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marble falls

(56,029 posts)
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:08 PM Sep 2018

Brett Kavanaugh Claims Past Virginity As Defense Against Sexual Assault Claims

Source: Huffpo

Brett Kavanaugh Claims Past Virginity As Defense Against Sexual Assault Claims
The Supreme Court nominee said he can’t have been a predator because he was a virgin in high school.
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By Doha Madani

POLITICS 09/24/2018 08:32 pm ET

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s latest defense against two sexual misconduct allegations is that he was a virgin in high school and for “many years thereafter.”

Kavanaugh claimed he couldn’t have sexually assaulted anyone as a teenager because of his virginity in a Fox News interview on Monday. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who goes by Christine Blasey professionally, has accused him of attacking her at a party more than 35 years ago when they were both in high school.

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“We’re talking about allegations of sexual assault. I have never sexually assaulted anyone,” the nominee told Fox News. “I did not have sexual intercourse, or anything close to sexual intercourse, in high school or many years thereafter.”


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It should go without saying that virginity does not mean a person is not capable of drunkenly groping another person against her will.

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Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-virgin-high-school_us_5ba96904e4b0375f8f9fcf9a

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Brett Kavanaugh Claims Past Virginity As Defense Against Sexual Assault Claims (Original Post) marble falls Sep 2018 OP
doesn't mean he never tried Kali Sep 2018 #1
INCEL? lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #48
That's irrelevant. grumpyduck Sep 2018 #2
There are new allegations of gang rape (Avenatti). Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #8
I can't wait for the late night tv hosts on this one. R Merm Sep 2018 #3
I'm sure that's what he tells his wife n/t Roy Rolling Sep 2018 #4
Can you believe this crap??? spiderpig Sep 2018 #5
I can't believe it. I wonder what the next excuse will be? marble falls Sep 2018 #14
I'm waiting with bated breath. Avenatti is promising more stuff. spiderpig Sep 2018 #18
He practiced that line, and was coached for the event. Same appalachiablue Sep 2018 #34
If he didn't have sexual intercourse DesertRat Sep 2018 #6
maybe he doesn't consider anal sex to be sexual intercourse certainot Sep 2018 #40
this makes me believe the accusors even more JI7 Sep 2018 #7
Right? Same here. SunSeeker Sep 2018 #17
If he doesn't know that sexual assault can occur without intercourse, LakeSuperiorView Sep 2018 #9
THIS SunSeeker Sep 2018 #20
OMG...I thought this was from The Onion! slumcamper Sep 2018 #10
Yeah, I look for provenance all the time these days. malthaussen Sep 2018 #46
Is this why he showed such a prurient interest in the Clinton - Lewinsky Kenneth Starr question everything Sep 2018 #11
Wasn't that Bill Clinton's excuse Ccarmona Sep 2018 #12
that was all consensual JI7 Sep 2018 #15
Sanctimonious Prick bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #13
I always thought Rapey Brett was an incel... Still In Wisconsin Sep 2018 #16
LOL SunSeeker Sep 2018 #22
Does he have a calendar to back it up? bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #19
Womp, womp. So, why not ask for an FBI investigation Kavanaugh? Cuz you're a LIAR. iluvtennis Sep 2018 #21
So he wants everyone to believe him and not any of the women! FloridaBlues Sep 2018 #23
Am I the only one who thought this was an Onion headline? fierywoman Sep 2018 #24
No,had to look down for the source! angstlessk Sep 2018 #41
Brett, you're a very poor liar. SergeStorms Sep 2018 #25
Lots of rapid blinking MaryMagdaline Sep 2018 #29
Bet this gives Pence a special feeling Blue Owl Sep 2018 #26
He must have told his wife he was a marlakay Sep 2018 #27
Oh....BS.... LovingA2andMI Sep 2018 #28
Yeah, that excuse probably worked well for all those child molesting priest, too. nt procon Sep 2018 #30
If anyone here believes him I just wanted to let you know that I cstanleytech Sep 2018 #31
A friend of mine from L.A....... zanana1 Sep 2018 #44
so exposing himself, using force, etc, doesn't matter as long as there is no penetration? olddad56 Sep 2018 #32
Just because he was too drunk to ever get it up doesn't mean he wasn't assaulting women diane in sf Sep 2018 #33
That sounds so old school GOP. C Moon Sep 2018 #35
Kavanaugh Tomorrow: I Am So Pure That I Do Not Even Have Genitalia. QC Sep 2018 #36
Well it does seem like Trump has turned the majority of Repugnants in Congress cstanleytech Sep 2018 #37
Very true. Very, very true. n/t QC Sep 2018 #39
I believe him JohnnyRingo Sep 2018 #38
He should be asked to take duforsure Sep 2018 #42
Oh pu-leeze! nt zanana1 Sep 2018 #43
Is this the logic we want in a judge? n/t malthaussen Sep 2018 #45
Is this a man we want in charge of a deli let alone a bench? marble falls Sep 2018 #47
This Was My Initial Thought RobinA Sep 2018 #54
Just another lie, waiting for rebuttal from one woman or more. (nt) Paladin Sep 2018 #49
I'll bet he also has a bridge to sell us (n/t) MissMillie Sep 2018 #50
he's a virgin ya'll ! stonecutter357 Sep 2018 #51
i think he was in denial mode and has made a big mistake claiming hes a virgin. Kota Sep 2018 #52
Yeah, right. How is he going to prove that? Did all his attempted rapes fail? Nitram Sep 2018 #53
This man's chants sound eerily similar to one Bill Clinton. Firestorm49 Sep 2018 #55
ROFLMAO!! Bayard Sep 2018 #56
In More Recent News, Kavanaugh Now Claims He Is STILL a Virgin! DoctorJoJo Sep 2018 #57
His wife says its true as far as she knows, the children are "grudge" children ... marble falls Sep 2018 #58

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
48. INCEL?
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:37 AM
Sep 2018

Though frankly, claims of virginity from religious people are almost always BS, in my opinion.

grumpyduck

(6,183 posts)
2. That's irrelevant.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:12 PM
Sep 2018

The question at hand is whether he did what the two women say he did.

