Words can mean anything in the mind of those saying them.Otern wrote: ↑Sun Oct 07, 2018 12:19 am"A gathering like the one Dr. Ford describes in her allegation" can mean a gathering with a little bit of attempted rape. So not really a lie, even if he did attend a party where those people attended, which has also not been proven.JohnDonne wrote: ↑Sat Oct 06, 2018 11:09 pmIt turns out he did though, according to his own calendars, with most of the same people Ford says were there.Let’s begin with Kavanaugh’s denial.
Here is what he says: “I never attended a gathering like the one Dr. Ford describes in her allegation.”
He is deceptive and manipulative throughout the hearing, and the article goes into great detail on these points. If you want to know how Bill Clinton Weasley this guy is, read the article.
He clearly made a deceptive statement, as the generally understood meaning of the word “like” is “similar to,” and the gathering Ford describes is undeniably similar to the ones he attended regularly according to his own calendar.
The calendar even lists the names of most of the people Ford said were there, (she named these people before ever seeing his calendar.)
A reasonable person can therefore conclude that Kavanaugh was making a false statement intending to deceive.
In weasel world, sure, all words are subjective and can mean anything, Clinton could have meant his grandmother when he said “that woman” but this type of semantic torture fools no one.