Well, this is interesting, I guess, but as commenters note, usually there’s not just one witness in cases like this. Hard to know what’s cause and what’s effect in terms of the guy’s mental condition (that is, is he mentally ill because of real abuse, or is he making up stories about abuse because he’s mentally ill?). Though apparently the mother was aware, and they did have contact.
For whatever it’s worth, when I was growing up, I lived around the corner from Congressman Kildee, and delivered his morning paper. When I collected from him, he never invited me in.
[Update a while later]
Given that he’s retiring this year, I wonder what effect, if any, these revelations will have on the race to replace him? Might make it tougher for nephew Dan.
[Late evening update]
Welcome, Instapundit readers. I have to say that it’s certainly possible that he just wasn’t that into me. Certainly true of a lot of women that I’ve met over the decades…
re: nephew Dan…”bob’s your uncle”
Ah, Rand, maybe you were just a homely child? [grin, duck, and run]
Greetings from a fellow Michigander who grew up a bit up the road in Midland.
That seat is in strong union territory, a strip of factory towns (Flint, Saginaw, Bay City) with their suburbs gerrymandered out in order to create a segregated UAW seat. Things will need to get really bad for a Republican to win there.
I’m sure you have a great personality and some old pedo would be lucky to have you.
He sensed you’d become a famous writer someday and left you alone.