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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEd Whelan Apologizes For Naming Kavanaugh Classmate As Blasey Ford's Alleged Attacker
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
Repost: locked in LBN.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,397 posts)irresistable
(989 posts)which is a whole different animal.
demmiblue
(36,875 posts)I am catching up... I didn't see Rachel's segment about this last night. Slimy pos.
malaise
(269,157 posts)Oxymoron!
GetRidOfThem
(869 posts)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)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.
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)irisblue
(33,018 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)it's already in the heads of the crazy right wingers who believe everything they say.
dhill926
(16,351 posts)assholes...
LakeSuperiorView
(1,533 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Soon to be a wealthy man - I hope!
malaise
(269,157 posts)Please
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)But not good enough for LBN. I'm a host and I don't understand it.
demmiblue
(36,875 posts)It is exploding on Twitter by numerous high profile bloggers/journalists.
Adding this because it is funny... lol:
Link to tweet
mcar
(42,371 posts)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)malaise
(269,157 posts)took place. They need a scape goat.
mcar
(42,371 posts)Here's Charlie Pierce's take:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211160528
malaise
(269,157 posts)Brilliant
Kavanaugh is going down
mcar
(42,371 posts)in that ridiculous theory. Which means they are running scared.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)uponit7771
(90,359 posts)Watched Dr ford's sister-in-law earlier - she described her as serious and thoughtful.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,144 posts)So appallingly typical.
turbinetree
(24,710 posts)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
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,827 posts)turbinetree
(24,710 posts)obamanut2012
(26,111 posts)And anyone else he can. He is a middle school teacher, not a public citizen in any way!
Nitram
(22,853 posts)position in the confirmation process, nothing more and nothing less. About as far from anything related to "ethics" as one could imagine.
FSogol
(45,520 posts)Ed Whelan is a plain old "moran."
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,827 posts)Can't put that cat back in the bag. I hope the classmate sues the crap out of him.
Iggo
(47,564 posts)Except no, I don't love it at all.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)can you say - defamation???
ETHICS??? - what ethics...
angrychair
(8,732 posts)*wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*
That doesnt 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)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)Second most likely person. He has already said they look alike. Give it a try Mr. Ethics.