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Abandon Ship!
After the accuser came forward Sunday and put her name behind the allegations, only two of those dozens of women stood by Kavanaugh on the record, reported Politico.
The website attempted to contact all the high school acquaintances of Kavanaugh who signed on to the open letter, which was released shortly after the claims were made public.
The timing of that letter led many to speculate that GOP lawmakers were aware of the accusation, which Kavanaugh has denied, before Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) received the letter and turned it over to the FBI, which declined to investigate further.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/two-65-women-vouched-kavanaugh-stand-accuser-comes-forward/
Gee, that was fast.
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)What's the matter? Why didn't they stand by what they said? Or did they really say it?
Nothing like the bright light of the truth to make them run for cover.
eleny
(46,166 posts)Doesn't sound like their original commitment was very strong.
Marrah_Goodman
(1,586 posts)Before she came out they didn't know who she was. Now they know and realize it is probably true.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)one of the dumbest ideas someone got paid too much to cya. It makes your boy look guilty, probably because he is.
MaryMagdaline
(6,856 posts)haele
(12,676 posts)Whether or not they actually knew him while they went to the sister academy at the same time.
"Our experience with him from that time is that he treated us and other women with respect" = "we may have passed each other in the hall going to the school dance" or "we got drunk at the same parties with the boys at his school thirty years ago - we don't really remember what happened or who was there other than our girlfriends or the guy we went to the party with, but nobody ended up in the hospital and we're all okay now..."
or "My husband/ex-husband was his classmate, and he didn't tell me anything bad about Kavanagh from that time whenever we all met for business or networking..."
So, sure, they'll sign...
They're his "peers" - part of his social and/or political network. Not his victims or anyone he would otherwise ignore.
At schools like the ones he went to, he was taught enough manners and awareness on how not to shit in his own food bowl or harass anyone who might help "his career" from a very early age.
Kiss up, punch down.
Haele
MaryMagdaline
(6,856 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,838 posts)What happened was that two women specifically defended the letter and their support of Kavanaugh. Some two dozen other women who were contacted have not responded or declined to comment; so far nobody has specifically repudiated the letter. Raw Story's headline inaccurately suggests that all but two have backed off, which is not true. The Politico article cited by (Yuk! Ptui!) Raw Story actually said this:
I stand by the letter I signed. I do not know this woman, said McGill by email on Sunday, referring to Ford. McCaleb added, I absolutely stand by the letter we signed.
More than two dozen of the women who signed onto the letter did not immediately respond when contacted by POLITICO on Sunday about whether they still stood behind their defense of Kavanaugh. Two of the women who signed the letter declined to comment.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)If there is smoke...there is a binder full of women at the ready.
Were these women wearing "He can grab me by the pussy" T-shirts?
Kali
(55,019 posts)lot of inaccurate info flying around
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,838 posts)Kali
(55,019 posts)sometimes there are subscription issues but still, never copy their hyper headlines!
ffr
(22,671 posts)Go away Kavanaugh!
womanofthehills
(8,764 posts)There have been hints of another women on Twitter.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,087 posts)More than two dozen (24 + at least one) did not immediately respond
2 declined to comment
2 reiterated their support.
That comes to 26+ of the 65 women accounted for. What did the other 39 say? Did they reach them?
2 out of 4 (the only ones who specifically responded) is a lot different than 2 out of 65 (which the headline implies is the complete count).