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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate Judiciary Committee releases letter discounting Julie Swetnick's accustions
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https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-10-02%20Signed%20Ketterer%20Statement%20-%20Swetnick%20Allegations.pdf
kennetha
(3,666 posts)CincyDem
(6,385 posts)...the fact that she chooses to be sexually active in her mid/late 20's must mean that she wasn't assaulted in her late teens.
So, the only possible conclusion is that any woman who has been assaulted must join the convent if she thinks she might one day come out to her community and name her assailant.
I just don't get the thought process.
Croney
(4,669 posts)Penthouse Magazine in the 70's. "My new neighbor gave me that come-hither look... She was tall and lean, with huge breasts... Should I be bold and knock on her door?"
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)how did she get all those government jobs requiring security clearances? I have some questions as well about the details of her statement, but this guy's letter, even if everything he says is true, doesn't actually refute anything in her statement.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)But couldnt the same security clearance argument be applied to Kavanaugh?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)Calista241
(5,586 posts)sheshe2
(83,875 posts)SkipG
(70 posts)but it does show the despicability of the Republican committee to release such a letter without context. And then there's this:
"On or about Feb. 15 of this year [1995], the suit claims, Ketterer was diagnosed by a psychiatrist as suffering from a manic-depressive illness known as bipolar II disorder, for which treatment with lithium was prescribed . . ."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/10/23/the-tv-column/f5062a13-492e-4f97-82c3-a0bc29a6c256/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.678ca747943f
LAS14
(13,783 posts)triron
(22,019 posts)flotsam
(3,268 posts)took a polygraph and offered corroboration. He supposedly signed an unnotarized letter...