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Just the timing is political (not necessarily on behalf of the victim of the assault, if it occurred, but by the Democrats). I think it more likely that her report stems from the "me too movement" and the Democrats strategically sat on it until now.

 

Just curious....

Would you agree that IF he is guilty then justice itself would demand he be punished even if it occurred 35 years ago (with the statute of limitations preventing criminal charges, if he is guilty then does not this stand in the way of true justice)?

 

It is illegal to fondle women against their will, to cover their mouth when they try to scream, try to remove their clothes.....it's either sexual assault or attempted rape (even if both parties had been drinking). So IF guilty it is for sexual assault or attempted rape (which can't be prosecuted due to the length of time which has passed).

 

We were assuming he was guilty....remember? The comments were stating that even if he attempted to rape a girl when he was a teenager it didn't matter. Get with the program, brother....that was your conclusion as well (attempted rape or sexual assault doesn't matter if he was a drunk teen).

 

The accusation is that he forced her on a bed, groped her, covered her mouth when she tried to scream and tried to tear off her clothes. Is this how you "fooled around" when you were a teen???

If guilty it is not for fooling around.

 

Was Grover Cleveland, a Democrat, removed from office because he not only raped a woman, but she got pregnant due to that rape. And what did the Democrats do? The elected him President, twice!

What about Lyndon Johnson, also a Democrat. Was he removed from office due to several incidents of indecent exposure and flashing both men and women? Nope. He was elected Vice President, then finished out JFK's term then was elected to a 4 year term of his own.

For starters, there is absolutely NO evidence that the Judge did what this Democrat activist has alleged. In fact her story is so full of holes that nobody with any intelligence would believe it. She can't remember when. She can't remember where. She can't remember who, other than the Judge. She never reported it to the authorities. In fact she never reported it to anybody. And the one woman who said she told her got the details so wrong she withdrew her statement and said she had no first hand knowledge of the incident.

When are the American voters going to wake up and reject the politics of personal destruction. I can think of few things that are more anti-American!

 

But that is not what is being discussed. The OP asks where the idea originates that, even if the guy is guilty, it would disqualify him. Yeshua1 and I were discussing the same hypothetical, that IF he were guilty of the charges claimed by the woman (attempted rape).

I agree that he cannot be criminally charged. I also believe that even if guilty he isn’t disqualified because people change. That is also my theological position when it comes to justice (not a removal of all consequences but a removal of all judgment and a shift from punishment towards reconciliation). What amazes me is the number of people here who hold tight to a theological idea of justice only to abandon it as a “real world” principle.

 

She claims she called someone on her cell phone and told them what happened. The Judge graduated high school in 1983. The first cell phone, "The Brick" was sold in Chicago in 1984. She is lying through her teeth.

 

How do we know that SHE wasnt the aggressor!

 

I don't find her story reliable either. But, again, that isn't the issue posed in the OP (the OP went into the hypothetical).

IF the Judge was guilty of attempted rape as a teen, do you believe it would be a factor today....35 years later? Does a crime demand punishment for justice to be served? If he were guilty and the statute of limitations have elapsed, would he have escaped the judgement he rightfully deserved?

(I know it's a philosophical/ theological way of considering the issue, but the post is in the "General Baptist section, not "news" or "politics", and the question is whether it matters what someone has done 35 years ago as a teen).