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Men are raped. If you are experiencing feelings from a past experience you had iNow and MigL probably aren't the best individuals to reach out for help. I strongly recommend speak with a professional therapist.

Kavanaugh got up in front of the nation and in his own prepared words complained about Hillary Clinton, basically called all democrats sore losers, and took one of the most combative tones against the Senate during a hearing I have ever seen. Your response to my criticism of that is to challenge why I never point out things which mean Kavanaugh is innocent? Kavanaugh mis-characterizes his past and was disrespectful to me via his treatment of my representatives (I live in DC but am a registered voter in CA. Feinstein and Harris are my representatives) and you think I should ignore it, focus on the sexual misconduct allegations, and think about all the ways he might be innocent of them. Both Ford and Kavanaugh were given time to make statements. Both were questioned by the Senate. It was Kavanaugh who lied and behaved like an entitled A-Hole. Pointing out the manner in which Kavanaugh chose to represent himself in no way removes due process or makes all men guilty till proven innocent.

Go back through the thread. The word of 3 people is not the evidence of his lying. This issue of his testimony and TV interview have been covered in detail with plenty of citiation.

Of course, but he undermined the value of his testimony by misrepresenting (lying) about his past behavior.

You are saying what you said, huh. You made a rhetorical statement about money and politics. I am not sure what you are specifically saying. If you accept that most, nearly all, don't involve millions why bring up Christiano Ronaldo?

So you are saying the allegations are all false? Even if that were true you do realize that only the top 1% of the top 1% have anywhere near that level of money. The situations involving people worth hundreds of millions of dollars has no appreciable impact on 1 in 5 women. What percentage of women are you guessing lie about for money?

Can you elaborate on what you mean by this?

One in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some point in their lives. 91% of victims of rape and sexual assault are female, and nine percent are male. Here With numbers like that should it really make women rest easy knowing it's better than 80's era Manhattan? By that logic segregation was better for blacks than slavery. Having a 20% chance of being raped it still terrifying. If you know you had a 20% chance of being murdered I bet you'd seriously up your security.

Can we stop with the "zero evidence" stuff. Surely Ford's testimony isn't equal to zero. We can debate how much value it alone is but we all should be able to agree it is clearly more than zero.

Thank you for the update.

Does it seem ridiculous because Oprah actually is a self made Billionaire?

I do not think it is likely either way. Obama (a black Muslim from Kenya) was POTUS fro 8yrs and there was no civil war. Rather we had 8yrs with a POTUS the majority of the nation approved of. Oprah doesn't need to win the nomination. Just her running would be enough to help Dems achieve a semblance of equal time. Oprah for President seem ridiculous but so did/does Trump. Currently Trump get 23 hours and 50 minutes of airtime per day. Everything else share the other 10 minutes. I kept hearing people who are centrists to progressive argue that Democrats don't have any strong contenders. The sentiment confuses me a bit because I think Warren, Biden, Harris, Newsome, Booker, and etc would all make excellent 2020 candidates. Problem is casual political observers have no idea who they are because Trump gets all the political coverage.

Why shoot at all? The kid clearly saw the rifle, was running away, and had not appeared to be doing anything suspicious prior to that point.

Which is why I am hoping Oprah runs for President. In the current political environment attention matters more than policy. Even as a Cat 4 storm came ashore in FL and battered its way into GA it was Kanye West capturing headlines. The death toll from Michael is still rising. In years past Michael would be the only thing the media and President would be focused on yet here in 2018 Kenya West is receiving equal attention from both the media and POTUS. Trump held a campaign rally where supporters chanted "lock her up" aimed at Sen Feinstein as Michael came ashore. It is a goddamn circus! We are in an environment where candidates must be news worthy. FoxNews,CNN, MSNBC, nightly news on ABC, NBC, CBS, and even entertainment news segments like Daily Show, Real Time, Last Week Tonight, Colbert Show, Kimmel, and etc are basically all Trump (for or against) all the time 24/7. What use to be "the bubble" is now a total media blackout. Nuance, compromise, due diligence, and etc are qualities we might wish for in candidates but against Trump's total eclipse of media coverage what is needed is fame. Oprah or Dwayne Johnson could probably do more for Democrats than Harris, Warren, Sanders, Biden, or etc at this point. Just look at the huge shot in the arm Taylor Swift gave Dems with a single Instagram post. Imagine that. One Instagram post from a pop star got more people to register to vote in a day than countless voting drives led by Sanders & Perez. It is a very sad state of affairs and it I feel a little ashamed and embarrassed by it but I really do hope someone like an Oprah chooses to run in 2020. If Someone as news worthy as Oprah doesn't challenge Trump whomever the Challenger is will just be footnote in the media coverage of Trump's 2020 campaign. If you thought 2016 was bad, Trump is POTUS now!

