WHO DO YOU TRUST? The Judge or the Professor? The Male or the Female?

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court nominee, never thought that news of a drunken sexually motivated escapade at the age of seventeen would resurface to jeopardize his reputation, his family and his career, or he would never have agreed to the nomination. He vehemently denies the event. What option does he have in the wake of '#MeToo?' Does that sound like I believe his adamant denial is untrue? Hmmmmm! Understand my approach here. Before '#MeToo' it could be assumed that the majority of now prominent males had trifled with a girl's virginity as well as their own. In their adult lives this became a forgotten dalliance. Before '#MeToo' Kavanaugh when confronted with the memory, could have answered an allegation with, "Yes, I acted stupidly when I was a teenager but I grew up and so did my values and morality, and I regret my behaviour then." Today an aspirant for Supreme Court cannot make that admission without losing everything. So could Judge Kavanaugh be telling the truth?

Am I expected to believe that the allegation by Christine Margaret Blasey Ford is a conspiratorial construct by her and the Democratic Party and the Clintons, the Dems to prevent a Supreme Court tending to the right, and the Clintons because Kavanaugh sought to impeach Bill for his own liaison with Monica while he was President? 

On the other hand Christine Blasey Ford, an American professor of psychology at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, lived with a memory of a high school party when at age 15, she was overpowered by the aforementioned Kavanaugh who lay with his full weight upon her and attempted to remove her outer clothes and swimsuit. This was unwanted by her. It was an assault. This is her testimony. Understand this. She got on with her life academically and professionally and has a marriage and children. She did not need the notoriety she now receives. Security issues now complicate her life. She confined public disclosure of her troubling memory to her therapists, her husband and a few close friends for decades. When she learned that Judge Kavanaugh was nominated for a position on the highest court of justice in the U.S.A., her own sense of 'right' impelled her to reveal her story. All she stood to gain was the knowledge of doing what was right. Demanding confidentiality Ford contacted both The Washington Post and her congresswoman, Anna Eshoo. Ford was terrified that her identity might become public. Eshoo became convinced of Ford's credibility. Together they decided to share this information with Senator Dianne Feinstein. In August, Ford took a polygraph test with a former FBI agent, who concluded Ford was being truthful. Feinstein maintained her confidentiality commitment to Ford when taking the Kavanaugh-related document to the Judiciary Committee Democrats. The White House in turn sent the letter to the full Senate Judiciary Committee. As media reports tracked Ford's identity, she reluctantly made herself known to the public. She anticipated the negative impact to her but not the threats on her life. There are some concerns about her story such as denials by male and female students whom Ford claims attended the aforementioned party, but whom themselves have no recollection of that party. But don't seek to convince me that Ford would expose herself to this scrutiny for any amount of money from media or partisan funders. Do I believe her? Hmmmmm. Doesn't matter. I do not believe Brett Kavanaugh is the best-suited candidate for the Supreme Court of the U.S.A. Back to the short list.