Kavanaugh Can Join Thomas.

[Angrboda]

Are you, in this particular case, inclined to believe that significant details of Ms. Blasey Ford's recollection of events years later to her therapist are sufficiently delayed to introduce serious doubt that either: a) a sexual assault took place, or b) that sexual assault was committed by judge Kavanaugh?

Regardless, I think you would agree that her recounting the incident in therapy is stronger corroboration than her testimony alone at this date.  How much do you doubt the veracity of Ms. Blasey Ford's recollection at the time she told her therapist?

What you and Joods don't seem to understand is that, Alpha, RR & I, are trying not to make this issue about Ford; but rather, about the shameless way in which the Democrats are exploiting her. We are not trying to malign her character but the attempt by Democrats to yet again besmirch the exceptional reputation of a clearly qualified man.

Bullshit. Any time you describe an accuser as committing unfounded slander then you have explicitly made it about the accuser.

And I'm still waiting on your explanation of what you mean by "unfounded slander," "slander," and "exploitation."

Additionally, now that you've claimed that Democrats have unfairly used the Anita Hill charge and the Blasey Ford charge to their advantage, I'd like you to be clear in how you think it is unfair.

Whether the Democrats exploited either Ms. Hill or Ms. Blasey Ford is a claim that you have not supported in any real way. You're just claiming it for its emotional impact.

And I'll thank you not to speak for RR or alpha. I'm sure they're quite capable of speaking for themselves if they support your opinion, especially as it has to do with Bork and Thomas.

If the allegations of Hill and Blasey Ford are true, then they aren't really "besmirching" anything except insofar as the accusation alone is itself damaging, but that can't be avoided, can it? So how is bringing these charges unfair or unethical? The only thing I can see is that they are inconvenient to a narrative about Bork, Thomas, and Kavanaugh that you want to push independent of whether the charges are true or not. If Thomas was guilty of sexual harassment, and Kavanaugh guilty of sexual assault, they deserve to have their reputations "besmirched." Or are you trying to imply that charges of sexual misconduct are by their nature damaging and should never be made? That seems to be where you're headed, even if you don't want to go there for obvious reasons. How are the charges of Ms. Hill and Ms. Blasey Ford unfair beyond the simple fact of any such charge being damaging?