tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8863367693153514646..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.792-05:00Comments on Althouse: "The decision, after a 3½-hour hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse here, means that a man who was once one of America’s most beloved entertainers..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60205144255757405042016-05-25T11:16:46.910-05:002016-05-25T11:16:46.910-05:00"But can we convict him in the court of publi..."But can we convict him in the court of public opinion? I think so. 58 separate accusations all alleging the same pattern and practice cannot be ignored or dismissed as some conspiracy."<br /><br />So 58 is sufficient. How about 51? Or 16? What is the magic number? And what is the over/under on Bill Clinton?JAOREhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11819907966430540035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8363723421632832422016-05-25T10:29:18.646-05:002016-05-25T10:29:18.646-05:00@Unknown
Thanks. I meant Hannibal Burress.@Unknown<br /><br />Thanks. I meant Hannibal Burress.Char Char Binks, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10649888089413308406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81169109797954771702016-05-25T10:07:14.638-05:002016-05-25T10:07:14.638-05:00Well, the difference is that Bill Clinton was neve...Well, the difference is that Bill Clinton was never accused of doping a woman before harrassing, molesting or raping her, as far as the testimony in the Starr Report tells. He just went ahead while they were fully conscious.<br /><br />Who does that make the "better" rapist, Clinton or Cosby?mikeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875483485290838207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88131279642853674402016-05-25T09:55:09.099-05:002016-05-25T09:55:09.099-05:00"The dumbest and least-effective argument I h..."The dumbest and least-effective argument I have ever heard in defense of Trump's Birtherism is the line, "Did you know it started as a rumor spread by the Hillary campaign in early 2008?""<br /><br />There is no good defense to Trump's birtherism. Birtherism was a good way to separate normal Obama critics from the "off the deep end" types, and Trump was clearly willing to exploit the latter. If there's a conspiracy theory he hasn't embraced, give him time.Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219319435229314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48835938188346220322016-05-25T09:04:47.690-05:002016-05-25T09:04:47.690-05:00I can't remember which mag it was in, but one ...I can't remember which mag it was in, but one of the publicized Cosby accounts (written by alleged victim) read very weak. <br />Made me think there is at least some (maybe miniscule) mix of true abuse and fabrication. walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818749187960350810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30117074849147309912016-05-25T08:52:33.452-05:002016-05-25T08:52:33.452-05:00So that is what counts as "defending" th...So <i>that</i> is what counts as "defending" the Democrats?!? Giving Mrs. Clinton "scant credit" for merely being not so colossally stupid as Donald Trump's birther campaign?!?<br /><br />The dumbest and least-effective argument I have ever heard in defense of Trump's Birtherism is the line, "Did you know it started as a rumor spread by the Hillary campaign in early 2008?"<br /><br />Shame on those campaign operatives. More so, shame on anybody who took it seriously. Most of all, shame on Trump who dwelt on it for weeks and months when every serious person on all sides of the political divide rightly dismissed it.<br /><br />Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07676108366725199186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71734560429742434012016-05-25T08:29:54.308-05:002016-05-25T08:29:54.308-05:00Where have I ever defended Democrats?
If the Hi...<i> Where have I ever defended Democrats?</i><br /><br /><br /><i> If the Hillary '08 campaign started it, I at least give Mrs. Clinton the scant credit for not getting involved personally</i><br />Gahriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33409813660493739342016-05-25T07:35:55.489-05:002016-05-25T07:35:55.489-05:00Danno --
Yes I did read that column by Dennis Pra...Danno --<br /><br />Yes I did read that column by Dennis Prager. I agree with 99% of it, and as I have stated on this blog's comments pages many times, I expect to vote for Trump as the Republican nominee in November, with no acceptable third-party candidate.<br /><br />So your linking me to Dennis Prager was mostly a waste.<br /><br />You might ask about my 1% disagreement with Prager. It's easy; while I will hold my nose and vote for Trump, I won't stop criticizing Trump. I don't want to be part of Trump's world, and I don't want Trump in the world of Republican politics. I think Trump is bad for the Party, and in fact he's bad for the country. (But Hillary would be worse.) Prager goes on at length about the conservative thinkers he likes and admires. I feel the same way about all of them. I suppose I just agree with them more than Prager does. I just want my position to be clear -- that Donald Trump was a lousy candidate in a winnable year for Republicans -- if and when Trump gets <i>schlonged</i> in the general election. I don't know what will happen, but that is what I think is quite likely.<br /><br /><br /><br />Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07676108366725199186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2835750222005811002016-05-25T07:26:48.285-05:002016-05-25T07:26:48.285-05:00Gahrie said...
