There won’t be anything done about it. Like with dumpty, the Democrats will vote to impeach and the senate won’t convict him. If they get rid of kavanaugh, mitch will ram someone even worse through. Just forget about it. Let’s just pray Mrs. Ginsberg remains healthy and they won’t get the chance.
Pretty hard to respect anyone on the court with a past like his, which always seems to rear its ugly head – he should be thankful cell phones with cameras and videos didn’t exist back then.
The reporters for the “story” cited only one second-hand source. They didn’t even talk to that source, a former Yale classmate named Max Stier, directly. They got his account from two unnamed “officials” who had spoken to him.
If that’s not shoddy enough journalism for you, it gets worse. The book that the info was sourced from also noted that the alleged victim in this alleged incident did not talk to the authors of the book and has made no comments. The book does note that a couple of the alleged victims friends that did comment stated that the “victim” has no recollection of the alleged incident. But none of that made its way into the report. Good job./s
My old journalism prof would have flunked me if I submitted such garbage. Clearly, this was run just to give an unfounded and uncorroborated allegation some legs, then print the corrections/retractions later after the damage is done. NYT needs to remove the “All the News That’s Fit to Print” from the masthead and replace it with a donkey.
Hearsay? A book review quoted in a newspaper is “hearsay?” Then, by extension, all news reporting is “hearsay,” isn’t it? So going forward, all tweets from an account named “RealDonaldTrump” must be discounted as “hearsay,” it’s only what the writer said has happened? Do I have it right?
Believe it or not, there are women here in the 21st century who not only respect and admire rapists, misogynists, creeps, and a-holes, but love them, too. Right, Lisa?
Give it up.. you have a pig in the Supreme Court.. accept it. trumps will.. will be done, and America may never recover but so long as the Republicans rule the roost.. who cares.
First it was Trump’s Tax’s, Then his paying off Stormy Daniels, now it’s Kavanaugh, The Democrat’s must really be out of accusations to go back and beat Multiple Dead Horses.
I wonder if the New York Times actually works for Trump. Their incompetence seems to help him a lot by having a dishonest liberal newspaper to point at.
Read and listen to the mainstream press, ie. NBC CBS and ABC. All of the people that Christine Blasey Ford said were at the “party” are now saying there was no party and that she or her attorney pressured them. Also the NY times issued a revision that the woman doesn’t recall the incident that the man says happened.
The White House tasked the FBI to do some limited, additional digging, The FBI ultimately interviewed fewer than a dozen people connected to two allegations leveled against Kavanaugh.
Before the nomination vote (he was confirmed to the Supreme Court by the narrowest of margins), U.S. Sen. Christopher A. Coons sent a letter to the FBI, urging “appropriate follow up” on new information he believed was relevant to sexual misconduct allegations made against the nominee.
Then — nothing happened.
Not at the FBI, which assured Coons it had received the letter but did not interview the person whom the senator referred to the bureau.
Amazing. An accusation by a Clinton partisan of which the supposed victim has no recollection, other left wing outlets refused to publish, the Senate Dems on the Judiciary committee ignored because it too feeble.
Despite the retraction by the NYT House Dems are considering using this as grounds for impeachment and the people here are taking it as gospel.
It is almost like the Dems WANT to lose the House in 2020.
Another example of how our mutually exclusive, opposing binary political system always works together to assure that we have fair apolitical courts and equal justice for all by consistently confirming candidates that above reproach. /s
Benson figures that all that smoke only means fire if it’s a Democrat being examined. Kavanaugh is her hero’s hero, so natch, anything bad about him is just TP.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 4 years ago
Poor Kavanaugh, he thought he was free of his sordid past.
wiatr over 4 years ago
OK so we have a rapist on the court. He and Thomas can google porn together whilst having BEER.
RAGs over 4 years ago
Lisa feels that, as long as SHE wasn’t the victim, it can be forgiven and forgotten.
braindead Premium Member over 4 years ago
Maybe this time there will be an actual investigation.
Or maybe The Commandment will be invoked again:
It’s OKAY If A Republican Does It.
amethyst52 Premium Member over 4 years ago
There won’t be anything done about it. Like with dumpty, the Democrats will vote to impeach and the senate won’t convict him. If they get rid of kavanaugh, mitch will ram someone even worse through. Just forget about it. Let’s just pray Mrs. Ginsberg remains healthy and they won’t get the chance.
Kurtass Premium Member over 4 years ago
Kavanaugh’s own calender proved he is a liar.
I like beer, do you like beer?
Judge Magney over 4 years ago
You’re not telling the truth, Ms Benson. An eyewitness account isn’t “hearsay.”
Stevefk over 4 years ago
Pretty hard to respect anyone on the court with a past like his, which always seems to rear its ugly head – he should be thankful cell phones with cameras and videos didn’t exist back then.
Zev over 4 years ago
Excuse me, but BOOF is the toilet paper, not the NY Times.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 4 years ago
Lisa is defending a man who treats women like dirt. And she is defending Kavanaugh too?!!?!
Durak Premium Member over 4 years ago
i wonder about anyone who is sanguine about charges made against a federal official like this. irresponsible.
• Thomas over 4 years ago
So, if a newspaper accurately reports what others say and do, they are toilet paper.
OK, maybe it is time somebody wiped our butts — ’cause this s#it-stained administration and all of its appointees stink.
mourdac Premium Member over 4 years ago
Moscow Mitch has already said he would do nothing regarding an impeachment trial in the Senate against ’Da Judge if the House voted for the same.
