3) In fact yesterday I declared I was done
officially. There is no level beneath which these swamp rats will not sink.
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14) What about Obama’s Air Force One? “‘The best sleepover party ever' where everyone took their drug of choice on long flights – Sonata, Xanax or Ambien – which made any 'awkward intimacy with colleagues suddenly just funny and bizarre.’”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5832517/Obamas-former-stenographer-lifts-lid-party-culture-staffers.html …
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15) Before I continue, please know that I express my own personal opinions only.
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16) It is important you know that I speak only for myself, because in this next part I am going to offer my professional opinion as to why this letter seems fake.
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17) My professional opinion is based on 2.5 years of being responsible for constituent letters from Congress. Meaning, I have scanned, read, reviewed, routed and responded to hundreds of them.
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18) I have been a professional writer for 30 years.
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19) I have a Ph.D. in sociology and a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies with a focus on creative writing.
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20) And I have taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels in half a dozen well known colleges and universities since 1999.
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21) First of all, as has already been pointed out, Dr. Ford’s letter does not read like a very educated person wrote it.https://twitter.com/knassios/status/1044215021050515457?s=21 …
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23) The first clue is that she capitalized “high school.” In this sentence, it doesn’t need to be capitalized.pic.twitter.com/VeDewwB4SV
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24) It has been my experience at work that private citizens generally use their best English writing skills in communicating to Congress. Dr. Ford has a Stanford pedigree, is a PhD, and is heavily published. The letter is sloppy.
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25) The second clue is the first line of the second paragraph. As others have pointed out, the font size is not consistent; is this a sloppy printout she is sending on a letter of historic importance?pic.twitter.com/yyQUiBm6Mg
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26) Also noteworthy is that she says “in the early 1980’s.” The grammar here is wrong - you would write “1980s” without the apostrophe.pic.twitter.com/WbJTVnlUZd
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27) Further, in the letters I have reviewed, emotional constituents are usually hyper-specific about their complaints — never vague. Logically, that is why they are writing to Congress: to remedy a wrong that is clear to them, but not others. So “early 1980’s” is not normal.pic.twitter.com/sOYc4sPf2G
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28) Here’s another odd thing. Why didn’t she put Kavanaugh’s name in the first line, eg “I am writing to express my concerns about Judge Brett Kavanaugh.”pic.twitter.com/wQbQFrfJun
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29) Why did the writer of the letter go to such pains to say: “I have not knowingly seen Kavanaugh since...” What does “knowingly” refer to? Was she drunk at other parties and can’t remember him?pic.twitter.com/olQ5FxRPwg
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30) “They” locked the door. Who is “they?” Which one? Both together?pic.twitter.com/HtZJWe56FH
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31) “a very drunken Judge said mixed words to Kavanaugh” — this is the writing of either an illiterate or someone for whom English is a second language. —“Very drunken”? She means “very drunk.” —“Mixed words?” She means “said contradictory things.”pic.twitter.com/t73djlNI7r
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32) This is not to offend people who don’t have good English skills or who are struggling to learn. Rather it is to point out that the letter does not reflect someone of Dr. Ford’s professional rank.
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33) The awkward English and poor grammar is interspersed with flowery language. “The two scrapped with each other,” for example. “I was able to take this opportune moment.”pic.twitter.com/N8OIUHWFIP
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34) Why does she refer to psychotherapy as “medical treatment?”pic.twitter.com/Ha4tpy8Gy7
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35) This person has been published in countless peer-reviewed journals. Doesn’t add up.
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36) Another example: The letter writer refers to the same bathroom twice, but the second mention makes it sound like it is a totally different bathroom.pic.twitter.com/Uqva0uwjls
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37) If she is married and published under her married name why is she using her maiden name?pic.twitter.com/FVOQqrqRyt
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38) Why doesn’t she refer to herself as “Dr.?” Where is her return address? Where is Feinstein’s address? Eshoo’s?pic.twitter.com/3fwyYctT1c
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39) The word “confidential” appears three times, once in bold. Where did Ford agree to have her name released again?pic.twitter.com/gfDgEPUu6J
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40) Shift in tense here: “It is upsetting” (present tense) but “I felt” (past tense). Again not PhD level writing or even basic business writing.pic.twitter.com/6t2V2nVU8f
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41) Where is the Privacy Release Form that would allow Feinstein to inquire on Ford’s behalf?
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43) Why did Ricki Seidman, a loyal Clinton and Obama operative, say. 20 days before the letter was written, “I expect a strategy will emerge” to counter Kavanaugh?https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/21/ricki-seidman-strategy-defeat-kavanaugh/ …
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