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It is just a coincidence t...<i>Gahrie said...<br />...<br />...<br /><br />It is just a coincidence that you are always defending them and attacking Republicans...right?<br /></i><br /><br />It isn't a coincidence, because it never happened. Where have I ever defended Democrats? And where have I ever attacked Republicans? Let's leave out Donald Trump, whom I have attacked on a nearly-daily basis. Trump doesn't count as a Republican. Which Republicans have I attacked? Which Democrats have I defended? When? What did I write?<br /><br />And I don't care who was the first Truther. If the Hillary '08 campaign started it, I at least give Mrs. Clinton the scant credit for not getting involved personally. I don't think she's ever said anything about Obama's birth certificate other than that the claim that he was not an American is ridiculous.<br /><br />Compare to Trump; doing countless interviews on the subject. Claiming that he had sent his own investigators to Honolulu and that they were uncovering a blockbuster of a story. Claiming that there was something big, and teasing the nation about it and then coming up with nothing. And worst of all; demanding Obama's collegiate transcripts and all manner of history, and then not even supplying copies of the tax returns he has already filed. It's all bullshit at the level of a schoolyard, with Trump.<br /><br />Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07676108366725199186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21075497519595204482016-05-25T07:18:10.536-05:002016-05-25T07:18:10.536-05:00It's exceedingly difficult to explain why Cosb...It's exceedingly difficult to explain why Cosby warrants prosecution if Clinton does not.<br /><br /><b>Excellent point about omerta. <br />How many more secret lives are there. <br />The claims by Elijah Wood for instance, imply a conspiracy on an enormous scale. </b><br /><br />Didn't Robert Downey Jr make some really bad accusations as well a few years ago about similar things? Thought he referenced a well-known female actress specifically.<br /><br /><b>Cosby has a clear parallel to Bill Clinton, as (from what I could tell) the best argument against believing Broaddrick was that her alleged rape took place in 1978 and she didn't come forward until the '90s, so if she was really raped then why did she wait so long to report? (Mind you, the feminist left cannot reconcile this with their usual stance that delay in reporting does not mean anything) Also, Broaddrick's story is one person's word against the other. Now with the Cosby example, which featured both those things (one word against the other, and a long delay in the victim coming forward) a lot of people are going to start wondering why everyone was so quick to dismiss Broaddrick's story. At the very least, it deserves more scrutiny now.</b><br /><br />Broadrick told several people when it happened. Going to the police might have been rough since it was the then-AG that did it.<br /><br /><b>I'd also like to see the Marc Rich pardon back in the news. How is Sanders not bringing that up? It fits his theme perfectly (and Hillary should be forced to denounce it publicly).</b><br /><br />He would...if he wanted to win. As I've always said, Bern has literally zero desire to win. He'd freak out if he somehow won.damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7651207670861485242016-05-25T06:45:30.906-05:002016-05-25T06:45:30.906-05:00Subtlety, thy name is not Drudge!
