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发帖数: 2710 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: dragonfly (小蜻蜓), 信区: USANews
标 题: Senate Collins 的讲话节选，来自女性的完美理智
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Oct 8 10:56:56 2018, 美东)
Mr. President, I listened carefully to Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony
before the Judiciary Committee. I found her testimony to be sincere, painful
, and compelling. I believe that she is a survivor of a sexual assault and
that this trauma has upended her life.
Nevertheless, the four witnesses she named could not corroborate any of the
events of that evening gathering where she says the assault occurred. None
of the individuals Prof. Ford says were at the party has any recollection at
all of that night. Judge Kavanaugh forcefully denied the allegations under
penalty of perjury. Mark Judge denied under penalty of felony that he had
witnessed an assault. P.J. Smith, another person allegedly at the party,
denied that he was there under penalty of felony. Professor Ford’s lifelong
friend, Leland Kaiser, indicated that under penalty of felony she does not
remember that party. And Ms. Kaiser went further. She indicated that not
only does she not remember a night like that, but also that she does not
even know Brett Kavanaugh.
In addition to the lack of corroborating evidence we also learn facts that
have raised more questions. For instance, since these allegations have
become public, Prof. Ford testified that not a single person has contacted
her to say I was at the party that night.
Furthermore the professor testified that although she does not remember how
she got home that evening, she knew that because of the distance she would
have needed a ride. Yet, not a single person has come forward to say that
they were the ones who drove her home or were in the car with her that night.
And Prof. Ford also indicated that even though she left that small gathering
of six or so people abruptly, and without saying goodbye, and distraught,
none of them called her the next day or ever to ask why she left. “Is she
okay?” Not even her closest friend, Ms. Kaiser. |
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