The idiocy continues.
According to this, women are “furious” over the way Kavanaugh listed himself in his Georgetown Preparatory School’s high school yearbook– Renate Alumnius. Apparently, it was in reference to Renate Schroeder Dolphin, some chick who went to a Catholic school nearby. For the record, she’s one of the dozens of women who signed the letter in defense of Kavanaugh. But now? Now that she’s discovered the “Renate Alumnius” thing, she’s changing her tune.
“I learned about these yearbook pages only a few days ago,” Dolphin said, according to the New York Times. “I don’t know what ‘Renate Alumnus’ actually means. I can’t begin to comprehend what goes through the minds of 17-year-old boys who write such things, but the insinuation is horrible, hurtful and simply untrue. I pray their daughters are never treated this way. I will have no further comment.”
That’s fine and dandy and all, but none of this changes the fact that he treated her with nothing but respect. Period. I repeat, THAT REMAINS UNCHANGED.
“Renate” is referenced at least 14 times in the 1983 yearbook page, either on individual’s pages and also in a group photo labeled “Renate Alumni (missing: Pres. J.C. Del Real).” Two of Kavanaugh’s classmates told the Times that the boys were bragging about their conquests by including the name, although Kavanaugh claimed in an interview with Fox News’ Martha McCallum on Monday that he remained a virgin in high school.
Kavanaugh’s lawyer Alexandra Walsh said it was only mentioned because Kavanaugh and Dolphin attended an event in high school together. “Judge Kavanaugh was friends with Renate Dolphin in high school. He admired her very much then, and he admires her to this day,” Walsh said.
“Judge Kavanaugh and Ms. Dolphin attended one high school event together and shared a brief kiss good night following that event,” Walsh continued. “They had no other such encounter. The language from Judge Kavanaugh’s high school yearbook refers to the fact that he and Ms. Dolphin attended that one high school event together and nothing else.”
Dolphin denies that they kissed. She said he “must have me confused with someone else, because I never kissed him.” Which again, WHAT THE HECK EVER. Once again, none of this changes the fact that he’s always treated her with nothing but respect.
I’m so over this.