Her accusation is far from grave....especially since the other witnesses (either 2 or 4....since that's changed) deny it ever happening. It warranted an investigation 36 years ago. Not now. And if he can't be convicted of a crime, than it has nothing to do with now. Not at all.



So far she's the only one that said attempted rape. From her accusation, forced sexual assault would probably be the statute. She says her bathing suit was on, and she didn't say his penis was out. I don't know how it works out there, but in this state, gotta be more than over the clothes stuff to be attempted rape.
Now right here, stop thinking that this one man is setting examples and standards for teenagers. He is not. You want someone setting an example...look at instagram. Those are the standards teens are looking at. Start judging them before you judge him. I hold public servants to no higher example than anyone else. They are still human. I don't look to humans as an example of my allowable conduct.

A problem enough to disqualify him?



He doens't need to apologize for something that didn't happen.



This is a tough place for me, since I can see both sides clearly. One one hand, you paid your debt to society, so that should be the end of it. But then on the other hand, you screwed up bad enough to be convicted of a felony. You have lost your right to vote, since you've blatantly demonstrated that you cannot be trusted in society. Like I said...tough call. I'm of two minds on this.



I fully admit that I'm old school on this. I see cheating on your spouse as one of the worst things a person can do. It's a violation of trust to someone you profess to love. I get that there are many things in play, but that's much worse than attempted rape in my eyes.



What message are we saying when we destroy someone's life off of the allegations (not fact) from someone. I can say right now that "Fionwe fondled me when I was 6 years old." I can yell this from the highest mountain (social media). I can work the talk show circuit. I can get it on legitimate news sources. All I need is some click-bait, big name lawyers, the internet rage machine, a hashtag, and a predisposed to hate you media...and I'm in the clear. No measure of truth needed.



Every shred of it (including the original accusation) stinks of lack of credibility. Why? The timing of it all. The Democrats and mainstream media have been screaming to high heaven that they need to defeat this nomination at all costs. Now something from decades ago comes up at the last possible moment? This after the Democrats came out against him moments after he was nominated. The only way they would have voted for Trump's pick is if it was Obama himself.

~Jeordam

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