Media Mangles Its Duty to Question Ford

[Wallet]

And just like that the love affair ended. Guess that presidential dream has vanished.



As a result of Collins citing Swetnick's claim, liberals began to pile onto Avenatti - blaming him for Kavanaugh's impending Saturday confirmation, while conservative pundits poked fun.

Avenatti may be a Republican operative cuz no one could pull off this self-sabotage, unless it was deliberate.

Collins called the Swetnick allegation "outlandish" and Kennedy said "this process changed dramatically when Mr. Avenatti entered the picture." Michael Avenatti provided cover for Republicans to confirm Kavanaugh. Nice work, dude. https://t.co/yOMHyrOqPF

— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) October 5, 2018
THIS is why Democrats did NOT want Michael Avenatti to get involved in this fight. Collins is specifically citing Swetnick's "gang rape" accusation as something that made her think she needed to give Kavanaugh the benefit of the doubt.

— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) October 5, 2018
I wonder if the Swetnick fiasco will have the same effect on Michael Avenatti that the Roy Moore disaster did on Steve Bannon.

— Brit Hume (@brithume) October 5, 2018
In WaPo telling, Jane Mayer, Ronan Farrow, and Michael Avenatti ended up helping the Kavanaugh confirmation effort. https://t.co/U9F3LIZ4Xa pic.twitter.com/BoJBisqbKJ

— Byron York (@ByronYork) October 6, 2018
CNN's breaking news editor, Kyle Feldscher, took a swing at Avenatti - blaming him for Kavanaugh's confirmation in a tweet which reads: "Hard to state how much Avenatti’s entrance into this process hurt the Democratic effort to bring down Kavanaugh’s nomination." (h/t Josh Caplan @ Breitbart)

Hard to state how much Avenatti's entrance into this process hurt the Democratic effort to bring down Kavanaugh's nomination. https://t.co/tcofogweNo

— Kyle Feldscher (@Kyle_Feldscher) October 5, 2018
Avenatti responded: "You are right. I should have turned my back on my client. Told her to “shut up” and stay quiet because people like you apparently believe assault victims are to blame. This line of thinking is disgusting and offensive to all survivors. And it makes lawyers not want to help them."

You are right. I should have turned my back on my client. Told her to “shut up” and stay quiet because people like you apparently believe assault victims are to blame. This line of thinking is disgusting and offensive to all survivors. And it makes lawyers not want to help them.

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) October 5, 2018
Feldscher replied: "Literally never suggested that, but have a good weekend sir."

Literally never suggested that, but have a good weekend sir.

— Kyle Feldscher (@Kyle_Feldscher) October 5, 2018
Update: As CNN now reports, Senate Democrats are also jumping on the anti-Avenatti bandwagon.

A host of Democratic senators and senior aides told CNN that the allegations from Avenatti's client gave the GOP an opening to conflate -- and dismiss -- all the allegations in one broad brush.

"Well you know at some point there were a lot of folks coming forward making all sorts of accusations," said Sen. Gary Peters, a Michigan Democrat, when asked about the allegations raised by Avenatti and his client. "It turns it into a circus atmosphere and certainly that's not where we should be."

Asked if Avenatti was helpful, Peters said: "I think we should have focused on the serious allegations that certainly appeared very credible to me that would be our best course of action."

Privately, the assessment was far more scathing.

"Democrats and the country would have been better off if Mr. Avenatti spent his time on his Iowa vanity project rather than meddling in Supreme Court fights," a senior Senate Democratic aide fumed, referring to Avenatti toying with the idea of seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. "His involvement set us back, absolutely." -CNN

Yes,yes. They really discouraged the Brick Layer by allowing him to appear on every liberal media outlet spewing his allegations.

Give him a participation trophy and tell him he's special.

 

[smallfil]

And just like that the love affair ended. Guess that presidential dream has vanished.



As a result of Collins citing Swetnick's claim, liberals began to pile onto Avenatti - blaming him for Kavanaugh's impending Saturday confirmation, while conservative pundits poked fun.

Avenatti may be a Republican operative cuz no one could pull off this self-sabotage, unless it was deliberate.

Collins called the Swetnick allegation "outlandish" and Kennedy said "this process changed dramatically when Mr. Avenatti entered the picture." Michael Avenatti provided cover for Republicans to confirm Kavanaugh. Nice work, dude. https://t.co/yOMHyrOqPF

— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) October 5, 2018
THIS is why Democrats did NOT want Michael Avenatti to get involved in this fight. Collins is specifically citing Swetnick's "gang rape" accusation as something that made her think she needed to give Kavanaugh the benefit of the doubt.

— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) October 5, 2018
I wonder if the Swetnick fiasco will have the same effect on Michael Avenatti that the Roy Moore disaster did on Steve Bannon.

— Brit Hume (@brithume) October 5, 2018
In WaPo telling, Jane Mayer, Ronan Farrow, and Michael Avenatti ended up helping the Kavanaugh confirmation effort. https://t.co/U9F3LIZ4Xa pic.twitter.com/BoJBisqbKJ

— Byron York (@ByronYork) October 6, 2018
CNN's breaking news editor, Kyle Feldscher, took a swing at Avenatti - blaming him for Kavanaugh's confirmation in a tweet which reads: "Hard to state how much Avenatti’s entrance into this process hurt the Democratic effort to bring down Kavanaugh’s nomination." (h/t Josh Caplan @ Breitbart)

Hard to state how much Avenatti's entrance into this process hurt the Democratic effort to bring down Kavanaugh's nomination. https://t.co/tcofogweNo

— Kyle Feldscher (@Kyle_Feldscher) October 5, 2018
Avenatti responded: "You are right. I should have turned my back on my client. Told her to “shut up” and stay quiet because people like you apparently believe assault victims are to blame. This line of thinking is disgusting and offensive to all survivors. And it makes lawyers not want to help them."

You are right. I should have turned my back on my client. Told her to “shut up” and stay quiet because people like you apparently believe assault victims are to blame. This line of thinking is disgusting and offensive to all survivors. And it makes lawyers not want to help them.

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) October 5, 2018
Feldscher replied: "Literally never suggested that, but have a good weekend sir."

Literally never suggested that, but have a good weekend sir.

— Kyle Feldscher (@Kyle_Feldscher) October 5, 2018
Update: As CNN now reports, Senate Democrats are also jumping on the anti-Avenatti bandwagon.

A host of Democratic senators and senior aides told CNN that the allegations from Avenatti's client gave the GOP an opening to conflate -- and dismiss -- all the allegations in one broad brush.

"Well you know at some point there were a lot of folks coming forward making all sorts of accusations," said Sen. Gary Peters, a Michigan Democrat, when asked about the allegations raised by Avenatti and his client. "It turns it into a circus atmosphere and certainly that's not where we should be."

Asked if Avenatti was helpful, Peters said: "I think we should have focused on the serious allegations that certainly appeared very credible to me that would be our best course of action."

Privately, the assessment was far more scathing.

"Democrats and the country would have been better off if Mr. Avenatti spent his time on his Iowa vanity project rather than meddling in Supreme Court fights," a senior Senate Democratic aide fumed, referring to Avenatti toying with the idea of seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. "His involvement set us back, absolutely." -CNN

"Pot meet kettle." Funny, when liars hate other liars. They had no problems when Avenatti was using Stormy Daniels to attack President Trump, it suited the Senate Democrats. Then,
they had no problems with Christine Ford in effect perjuring herself, not once, but, multiple times, going so far to call her credible despite, her 4 witnesses effectively, saying the so called gathering never happened, they did not saw or know Judge Kavanaugh. They encouraged these so called abuse victims without corroboration or even taking the step to verify their stories before latching on to their bogus claims and calling them all credible?
These Democrat Senators are all vile and disgusting for what they did to a decent man, Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his family. They all need to be voted out of office for good!

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

Blaming Avenatti is a typical DC circle the wagons operation. He became a convenient fall guy when their slime attack failed. Otherwise Sen. Feinstein and Spartacus, et al might get some blame. None of them was criticizing him before Kavanaugh's confirmation, not to my knowledge at least, but I read plenty of articles mentioning "multiple" accusers, without any acknowledgement that Swetnik was far from credible.

Kavanaugh was confirmed because the principal accuser's story fell apart. Not because of some sideshow.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

Biggest loser in this sordid episode, other than Avenatti? I would Ronan Farrow. The Swetnik article carried his byline but also Jane Mayer, a notorious dem hit person. I suspect what happened is the mag wanted to use his name to enhance the credibility of what was obviously a weak story.

 

[Wallet]

Blaming Avenatti is a typical DC circle the wagons operation. He became a convenient fall guy when their slime attack failed. Otherwise Sen. Feinstein and Spartacus, et al might get some blame. None of them was criticizing him before Kavanaugh's confirmation, not to my knowledge at least, but I read plenty of articles mentioning "multiple" accusers, without any acknowledgement that Swetnik was far from credible.

Kavanaugh was confirmed because the principal accuser's story fell apart. Not because of some sideshow.

Spot-on.