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RedSpartan

(1,693 posts)
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 07:55 PM Sep 2018

Something to consider that I have not heard from anyone yet.

It's not necessarily that she's telling the truth (which she clearly is) and he's lying.

It is certainly possible that Kavanaugh believes he is telling the truth because he doesn't actually remember assaulting Dr. Ford.

To her, it was a traumatic event seared in her memory that changed her life.

To him, it was just a few minutes during another drunk night as a teenager that blends in with all the others before and since as not memorable.

I'd call that privilege.

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Something to consider that I have not heard from anyone yet. (Original Post) RedSpartan Sep 2018 OP
I think that's plausible, but look at all the other lies he's told renate Sep 2018 #1
We Saw Rich White Male Privilege & Entitlement on Full Display Today dlk Sep 2018 #2
Nope. There's a huge difference between, ecstatic Sep 2018 #3
He may have been so drunk moondust Sep 2018 #4
In Dr. Ford's testimony, Mark Judge sure remembered. They must not have talked. Trust Buster Sep 2018 #5
Somebodys lying and it's NOT HER bluestarone Sep 2018 #6

renate

(13,776 posts)
1. I think that's plausible, but look at all the other lies he's told
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 07:58 PM
Sep 2018

His roommate says he was a really terrible drunk; he denied it. "I like beer."

I assume he denied being involved in gang rapes (I couldn't watch the whole day), but he was seen in line at a party.

He denied exposing himself.

And there's the lies about other things, like the memos and the financial stuff.

I think the GOP has successfully persuaded all of us that his entire nomination comes down to "did he try to rape her or not? if not, he totally deserves to be on the Supreme Court." But he lies and lies and lies about other stuff, too.

dlk

(11,566 posts)
2. We Saw Rich White Male Privilege & Entitlement on Full Display Today
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 08:01 PM
Sep 2018

It’s doubtful Kavanaugh has ever been held accountable for his actions in his entire entitled life.

ecstatic

(32,705 posts)
3. Nope. There's a huge difference between,
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 08:01 PM
Sep 2018
I can say with 100% certainty that this did NOT happen and I don't remember if this happened.

If you know you forgot stuff while drunk and you were always drunk, then stating anything with certainty is a lie/dishonest. At best, you can say, "I don't recall doing that."

And the bullshit about how he couldn't have been a sloppy drunk because he got into Yale, etc., tell that to GWB. BK was a privileged brat going to a boarding school. Pretty sure his family had connections.

moondust

(19,986 posts)
4. He may have been so drunk
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 08:12 PM
Sep 2018

that he doesn't remember it. I knew some guys like that in college who would go out partying and get so drunk they would sometimes puke, pass out, and wake up the next day hung over with a terrible headache and only a spotty recollection of what they had done the night before.

The ill-tempered Kavboy certainly shows his background of privilege. Basically, "How dare you little Senators ask me stuff like that!" Very Trumpian.

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