The Republican Party can already count on the women’s backlash in the upcoming November 2018 elections but as this Dr. Christine Blasey Ford/ Judge Brett Kavanaugh saga news’ event continues with the republican President Donald Trump’s input, the picture becomes even dimmer. The Republican Party’s grumpy old men’s lack of respect for women is off the charts to where they can’t even pretend to show respect for Dr. Ford with her claim that their Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her in her high school years when she was at a party in Maryland.
Dr. Ford is claiming that the nominee Judge Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed, groped her and covered her mouth when she screamed. When the nominee’s friend Mark Judge joined in the fray, she managed to escape. She has provided therapist notes from years ago, taken a polygraph, and is willing to undergo an FBI investigation to bolster her claims.
Dr. Ford has been consistent in asking for an independent investigative body like the FBI to check out the facts related to this assault but the Republican Party leaders are resisting.
Both Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh have agreed to give testimony on Thursday, the 27th of September 2018 before the US Senate Judiciary Committee. The details are being ironed out but so far, Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh will not have to testify at the same time and Dr. Ford will be granted added security protection.
As per a 9/22/18 Politico report, “Ford’s legal team also now includes Michael Bromwich, according to a spokeswoman for his firm, The Bromwich Group. He is a former federal prosecutor, inspector general for the Department of Justice and is also working on the legal team for Andrew McCabe, a former deputy director of the FBI who has feuded with President Donald Trump. Bromwich resigned from his law firm, which is separate from the Bromwich Group, in order to represent Ford in private practice.”
See: Data Note: How Women Voters Could Influence the 2018 Election/ kff.org
Here’s the rest of the story…
On September 21, 2018, the Editorial Board of The New York published the following opinion piece, “G.O.P. Leaders Can’t Even Fake Respect for Christine Blasey Ford”
Excerpts:
“They are struggling to pretend they will fairly weigh her accusations against Brett Kavanaugh.”
“Poor Republicans. They’ve tried so hard to be subtle, to seem respectful of Christine Blasey Ford, even as they’ve maneuvered to undermine her. They would hear her accusations that the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her in high school, they wanted us to know, if only she’d testify on their terms. They wanted Americans to think they had evolved in the 27 years since Anita Hill accused another Supreme Court nominee, Clarence Thomas, of sexual misconduct.”
“Leave it to Donald Trump to strip away the mask and reveal the troglodyte beneath. Administration officials reportedly labored to keep him from going on the attack against Dr. Blasey, but after a few days, the presidential id once again rose up and overwhelmed them and their message. On Friday morning, Mr. Trump tweeted:”
“I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with Local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, and place!”
“Dr. Blasey has already said that she did not tell anyone about the assault at the time, much less file charges — most victims don’t. So what Mr. Trump is charging here, complete with a snide slap at Dr. Blasey’s parents, is straightforward: The woman is lying.”
“This is the response we have come to expect from this president when accusations of sexual assault or harassment surface. It is how Mr. Trump has responded to the 15-plus women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. It is how he has responded to the women (and men) who have accused other officials within his party.”
“Outside of Mr. Trump’s bubble, however, it is widely recognized as no longer acceptable to respond to a woman’s claims of sexual assault by calling her a liar. Doing so carries real political risks in the age of #MeToo. Which is why so many Republicans have been working themselves into a lather to discredit Dr. Blasey by more nuanced means.”
“Witness the popular mistaken-identity theory that says Dr. Blasey isn’t lying about the attack, but is simply confused about who did the attacking. Judge Kavanaugh himself planted this seed in the brain of Senator Orrin Hatch, at least according to the senator’s office, and the nominee’s defenders have been peddling extended versions of it with gusto. This includes a bonkers incident Thursday night in which a longtime conservative operative, Edward Whelan, posted a series of tweets offering up the name, photo and other private information about a former classmate of Judge Kavanaugh’s whom Mr. Whelan claimed might be the real attacker. The tweets were deleted after they prompted a massive backlash on social media — and after Dr. Blasey said she knew both men and even at the tender age of 15 could tell them apart.”
“As insulting as this “she’s just a confused girl” defense may be, it is modestly less offensive than the snickering boys-will-be-boys excuses emanating from certain musty corners. Or the related contention that this was a case of teenage horseplay gone awry — an innocent misunderstanding, if you will. The most head-smacking defense thus far may have come from Franklin Graham, the evangelical leader turned Trump lackey, who spun the alleged attack as a portrait in chivalry: “Well, there wasn’t a crime committed. These are two teenagers and it’s obvious that she said no and he respected it and walked away.”
“What all of these approaches have in common is that they are part of a desperate effort to distract from Republicans’ unwillingness to initiate a proper effort to get at the truth of what happened. It is a sorry abdication of duty damaging to all involved. At this point, Dr. Blasey’s accusations need to be examined not only for her sake but for that of Judge Kavanaugh and of the entire Supreme Court — especially if Republicans are convinced of the nominee’s innocence.”
“The F.B.I. investigated Ms. Hill’s accusations, and it should investigate Dr. Blasey’s. Immediately. The Senate Judiciary Committee should do its job properly by holding thorough hearings with a full slate of witnesses — most definitely including Mr. Kavanaugh’s friend Mark Judge, who Dr. Blasey says was in the room on the night in question. The fact that Mr. Judge has said he doesn’t want to testify should make lawmakers all the more curious about what he would have to say. It doesn’t, as Senator Lindsey Graham has absurdly asserted, mean that Mr. Judge has “already said what he’s going to say” and there’s “no reason to” hear from him under oath.”
Gronda Morin 
Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
This gives me much needed hope .. sisters bound together!
#YesWeCan …
‘The Republican Party can already count on the women’s backlash in the upcoming November 2018 elections but as this Dr. Christine Blasey Ford/Judge Brett Kavanaugh saga news’ event continues with the republican Drumpf’s input, the picture becomes even dimmer. ‘
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Dear Horty,
We women are about to give the GOP grumpy old men a long needed lesson on how to treat women, staring with NOT putting the likes of a man like President Trump in the White House.
Thanks a million for all of your support and for this reblog.
Hugs, Gronda
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Your most welcome! 🙏🏽 … I’m here hoping!! Hugs!
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I take no pleasure in being right about the sort of defence of the ‘men’ of the GOP would come up with.
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Dear Roger,
You were right about the playbook these GOP Grumpy Old Pompous fools are reading from, but its advice is old and over-used. They aren’t fooling anyone, especially the women voters.
Hugs, Gronda
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For once the world will be watching the mid-terms.
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Trump and his cronies need to realize women are “mad as hell and not taking it anymore”
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Dear Rugby 843,
These GOP in the US Congress will figure out how angry women are this coming November 2018 when we replace a lot of their seats with Democratic Party contenders.
They are a bit slow as all the signs are there but they just don’t want to listen.
Hugs, Gronda
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There are not enough of us women out there supporting this lady, we need to make an outcry heard around the world. These old Rep pillars are shoving this man down our throats. If it is a false accusation let him be a man and demand it be investigated. What is he hiding in his quest to the highest court in the land?
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Dear Holly,
Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge are dirty as sin and could not withstand an FBI investigation. Mark Judge published in 1997 a book about his drunken debauchery party days when he was in high school. Judge Kavanaugh’s denials that he wasn’t even at these parties does not ring true.
Hugs, Gronda
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I strongly suspect this incident happened. The worst part is that we will have a liar on the supreme court. Hugs!
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