Cosby has a c...Subtlety, thy name is not Drudge! <br /><br />Cosby has a clear parallel to Bill Clinton, as (from what I could tell) the best argument against believing Broaddrick was that her alleged rape took place in 1978 and she didn't come forward until the '90s, so if she was really raped then why did she wait so long to report? (Mind you, the feminist left cannot reconcile this with their usual stance that delay in reporting does not mean anything) Also, Broaddrick's story is one person's word against the other. Now with the Cosby example, which featured both those things (one word against the other, and a long delay in the victim coming forward) a lot of people are going to start wondering why everyone was so quick to dismiss Broaddrick's story. At the very least, it deserves more scrutiny now.<br /><br />I'd also like to see the Marc Rich pardon back in the news. How is Sanders not bringing that up? It fits his theme perfectly (and Hillary should be forced to denounce it publicly).Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219319435229314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81491095102962728992016-05-24T23:26:39.803-05:002016-05-24T23:26:39.803-05:00Those weren't peccadilloes Hillary---they were...Those weren't peccadilloes Hillary---they were pecker dillows. You should know the difference. Comanche Voterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421716862520834472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19238453216624084732016-05-24T22:54:43.878-05:002016-05-24T22:54:43.878-05:00Phil Berg, although there was an earlier fellow wh...Phil Berg, although there was an earlier fellow who pestered mccain on behalf of the keyes campaign,narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082023858427818263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20641758258393664732016-05-24T22:47:53.267-05:002016-05-24T22:47:53.267-05:00By the way...who was the first truther?...somethin...By the way...who was the first truther?...something a true Republican would know and mention.Gahriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63739550829348047322016-05-24T22:46:37.798-05:002016-05-24T22:46:37.798-05:00@ Danno,
We appreciate your attempt to speak to ...@ Danno, <br /><br />We appreciate your attempt to speak to chuck as if he was someone who is acting in good faith. Chuck is not acting in good faith. The #nevertrump movement is conceptually at it's core bad faith by definition. <br /><br />No true conservative can be #nevertrump at this point. It is all mobys, paid shills, and lawyer consultant class republicans who are parasites on the political system and prefer losing to the democrats.Achilleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109507896997459818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13828658312163001852016-05-24T22:46:05.928-05:002016-05-24T22:46:05.928-05:00I am having trouble, Gahrie, gauging just how stup...<i>I am having trouble, Gahrie, gauging just how stupid you are. Are you a Birther? A Truther? A Vaxxer? Or are you someone who understands that those are all silly theories, but you tolerate them in Trump, for reasons that perhaps you alone can articulate?</i><br /><br />So, in addition to being a Moby, you apparently have poor reading skills or a poor memory. (or perhaps you are more than one person?)<br /><br />I'm the guy taking shit for comparing Trump to Hitler. His rise to power by demagoguery and an angry populace frightens me. I would have much preferred to a Cruz/Carly ticket, but the establishment types you pretend to be hated Cruz more than Trump, so here we are.<br /><br />I simple understand that while Trump may be a disaster...Hillary will. Frankly, I live in California, so I'm planning on writing my own name in anyway.<br /><br /><i>let me repeat that I am not a Democrat,</i><br /><br />It is just a coincidence that you are always defending them and attacking Republicans...right?<br /><br />For the sake of an argument, I'll assume you really are the Establishment lackey you pretend to be......what you and your masters still don't understand is that <b>you</b> created Trump with exactly the attitude you bring to this blog.Gahriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44863702335852994602016-05-24T22:40:48.471-05:002016-05-24T22:40:48.471-05:00Chuck: "It was a very long time ago, that I g...Chuck: "It was a very long time ago, that I got sick of trying to stake out serious positions for conservatives and Republicans, only to face jokes about the unserious charges that Obama was a Muslim born in Kenya. Or something."<br /><br />100% moby.<br /><br />Possibly 101%.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />Because that's what the dems are willing to pay.Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64996366975995808802016-05-24T22:16:24.139-05:002016-05-24T22:16:24.139-05:00I'm not going to defend Cosby. I'm going ...I'm not going to defend Cosby. I'm going to condemn the manner in which he's been brought to trial. Cosby, like all of us, has a right to refuse to offer testimony that can be used to incriminate him. That right does not exist in the context of a purely civil matter. In the civil case against Cosby, he refused to testify based on the reasonable belief his testimony could be used against him in a future criminal matter. It was only after he was assured that he would not be prosecuted that he agree to testify in the civil case. <br /><br />Now, it appears the state is using Cosby's testimony against him. It's being used against him even if his words never are presented to a jury because of the publication of his testimony that the state was able to obtain additional evidence of Cosby's guilt. But for his testimony in the civil case there would be no criminal case. <br /><br />The state has a sacred duty to protect Cosby's constitutional right against self-incrimination -- a duty that's higher than prosecuting even the most serious criminal offense. The state induced Cosby's testimony by promising criminal immunity. It should stay a mile away from violating that promise.DKWalserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03643566618988902306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20412566399317369702016-05-24T22:07:15.405-05:002016-05-24T22:07:15.405-05:00Chuck, have you read this article from Dennis Prag...Chuck, have you read this article from Dennis Prager?<br /><br />http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/05/24/a_response_to_my_conservative_nevertrump_friends_130652.htmlDannohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570137229911763191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83891263012179085832016-05-24T21:51:59.898-05:002016-05-24T21:51:59.898-05:00Cosby appreciated female beauty but he was too che...<i>Cosby appreciated female beauty but he was too cheap to pay for it.</i><br /><br />Nah. Some of the girls/women he was helping (career-wise and monetarily) admitted that having sex with him was on the table. What they didn't agree to, what they didn't expect was to be drugged and raped. Some people get off more on the absence of consent than the sex act itself. Cosby is one of them. Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19152080570911574692016-05-24T21:51:29.363-05:002016-05-24T21:51:29.363-05:00Gahrie said...