Ontman over 4 years ago
Ms. Benson uses ‘truth paper’ instead of toilet paper while Trump uses the Constitution.
Zebrastripes over 4 years ago
It won’t touch the lying, sniveling POS Kavanough…. he’s got the rest of the GOP Party backing him….collusion is their MO!
guyjen2004 Premium Member over 4 years ago
The reporters for the “story” cited only one second-hand source. They didn’t even talk to that source, a former Yale classmate named Max Stier, directly. They got his account from two unnamed “officials” who had spoken to him.
If that’s not shoddy enough journalism for you, it gets worse. The book that the info was sourced from also noted that the alleged victim in this alleged incident did not talk to the authors of the book and has made no comments. The book does note that a couple of the alleged victims friends that did comment stated that the “victim” has no recollection of the alleged incident. But none of that made its way into the report. Good job./s
My old journalism prof would have flunked me if I submitted such garbage. Clearly, this was run just to give an unfounded and uncorroborated allegation some legs, then print the corrections/retractions later after the damage is done. NYT needs to remove the “All the News That’s Fit to Print” from the masthead and replace it with a donkey.
Bookworm over 4 years ago
Hearsay? A book review quoted in a newspaper is “hearsay?” Then, by extension, all news reporting is “hearsay,” isn’t it? So going forward, all tweets from an account named “RealDonaldTrump” must be discounted as “hearsay,” it’s only what the writer said has happened? Do I have it right?
dandye over 4 years ago
More FAKE NEWS!. As is often the case, what is LEFT OUT is more important than what is reported – and the NYT is the MASTER of this type of hit job!
pweintraut over 4 years ago
The eyewitness can’t recall the incident. NYT conveniently left that out of the story. Really poor journalism.
Stephen Runnels Premium Member over 4 years ago
Believe it or not, there are women here in the 21st century who not only respect and admire rapists, misogynists, creeps, and a-holes, but love them, too. Right, Lisa?
Alberta Oil Premium Member over 4 years ago
Give it up.. you have a pig in the Supreme Court.. accept it. trumps will.. will be done, and America may never recover but so long as the Republicans rule the roost.. who cares.
martens over 4 years ago
A book on Kavanaugh has real news. But it’s lost in the furor over a botched New York Times essay.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-book-on-kavanaugh-has-real-news-but-its-lost-in-the-furor-over-a-botched-new-york-times-excerpt/2019/09/16/1a947634-d892-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html
stealth694 over 4 years ago
First it was Trump’s Tax’s, Then his paying off Stormy Daniels, now it’s Kavanaugh, The Democrat’s must really be out of accusations to go back and beat Multiple Dead Horses.
StackableContainers over 4 years ago
I wonder if the New York Times actually works for Trump. Their incompetence seems to help him a lot by having a dishonest liberal newspaper to point at.
newyorkslim over 4 years ago
Yep. The New York Times actually isn’t even good for that.
reg4uny over 4 years ago
Not telling the truth is when the supposed victi says she does not remember it happening and the NYT edits that out of the article.
RichardNeimeyer over 4 years ago
All the fakeness that’s fit to fake.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Read and listen to the mainstream press, ie. NBC CBS and ABC. All of the people that Christine Blasey Ford said were at the “party” are now saying there was no party and that she or her attorney pressured them. Also the NY times issued a revision that the woman doesn’t recall the incident that the man says happened.
Radish the wordsmith over 4 years ago
These things happen when the Trump White House limited the FBI investigation into Rapey McJudgey. The FBI ignored 20 witnesses.
Sneering vicious Kavanaugh and totally corrupt Barr are the faces of Republican Just Us.
• Thomas over 4 years ago
Before the nomination vote (he was confirmed to the Supreme Court by the narrowest of margins), U.S. Sen. Christopher A. Coons sent a letter to the FBI, urging “appropriate follow up” on new information he believed was relevant to sexual misconduct allegations made against the nominee.
Then — nothing happened.
Not at the FBI, which assured Coons it had received the letter but did not interview the person whom the senator referred to the bureau.
ideations over 4 years ago
Lisa, does your mother know what you do with your hands?
Andylit Premium Member over 4 years ago
Amazing. An accusation by a Clinton partisan of which the supposed victim has no recollection, other left wing outlets refused to publish, the Senate Dems on the Judiciary committee ignored because it too feeble.
Despite the retraction by the NYT House Dems are considering using this as grounds for impeachment and the people here are taking it as gospel.
It is almost like the Dems WANT to lose the House in 2020.
superposition over 4 years ago
Another example of how our mutually exclusive, opposing binary political system always works together to assure that we have fair apolitical courts and equal justice for all by consistently confirming candidates that above reproach. /s
DrDon1 over 4 years ago
Appears that Sen. Collins ‘was’ and L. Benson ‘is’ mesmerized by #45!
[ Facts no longer matter in #45’s “D.C. Swamp!” ]
Concretionist over 4 years ago
Benson figures that all that smoke only means fire if it’s a Democrat being examined. Kavanaugh is her hero’s hero, so natch, anything bad about him is just TP.
All the dinosaurs feared the T-Rex over 4 years ago
You’re right Lisa, lotsa people wanna use his image to wipe their behinds with!
buckyteeth over 4 years ago
Just an opinion column. Not anything like FOX News Entertainment Channel.