Another question might be whether he lied in a previous confirmation hearing.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
8. There are new allegations of gang rape (Avenatti).
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:22 PM
Sep 2018

I assume the allegations relate to Kavanaugh and not just to some guys at Kav's school. But I don't know for sure.

Rachel read Avenatti's letter on her show.

All I know about gang rape is that Mark Judge's ex-wife, or gf?, says that he told her that they'd gotten a girl drunk once so that a group of them could have sex with her.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
5. Can you believe this crap???
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:17 PM
Sep 2018

We have homeless issues, no health coverage, deteriorating infrastructure and the best they can find is this ahole Kavenaugh?

Uh-oh...here comes Rachel with more Avenatti stuff.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
18. I'm waiting with bated breath. Avenatti is promising more stuff.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:37 PM
Sep 2018

Rachel back on the case. Now Thursday may be off.

appalachiablue

(40,994 posts)
34. He practiced that line, and was coached for the event. Same
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 12:05 AM
Sep 2018

for the questions about youth, HS and drinking in the earlier Senate hearing segment.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
6. If he didn't have sexual intercourse
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:18 PM
Sep 2018

it's because Christine Blaisy (and others?) fought him off. It still doesn't invalidate the claims against him.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
40. maybe he doesn't consider anal sex to be sexual intercourse
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 01:51 AM
Sep 2018

i'll bet the denial was strong at that school, with a high rating for sexual repression

SunSeeker

(51,302 posts)
17. Right? Same here.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:36 PM
Sep 2018

He is such a dishonet creep. He knows damn well sexual assault does not require penetration with a penis. This is an intentially misleading argument to make. It certainly is not something an innocent man would claim. An innocent person would ask for a lie detector test (like Dr. Ford did) and an FBI investigation (like Dr. Ford asked for).

 

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)
9. If he doesn't know that sexual assault can occur without intercourse,
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:23 PM
Sep 2018

he isn't intelligent enough to be a judge.

slumcamper

(1,600 posts)
10. OMG...I thought this was from The Onion!
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:27 PM
Sep 2018

I know that many--most?--of us have experienced this thought/feeling.

We are in the grip of an existential crisis, awash in absurdity. The wellsprings of this are so vast and deep that it's near impossible to distill meaning. With each passing hour we plunge more deeply into a strange chasm of alienation.

malthaussen

(17,024 posts)
46. Yeah, I look for provenance all the time these days.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:03 AM
Sep 2018

If Poe had a dollar for every time his Law has been invoked...

-- Mal

 

Ccarmona

(1,180 posts)
12. Wasn't that Bill Clinton's excuse
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:29 PM
Sep 2018

He didn’t “know” that what he got from Monica was considered sex.

bucolic_frolic

(42,481 posts)
19. Does he have a calendar to back it up?
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 09:39 PM
Sep 2018

How could any male make such a ridiculous claim? And think it was going to stick? He must have an incredible degree of stupidity in him.

SergeStorms

(18,758 posts)
25. Brett, you're a very poor liar.
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 10:28 PM
Sep 2018

I look at you when you talk and I can see clear through you to the other side. I guess you're a good enough liar to fool Republicans though. That doesn't take much.

cstanleytech

(26,027 posts)
31. If anyone here believes him I just wanted to let you know that I
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 11:17 PM
Sep 2018

have a lovely bridge you can buy from me really cheap, it even has a lovely view of the bay

zanana1

(6,075 posts)
44. A friend of mine from L.A.......
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 07:55 AM
Sep 2018

Said that people come from all over the world to jump off that bridge.

olddad56

(5,732 posts)
32. so exposing himself, using force, etc, doesn't matter as long as there is no penetration?
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 11:33 PM
Sep 2018

I don't think it works that way.

QC

(26,371 posts)
36. Kavanaugh Tomorrow: I Am So Pure That I Do Not Even Have Genitalia.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 12:24 AM
Sep 2018

That's the logical next step, right?

duforsure

(11,880 posts)
42. He should be asked to take
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 06:37 AM
Sep 2018

A lie detector test with a honest and reliable administrator of it if it is a true statement. He's a serial liar, and corrupt as hell. He won't ever do it.

RobinA

(9,862 posts)
54. This Was My Initial Thought
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 11:03 AM
Sep 2018

As an example of a prep/ Ivy education including law school, he is not the elite education establishment’s shining moment.

Kota

(901 posts)
52. i think he was in denial mode and has made a big mistake claiming hes a virgin.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:30 AM
Sep 2018

Now many women may come out and dispute it. I don't think he expected the question.

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
57. In More Recent News, Kavanaugh Now Claims He Is STILL a Virgin!
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 12:04 PM
Sep 2018

He says both his daughters were conceived via divine intervention. Coincidentally, his next door neighbor is named Divine Intervention!

marble falls

(56,029 posts)
58. His wife says its true as far as she knows, the children are "grudge" children ...
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 04:16 PM
Sep 2018

Some had it in for the good judge.

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