Conservatives have taken to chanting "lock her up" directed at Sen. Feinstein (Here) and a man has been detained for threatening to KILL Sen. Feinstein (Here). Despite the insistence by some that men are unjustly harmed when accused of sexual assault it would seem people are negatively impact on all sides. Kavanaugh has a lifetime appointment and Feinstein is receiving death threats.

Graham has embraced Trump of late. Many suspect Graham will become a member of Trump's cabinet after the mid-terms. It is a well known secret that Trump intents to fire his Chief of Staff, Attorney General, and possibly the Sec. of Defense. Not only that but Graham has well known personal secret which would prevent him from being a serious challenger to Trump. A secret Trump wouldn't be above putting on blast if Graham were to challenge him. A challenge for the Republican nomination definitely won't being coming from Graham. Ford was the incumbent in 1976 and was challenged by Ronald Reagan for the Party nomination. Ford was an un-elected incumbent though. Ford became POTUS because Nixon resigned. Then in 1980 Ted Kennedy challenged incumbent Jimmy Carter for the nomination. In both cases the incumbent won the nomination but went on to lose the election. What makes 2020 interesting for any potential Republican challengers is that fact that it's possible Trump won't be on the ballot in some states. States like CA, NJ, and MD are working on legislation making it mandatory for candidates to disclose their tax returns to be on the ballot. If that legislation succeeds it would open the door to a Republican challenger for the nomination to win a few states unopposed by the incumbent. The Republican most likely to challenge is Kasich. Does the Republican party, conservative voters, want a more civil discourse? They did vote for Trump in the first place after all and continue to approve of the job he is doing. Trump's former campaign manager and personal lawyer have already been convicted of criminal offense surrounding Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Not only did Trump fail to win the popular support of the nation but it is a fact that his campaign broke the law to help him secure a victory. Let that sink in. We have a President who not only lost the popular vote but cheated and everyone is aware of it. Then there is the fact that everyone also know that Russian intelligence put money, man hours, and technology behind Trump's campaign. Trump was repeated made aware of Russian interference yet continued to publicly deny it because it was and continues to help him. Then there is also the questions surrounding the Emolument clause, here. In my opinion the rhetoric from the Democrats isn't strong enough. I think Trump is a criminal who is literally working against the best interest of the United States. I don't think any amount of opposition to Trump could be too great. I think all of us who have been following U.S. politics for a minute know the sort of slurs Trump and his supporters would latch onto against Lindsey Graham and their definitely aren't pretty.

Video was released of a many attempting to shoot a teenager who made the life threatening mistake of knocking on a door to ask for directions, Here. Fortunately the shooter was charged we'll have to wait and see if a jury will find him guilty.

I think so. Not only does Trump have the support of the overwhelming majority of Republican voters but history is on his side. There is only one example of an incumbent U.S. President not getting their party nomination and that was in 1852, Here. *Edit, more Presidents have been forced out by the threat of impeachment than failure to be re-nominated by their party.

84% of Republican voters approve of the job Trump is doing which is in line with the normal approval percentage a President receives from their party, Here. Unless something significantly changes in the next year Trump will have no meaningful opposition from the right for the 2020 ticket. Some conservatives in the U.S. pontificate about Trump not being a true or standard conservative but the reality is Trump accurately represents modern conservatism in the U.S. today and his support among conservatives in the U.S. reflects that. Even as many anticipate Democratic wins around the country in the coming mid term elections those Republican candidates who are aggressively embrace Trump are competing better than those who are not. As that applies to a civil war; I do not believe we are on the precipice on one. They is a lot of anger and division but as mentioned in my previous post the most partisan states in the U.S. are among the weakest both logistically and economically. The most partisan states in the Nation like West VA where Trump enjoys a 63% approval rating (more than 20 points above the national average) is among the least populated and most poor. During the Civil War in 1861-1865 the North had a strength advantage (# of soldiers) of 2 to 1 and the South a total united geographical front which spanned from VA to TX. Today the strength advantage would be far worse than 2-1 and the only geographical are which might unite is in the interior of the country without any access to ports. A 2nd Civil War today,at least in terms of boots on the ground fighting, currently isn't practical for those most partisan states which might consider succession.

Trump says far worse things nearly everyday than Hirono has every said. Your equivalency is absurd.

The OP asked if the #metoo movement has made innocent till proven guilty a thing of the past. The answer seems to be an obvious NO. The Senate totally ignored a couple of Kavanaugh's accusers entirety neither hearing from them at committee or allowing them included in the FBI investigation. Ford herself wasn't questioned. So MigL got his answer and it seems to be the answer he wanted yet the insistence in this thread by some that men are or could be guilty till proven innocent just keeps trucking along unphased.

One would need to believe the women to even launch an investigation. A point CharonY explain well in a previous post.

Above are a couple posts of mine from last week which, typos aside, clearly state that I fully support an investigation. My position hasn't changed.

How is advocating that sexual assault claims be investigated anti due process?