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OhhhJa posted...

Idk that's a very specific detail that wont really sway anything one way or the other unless someone says it's true

Sure it would.

Think about it - if I'm lying, I have three options for my story.

1) Put the person I'm accusing and a second person who is not friendly to me in the room. Since I am lying, both of these people will say I am lying, and that makes my story seem less believable and more like a fabrication.

2) Say that I was alone with the person I was accusing. This turns it into a he-said-she-said. I don't have any advantage in believably here, but neither does my accuser.

3) Put the person I'm accusing in the room, plus someone else who I have talked into backing up my story (maybe a friend who I can say walked in as the attack was going on). Now my friend backs up my story and it's two-against-one in my favour. That is a huge blow to the accused's credibility.

If I had a friend who I knew didn't have any problem lying for political gain, I'd go with Option 3, but if that was not the case I'd default to Option 2. There's no way I'd pick Option 1 because it just makes the job of convincing people to believe me that much harder.

OhhhJa posted...

Speculation still at this point.

Of course it's speculation - the whole case is speculative at this point. No one has proved anything yet and I certainly can't prove beyond all doubt that Kavanaugh is guilty. I'm just annotating what is looking sketchy to me and the reason that I believe it's more likely than not that the allegations have merit.

OhhhJa posted...

Theres plenty of investigating going on as there is. Why would any sane person call for more? If he believes he's clean, that's unnecessary.

With his name being dragged through the mud?

Fuck, man, if I was innocent and I was accused the way Kavanaugh was being, no one would be screaming louder for an FBI investigation than me. I would want my name cleared as comprehensively and thoroughly as possible and I would invite whatever scrutiny I could, because I know there's nothing for them to find.

If I was guilty, though, I would probably stay pretty quiet about the whole thing, lest something get turned up that torpedoes my alibi.

OhhhJa posted...

I havent researched this but is he still good friends with him? Most people that are friends at 17 arent still close friends at 50 something.

I believe I read somewhere that they are still friends, but I don't have a source for that.

Point remains, even if I got called about someone I was friends with in high school but have since drifted from, my first reaction would not be refusing to testify, then bolting to go hide somewhere. That's sketchy as fuck. If Kavanaugh's innocent, this certainly doesn't make it look that way.

OhhhJa posted...

You arent this much of a square are you?

Point is he - to be extremely generous in the characterization - stretched the truth so much in his characterization of his youth that it's basically fiction.

Do I care that he got drunk underage? No, not at all. That isn't anywhere close to disqualifying in my eye. But, as I already said, him lying about something this menial makes me question his honesty in other areas. If he'd been more open and honest about his youth (which he was when he got a second crack at it during his testimony today) I would be much less likely to doubt his word.
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