Ford and Kavanaugh opponents fill in the gap with the assumption it was at a location and on a date when he was there. The fact that there are understandable reasons for not remembering does not mean you get to eliminate the presumption of innocence and go without some reasonable level of corroboration.
The stupid picture was not what led him to resign. The woman in the picture was one of seven women that came forward with well corroborated, recent incidents of harassment and groping, with dates and locations. The picture was just irresistible for the media, but all it represents is another bit of corroboration that confirmed a clear pattern of behavior. I think he could have apologized for being an entitled jerk who got used to doing whatever he wanted to women because he was a celebrity. It could have been a teachable moment for the nation that we now know this kind of behavior is unacceptable. We can be forgiven, and learn and grow. But the mob had formed and demanded his scalp.Amskeptic wrote: ↑Sun Oct 07, 2018 10:13 amSusan Collins tweeted of ex-Senator Al Franken,
“Sexual harassment and assault have no place in any workplace. The reports involving Senator Franken are disturbing.
His belated apology was certainly warranted.”
A stupid picture of Al Franken pantomiming touching a sleeping soldier's breasts are cause to call for the resignation of a US Senator.
But perjury, hidden documentation, excessive drinking, more than one sexual assault, and the very most belligerent display of an entitlement tantrum in front of the Judiciary Committee are qualities you accept in a Supreme Court Justice.
You and your colleagues, Susan, are beneath contempt.
Here's what Collins said with regard to resignation: “it would be best for the Senate if he followed the advice of his Democratic colleagues,” That's as much a recognition that the mob was preventing the Senate from doing its work as it was her disgust at unwanted, wet, open-mouthed kisses and groping (again, all well documented and corroborated). She was one of few Republicans that commented, It was the Democratic caucus that pounced on him and made his position untenable.