By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--September 23, 2018
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“According to the New York Times, the date has not been set in stone as Ford’s lawyers and aides to Senator Charles E. Grassley, the Republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee, are planning to talk Sunday about the testimony. “However, as of Saturday, the testimony has been penciled in for Thursday. If no deal is solidified, Judge Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination could move ahead on Monday as scheduled. “Ford has reportedly told friends she is uncomfortable in confined spaces, indicating a physical difficulty in making the trip by plane.”For Ford being “uncomfortable in confined spaces” does not include being cradled in a Democrat one. “Ford’s attorney, Debra Katz, called the earlier Friday deadline an attempt to "bully" her client. (Politico, Sept. 21, 2018
“Its sole purpose is to bully Dr. Ford and deprive her of the ability to make a considered decision that has life-altering implications for her and her family,” Katz wrote in an email. “Democrats lashed out at Grassley for what their top member on the committee, Dianne Feinstein, also described as “bullying.” And Ford’s attorneys reminded Grassley on Friday night that while the GOP was accelerating the deadline for her to respond, the California-based professor was meeting with the FBI about threats she’d received since coming forward.
“The imposition of aggressive and artificial deadlines regarding the date and conditions of any hearing has created tremendous and unwarranted anxiety and stress on Dr. Ford,” Katz wrote. “Your cavalier treatment of a sexual assault survivor who has been doing her best to cooperate with the Committee is completely inappropriate.” “Grassley’s office did not return a request for comment on the Friday night response from Ford’s attorneys. “However, late Friday, Grassley tweeted: “Five times now we have granted extension for Dr Ford to decide if she wants to proceed with her desire stated one week ago that she wants to tell senate her story. Dr Ford if you changed your mind say so so we can move on. I want to hear your testimony. Come to us or we to you.” “Minutes later, he added: "Judge Kavanaugh I just granted another extension to Dr Ford to decide if she wants to proceed with the statement she made last week to testify to the senate. She should decide so we can move on. I want to hear her. I hope you understand. It’s not my normal approach to be indecisive.” “Grassley followed with a candid lament that he was being outmaneuvered by Democrats: “With all the extensions we give Dr Ford to decide if she still wants to testify to the Senate I feel like I’m playing 2nd trombone in the judiciary orchestra and [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer is the conductor.”That’s because you are, Sen. Grassley. Meanwhile while Ford and her cohorts are holding the stage front and center, Obama seems to be resorting to the old standby of offence being the best defence at his small-crowd campaign rallies.
“Barack Obama wasn’t happy those young whipper snappers apparently weren’t hanging on his every word (about himself) on Friday. “I’m talking to you, young people!” he snapped, pointing his finger with a stern look at some kids attending his rally for Pennsylvania Democrats. “You! Pay attention!” he lectured with the air of a disappointed parent. “During the Philadelphia appearance for Gov. Tom Wolf, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and several Democrat congressional candidates, Obama couldn’t help but talk about himself. “In the roughly 33-minute remarks, the former president said “I” 56 times, “Me” 5 times, and “My” 4 times, talking about himself a total of 65 times, or once about every 30 seconds. “At one point, he admitted he was losing his voice because he was talking so much.”The once silver-tongued Obama is not only losing his voice, he’s losing his rock star status and crowd support. Is it really any wonder that the Dems are now out digging for gold in Democrat women sexually assaulted and harassed by Republican men?
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