Ok so he is my 100% biased opinion for your reading pleasure.
First, lets discuss the new claim about what happened in college. The woman that was stated as accusing Kavanaugh admitted to multiple people that she was unsure if it was him or not. She has no supporting evidence or witnesses and therefore this is a case that would never have even seen the light of day if it were not for Ford’s claims against him currently. Due to the extreme lack of evidence and knowledge of that night (according to the claimant herself) this is an easy one to toss away as having little credibility on it’s own. If you should choose to tie it in with the other, well we will discuss the credibility there.
The Ford situation is something that took place 36 years ago. 36 years is an extremely long time to try and remember much in the way of details which is why I am not surprised she says she doesn’t know the time or place that it occurred. This would make sense especially if she attended many parties so I will not fault her for her lack of knowledge on the subject.
She apparently did not remember that it was Kavanaugh either from what I have gathered and did not until she seen a therapist (psycho-therapist to be precise) in 2012 and that helped job her memory. Now, lets keep in mind that studies have shown and proven psycho-therapy to be quite inaccurate and unreliable. So the claim can be made off the research numbers that this takes away credibility from Ford in saying it was Kavanaugh. However, I am willing to admit that also leaves room for it to possibly be true still.
Now lets discuss supporting evidence or witnesses. So far there have been no witnesses at all or any evidence to support Ford’s claim. I do find it odd that even her best friend at the time does not know of the party being spoken of and I would find it very difficult to believe that a 15 year old girl was going to parties without her best friend/friends. That being said, it is entirely possible, just not plausible.
On top of this we now have the timing to consider. It has been explained why she didn’t tell anyone at all of what happened for all those years until 2012. I do find this hard to believe that she simply bottled it all up and never mentioned a word of it to anyone at all. But hey, again this is possible. However, why didn’t she bring it to light in 2012? Or how about at the height of the MeToo movement? Why it is that she sent a letter to Feinstein AFTER Kavanaugh was being nominated for Supreme Court Justice? These are all legitimate questions that have a nasty odor to them.
Wouldn’t the perfect time to speak up be right after speaking with a therapist? Or while MeToo was booming and people (especially politicians) were falling left and right? Was it ok for him to be a Circuit Judge and not a Supreme Court Justice? Are we allowing sex offenders to hold certain positions in the government but not others?
What it looks like is that she did not care that he was a Judge but as soon as he started running for Justice, her being a democrat, decided she could not stand that thought and came forward hoping to keep her name out of the media and still tank his nomination. Which brings another question to the front. If she didn’t want the story out in the media, how did it get there? Only a tight circle of democrats knew about this! So basically what you have is an instance where the democrats decided to put aside her own wishes of anonymity and utilize the media to try Kavanaugh for this incident.
Then comes in the next set of issues. She has avoided speaking to the media and the Senate. Why? Her claims of being afraid of flying were thrown out there by her lawyer and yet she spent quite some time in Hawaii suggesting that she does indeed fly. As a matter of fact, from all appearances she is being coached and manipulated by her lawyer who seems to be taking orders from the democratic Senators.
Timing is an important thing to take into consideration when determining someone’s credibility. It is quite obvious that the democrats are using this as a political move to block Kavanaugh’s nomination and I would say it to be quite clear from the evidence that is Ford’s goal as well. With a complete lack of evidence or witnesses this is a case that has very little chance of actually ever being determined as to which side is being truthful and which isn’t. So all we are left with is things such as timing of the issue and comments made from both sides. If credibilty is good on both sides at the start (and I don’t see why it wouldn’t be) then what actions have been taken to determine credibility since?
Well, the flight issue seems like a blatant lie to me. And the fact that she would lie about that drops her credibility in my view. The fact that she used the exact timing of his nomination is another thing that would drop her credibility for me. Then the fact she is being controlled and coached by the political left drops her credibility even more.
Now top all of that off with this. If the nomination were blocked due to this. Would the democrats still push the issue or would it simply disappear into the background? This is important because it tells you what the motivations are. And if the motivations are not to help a woman who was sexually assaulted then that destroys credibility.
Also, the way our laws are setup are to protect those accused of something until they are proven guilty. This is a case that is unlikely to find Kavanaugh guilty which begs to question why he should not be nominated. Sure, do an investigation if you want. But all it ends of being is a he said/she said and by that rule he would be found not guilty of any wrongdoing and his nomination should still go through as he would be deemed innocent of the situation.
I am not saying that Ford was not sexually assaulted. I am not even saying that Kavanaugh was not the one to do it. But if you cannot prove that he did, then you cannot crucify him for it. What if he really didn’t? Are we ok with destroying the lives of innocent people if that means getting the bad guy every now and again? That is not how our political system works. In our political system we understand that sometimes a bad guy will get away with things if that means not punishing innocent people for crimes they have not committed.
No, in my opinion this is a situation that Ford hoped she could destroy a nomination and help her party without her name ever showing up in the media. When it was obvious that would not work, Feinstein leaked it to the media to force her hand and now they have pressured Ford into a situation she actually wanted to avoid all while knowing they cannot prove it ever happened. They are relying on the media and the liberal left to crucify this person just enough to either block the nomination or push it off until midterm voting where they can toss it out entirely.
This is not just dirty tactics (although it is quite dirty) it is also morally wrong to do this. You should not use someone else’s pain and suffering for your own political gain and that is exactly what is being done.