Cosign. People are manufacturing statements that he never drank, or got drunk, then beating the snot out of their strawman. He tried to frame his drinking in the best possible light, but he didn't lie about it, and no, that's not perjury. Temperament & partisanship are real q's.
Also, I'm more than willing to believe that he lied about dumb phrases in his yearbook. But those bro-tastic phrases were--however awful--not even approaching corroboration that he's a rapist.
My college boyfriend who punched me, maybe intentionally, and verbally abused me from Day 3 of our relationship, was an ostentatious feminist. And the brotastic football player I dated after him was the one who convinced me I'd been abused. Public affect is not private behavior.
But to conservatives who are retweeting this, let me also point out another thing that experience taught me that's relevant here--that was a memorable traumatic event, and no, every detail isn't etched into my brain. In fact, there are enormous gaps, with a few very vivid moments
I don't remember what we were fighting about, don't remember what happened right before, I barely remember contact, remember the next few minutes pretty vividly, and then ... blank to me talking to my roommate.
In fairness, this cuts both ways--I'd sure hate to be testifying about this now, because I couldn't give more than a sketchy story, many details of which might be inaccurate.
