(09-19-2018, 05:03 PM)jj82284 Wrote: I remember something to the effect that the accuser was worried about questions of mental health, that's somewhat in line with a potential history of alcoholism.  

I personally don't want to get too far into denigrating the accuser or whatever troubles she may be going through.  I think it's much more compelling to focus on the fact that she only has about 1% of the story needed to make a credible accusation.  

Having said all that, we can't ignore the possibility that she could plausibly believe something bad happened to her and just not have the right person timeline etc.

Someone who's making it all up doesn't agree to sit for a polygraph, cooperate fully with the FBI and give private testimony to a Senate committee. I mean, that is what it is. If you look far enough, there has to be some shred of truth to what she's saying. I do believe her when she says that a 17-year-old Brett Kavanaugh was on top of her 15-year-old self in a bed at a party. That's kind of what drunk high schoolers do at parties. I won't rule out the idea that she's telling the truth. I will say that if you're going to try and throw a wrench into a Supreme Court nomination at the last second, you'd better be ready, willing and able to testify publicly before the Senate when they invite you to.

I mean, let's call this what it is. Did Kavanaugh actually attempt to rape Ford? Maybe. I don't know. I wasn't there. There were three people there, and as you'd expect, one says no, one says yes, and the third doesn't remember anything about that night. For Ford's allegations to make it to Democrats as far back as July and be sat on like this kind of makes me think that she is telling the truth as she sees it to be, but Pelosi, Feinstein and their collective cancer upon Congress decided to throw the allegations out there just in time to (fingers crossed, kiddies!) delay the confirmation until after the Court session begins, meaning Kavanaugh won't be able to vote on cases. Maybe Ford is telling the whole truth, maybe she just doesn't remember exactly who was involved 36 years later, either way she's being used as a political pawn, and arguably a willing one. It's not doing her credibility any favors, and it's going to backfire on Democrats when they end up with Brett Kavanaugh and fewer votes in November than they were expecting. You can't sit back and accuse Trump of playing childish, embarrassing partisan games then use sexual abuse to try and get your way.

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