Kavanaugh Can Join Thomas.

[John V]

Trump made a bad tweet about Ford this morning, pretty much lost my support.

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And you find that to be improbable if the charges themselves are true?

I don't start by assuming that either side is true. Sure, if you assume guilty unless proven innocent, Kavanaugh looks bad, and there's no way he could prove his innocence at this point. But that's a pretty with-hunty assumption to make.

Saying that someone denies such a serious charge is hardly justification for "serious doubt."  Additionally, only Kavanaugh has denied that the event happened and it seems reasonably plausible that, given the circumstances, he has considerable motive to lie about it.  So, then the question becomes why do you have serious doubt about Blasey Ford's statement, but apparently little doubt about Kavanaugh's?

Ford said there were 4 other people there besides herself.

Kavanaugh denies it. Judge (who was named as involved) denies it. These of course have motivation to deny it.

Another person who was allegedly there, but did not witness the assault, appears to be Patrick J. Smyth. He also denies that the event occurred:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/18/politics/...index.html

So out of 5 people, 1 says it happened, 3 says it didn't, and we haven't heard from the last.