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demmiblue

(36,875 posts)
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 09:37 AM Sep 2018

Ed Whelan Apologizes For Naming Kavanaugh Classmate As Blasey Ford's Alleged Attacker

After writing a (now removed) thread on Twitter that sparked instant, widespread backlash, president of the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center Ed Whelan apologized for identifying the hypothetical perpetrator in his speculation that professor Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegation is a case of mistaken identity.

I made an appalling and inexcusable mistake of judgment in posting the tweet thread in a way that identified Kavanaugh’s Georgetown Prep classmate. I take full responsibility for that mistake, and I deeply apologize for it. I realize that does not undo the mistake.

— Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) September 21, 2018


Whelan is a respected figure in Washington but presented his pure guesswork as a substantiated theory with floor plans and online evidence, recklessly naming another Georgetown Prep student as the alleged perpetrator because he bears a resemblance to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Blasey Ford shot down the theory in a statement. “I knew them both and socialized with [the man Whelan accused],” she said. “There is zero chance that I would confuse them.”

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/whelan-apologizes-for-insinuating-that-kavanaugh-classmate-attacked-blasey-ford


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Ed Whelan Apologizes For Naming Kavanaugh Classmate As Blasey Ford's Alleged Attacker (Original Post) demmiblue Sep 2018 OP
"Ethics and Public Policy Center." WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #1
to be fair, it is the Republican Conservative "Ethics and Public Policy Center" irresistable Sep 2018 #2
I know, right?! demmiblue Sep 2018 #3
ReTHUG ethics aka an malaise Sep 2018 #10
Hey - how about MY replublcan credentials.... GetRidOfThem Sep 2018 #23
Yesterday Whelan's idiotic thread was all the rage because he was "credible" in the past. Fred Sanders Sep 2018 #22
Very irresponsible behavior from someone heading up an "Ethics" group. LonePirate Sep 2018 #4
republican and conservative and judicial prep and ethics irisblue Sep 2018 #34
Even though these assholes apologize for remarks like this blueinredohio Sep 2018 #5
and they know this.... dhill926 Sep 2018 #20
I'm assuming that the classmate is not a public figure and has standing for a lawsuit... LakeSuperiorView Sep 2018 #6
He's a teacher malaise Sep 2018 #11
Sue him malaise Sep 2018 #7
I don't understand how stories are good enough for national news publications JonLP24 Sep 2018 #8
I have no idea, either. demmiblue Sep 2018 #9
It's still pinned at the top of his Twitter feed mcar Sep 2018 #12
The apology tweet is now pinned (and, yep, mission accomplished indeed). demmiblue Sep 2018 #14
This latest smear is proof that they know this attempted rape malaise Sep 2018 #15
They sure have changed their tune mcar Sep 2018 #17
Just read that malaise Sep 2018 #18
Seems hard to believe the Rs, including Kav, weren't involved mcar Sep 2018 #19
This suffragette Sep 2018 #33
+1, and the fact that even MAGA Minions can see KNaw isn't going to the FBI to clear his name uponit7771 Sep 2018 #36
Yep malaise Sep 2018 #37
I hope cable news pins Whelan to the Do Not Invite Again list. Credibility utterly shot! Fred Sanders Sep 2018 #30
I hope he's run out of every restaurant in town n/t malaise Sep 2018 #38
What A Dick! ProfessorGAC Sep 2018 #13
Hey Whelan......................it was reported on this tweet that you sent out that you and others turbinetree Sep 2018 #16
That's DR. Ford, not Mrs. Ford. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #27
Corrected turbinetree Sep 2018 #39
I really hope the guy he named sues Whelan obamanut2012 Sep 2018 #21
The "theory" Whelan expounded was a purely political statement designed to bolster Kavanaugh's Nitram Sep 2018 #24
Conservative Ethics is an oxymoron. FSogol Sep 2018 #25
...after hearing from the classmate's lawyer, no doubt. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #26
I love it when they call their crimes "mistakes." Iggo Sep 2018 #28
Apology?? Lawyer up mr whelan.....how dare you - apology NOT accepted.... asiliveandbreathe Sep 2018 #29
Hey, I apologize angrychair Sep 2018 #31
Sounds like this plan was thought out while highly intoxicated! MagickMuffin Sep 2018 #32
Now he needs to name who he believes to be the WeekiWater Sep 2018 #35
 

irresistable

(989 posts)
2. to be fair, it is the Republican Conservative "Ethics and Public Policy Center"
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 09:41 AM
Sep 2018

which is a whole different animal.

GetRidOfThem

(869 posts)
23. Hey - how about MY replublcan credentials....
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 11:55 AM
Sep 2018

My father helped publish with the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is mentioned favorably in one of their books.

I once was volunteered (before I knew what I was doing) in helping them move offices.


Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
22. Yesterday Whelan's idiotic thread was all the rage because he was "credible" in the past.
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 11:55 AM
Sep 2018

Anyone who read that thread, it was prominent on Fox, would have realized that.

No apologies needed..you are a Republican..you have no ethics.

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
5. Even though these assholes apologize for remarks like this
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 09:50 AM
Sep 2018

it's already in the heads of the crazy right wingers who believe everything they say.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
8. I don't understand how stories are good enough for national news publications
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 10:00 AM
Sep 2018

But not good enough for LBN. I'm a host and I don't understand it.

demmiblue

(36,875 posts)
9. I have no idea, either.
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 10:03 AM
Sep 2018

It is exploding on Twitter by numerous high profile bloggers/journalists.


Adding this because it is funny... lol:


mcar

(42,371 posts)
12. It's still pinned at the top of his Twitter feed
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 10:07 AM
Sep 2018

And the idiots on Fox are running with it.

Mission accomplished. I hope that poor teacher sues this guy for everything he has.

demmiblue

(36,875 posts)
14. The apology tweet is now pinned (and, yep, mission accomplished indeed).
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 10:16 AM
Sep 2018

He is getting excoriated. This is a good point:


malaise

(269,157 posts)
15. This latest smear is proof that they know this attempted rape
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 10:19 AM
Sep 2018

took place. They need a scape goat.

mcar

(42,371 posts)
19. Seems hard to believe the Rs, including Kav, weren't involved
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 10:30 AM
Sep 2018

in that ridiculous theory. Which means they are running scared.

turbinetree

(24,710 posts)
16. Hey Whelan......................it was reported on this tweet that you sent out that you and others
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 10:19 AM
Sep 2018

went into Zillow and pasted the lay out of the home she lived in, that this courageous woman / mother and her family had to leave her home.....................do you fucking realize asshole in your right wing world of Bull Shit.......................that if anything should happen to her, you are now a accomplice------------------what is your ilk so afraid of that you can't have a independent FBI do a background check on this........................do you and your fellow jerks really despise the FBI that much, and our judicial system, so that your ilk just like you leader thinks that the justice department just works for him.......................................move go away, leave go away...................

And your right wing assholes, always, when you do something stupid, you always come back and say your sorry...................guess what you made your bed, and now you have to live in it ................you should have thought about that when and before you did it...............................and then in the post and back ground on you it says your well respected and pure guesswork......................you knew exactly what you were doing just like the judge knew 36 years ago......................bullshit

Your just like that megalomaniac narcissistic lack of empathy asshole and his team including that self righteous perjuring judge now sitting on bench, that he should have never been placed there in the first place, being coached by some other jerk called Mr. Davis...........Dr. Ford isn't being coached .............and now we have some finger pointing enabler of Bullshit Kelly Anne Conway giving everyone her bullshit, just like you.........................

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/21/kellyanne-conway-me-too-movement-kavanaugh-834657

........................she is also a enabling a traitor ..........................because of some her family members being linked to the mafia ........................(House of Trump............ House of Putin)

#Metoo


obamanut2012

(26,111 posts)
21. I really hope the guy he named sues Whelan
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 10:49 AM
Sep 2018

And anyone else he can. He is a middle school teacher, not a public citizen in any way!

Nitram

(22,853 posts)
24. The "theory" Whelan expounded was a purely political statement designed to bolster Kavanaugh's
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 12:15 PM
Sep 2018

position in the confirmation process, nothing more and nothing less. About as far from anything related to "ethics" as one could imagine.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,827 posts)
26. ...after hearing from the classmate's lawyer, no doubt.
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 12:19 PM
Sep 2018

Can't put that cat back in the bag. I hope the classmate sues the crap out of him.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
29. Apology?? Lawyer up mr whelan.....how dare you - apology NOT accepted....
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 12:27 PM
Sep 2018

can you say - defamation???

ETHICS??? - what ethics...

angrychair

(8,732 posts)
31. Hey, I apologize
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 01:38 PM
Sep 2018

*wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*

That doesn’t stop the horde of rightwing extremists and conspiracy nuts from hounding this poor man till his dying day you fucking asshole

Fuck that! I hope this asshole gets sued into oblivion for defamation of character!

MagickMuffin

(15,950 posts)
32. Sounds like this plan was thought out while highly intoxicated!
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 01:50 PM
Sep 2018

Someone is confused but it isn't Dr. Ford!

Ed, seek help, I hear AA is a good start and has christian overtones to it. You'd fit right in.

 

WeekiWater

(3,259 posts)
35. Now he needs to name who he believes to be the
Fri Sep 21, 2018, 02:52 PM
Sep 2018

Second most likely person. He has already said they look alike. Give it a try Mr. Ethics.

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