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Thread #164943   Message #3953356
Posted By: Joe Offer
28-Sep-18 - 04:29 AM
Thread Name: BS: Gang rape by good ol boys (Kavanaugh)
Subject: RE: BS: Gang rape by good ol boys (Kavanaugh)
Bruce, I looked up this Broaddrick thing. The alleged Bill Clinton rape happened in 1978. If she can press charges and get somebody to prosecute Clinton, more power to her. But he's not running for president or nominated for the Supreme Court, so the case is more-or-less irrelevant unless it can be prosecuted.

In case you didn't notice, Brett Kavanaugh is a nominee for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, so the sexual misconduct charges against him are indeed relevant - although it's very unlikely that Kavanaugh will be prosecuted for them.

Yes, both Clinton and Kavanaugh appear to have committed shameful sexual crimes, but you seem to be confusing criminal prosecution with confirmation to the Supreme Court. In the Kavanaugh case, it's not a matter of "beyond a reasonable doubt." If a majority of senators vote against him, he doesn't get the job. There's no due process, and there shouldn't be.

-Joe-