By the way Chuckles...it is hard to...<i>Gahrie said...<br />By the way Chuckles...it is hard to believe someone is a republican when they constantly attack Republicans and constantly defend Democrats.<br /><br />You are clearly a Moby.<br /></i><br /><br />It was a very long time ago, that I got sick of trying to stake out serious positions for conservatives and Republicans, only to face jokes about the unserious charges that Obama was a Muslim born in Kenya. Or something.<br /><br />My stock answer always was; <i>Name a Republican leader who ever signed onto that nonsense.</i> No serious Republican ever lent his name to that bullshit. And we could, with real credibility, turn to issues of the budget and the federal judiciary and voting law -- all the areas where we have to be cleaner than clean to advance our arguments in the face of claims that Republicans are racists -- and be able to be taken seriously. Because we weren't those unhinged nutballs claiming that there must be something fishy about Barack Obama's birth certificate.<br /><br />Trump -- and whatever party he purports to represent -- can't stake out that high ground like we can. Because Trump was one of the most laughable of all the Birthers.<br /><br />And now he's a Truther. And Vaxxer!<br /><br />I am having trouble, Gahrie, gauging just how stupid you are. Are you a Birther? A Truther? A Vaxxer? Or are you someone who understands that those are all silly theories, but you tolerate them in Trump, for reasons that perhaps you alone can articulate?<br /><br />And now, as a personal "fuck you" to you, let me repeat that I am not a Democrat, I've never been a Democrat and there are no Democrats who I plan to vote for. There are no Democrats whom I support. There's never been a time in the history of the Althouse blog, when I have ever advocated a single Democrat or pro-Democrat policy. I won't support Hillary Clinton and won't vote for her.<br /><br />I have been consistently critical of Trump alone, at a personal level. That is all.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07676108366725199186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41694925543689781442016-05-24T20:57:53.170-05:002016-05-24T20:57:53.170-05:00thanks well it's not just three parties so it&...thanks well it's not just three parties so it's not a troika, or a triumvirate,narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082023858427818263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46682151014673805612016-05-24T20:43:17.345-05:002016-05-24T20:43:17.345-05:00No one believed the Cosby allegations for years. T...No one believed the Cosby allegations for years. Time passed, public affection for Cosby waned, our societal understanding of the prevalence of sexual assault shifted. Now the allegations are more than plausible. Will the same shift happen to Bill Clinton? Is society ready to believe the accusers? That is the link.The questhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138261577965307950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68554653200746945432016-05-24T20:36:43.201-05:002016-05-24T20:36:43.201-05:00I wasn't going to say anything about the inter...<i>I wasn't going to say anything about the interaction between this legal development and the current presidential contest, </i><br /><br />I remember when Bill called it old news like two weeks after it came up, and I remember the NYT and the rest of the media falling over themselves to reinforce it. Of course that was old news, not like the Cosby allegations.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159859859522615418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85990560363859634182016-05-24T20:33:42.548-05:002016-05-24T20:33:42.548-05:00The claims by Elijah Wood for instance, imply a co...<i>The claims by Elijah Wood for instance, imply a conspiracy on an enormous scale."</i><br /><br />I don't believe these claims, which Wood has already recanted. There's nothing to stop people from identifying those responsible now that the issue's been raised. If there are that many victims someone would come forward. It's revealing all the allegations claim it happened to a friend. Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159859859522615418noreply@blogger.com