As some commentators on MSNBC have been saying, the Kavanaugh confirmation is "hanging by a thread." Now a third woman has come forward with a deposition made under oath accusing him of being present at teen-age parties at which punch was spiked with drugs and alcohol to render girls "unable to say no," and that there would then be a line of boys outside a bedroom door waiting their turn to have sex with the girl.
Under the careful guidance of her attorney, Michael Avanatti, this woman does not say that Kavanaugh was one of the boys drugging or raping the girls; but she is very specific in saying that he was there when this was happening.
Further, his freshman roommate has stated that Kavanaugh was frequently "incoherently drunk" and that, when he was very drunk, he tended to be "aggressive and belligerent."
Kavanaugh and his wife went on Fox News (totally unprecedented for a Supreme Court nominee) to present his defense: that he did drink beer and occasionally maybe one too many -- but that mostly he was devoting himself to his studies, sports, and church. This really didn't come off very well; it probably backfired.
And we haven't even had the hearing yet. Republican members of the Judicial Committee are not allowing the second, and now this third accuser, to testify tomorrow at the hearing, nor are they allowing a delay to investigate these other claims. So it comes down to how effective Dr. Christine Blasey Ford will be in telling her story to these Republican senators -- these eleven white men, several of whom are old white men.
As former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) said on MSNBC yesterday to Nicole Wallace: Whether it's immediately following the opening gavel, or whether it's after the closing gavel -- this will all be over tomorrow.
Ralph
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