The FBI has been assigned to conduct an investigation, which may or may not fill in this unexplained void in Professor Ford's biography, which has been bothering me ever since I read a Sept. 22 Washington Post article with the headline, "Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford moved 3,000 miles to reinvent her life. It wasn't far enough."
Beyond Judge Kavanaugh's emphatic denial that any such incident ever occurred, there is the obvious problem that Leland Keyser, a "Lifelong friend" of Professor Ford, who was supposedly present at the 1982 house party, has said she's never even met Judge Kavanaugh.
Ed Whelan, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, was the first to point out that, while none of the others named by Professor Ford lived near the country club, Judge Kavanaugh's friend and Georgetown Prep classmate Chris "Squi" Garrett did, and the floor plan of Garrett's family home matched Professor Ford's description.
Byron York makes the obvious point: "But if Garrett, who Ford has clear memories of, had been at the party, he would obviously be a witness in the matter, and someone the FBI would want to interview. His presence would also raise the question of why Ford has never mentioned him. She remembers a party from 36 years ago, remembers five people who were there, and doesn't remember that the person she was closest to at the time was also there?".
What does it mean that her connection to Judge Kavanaugh and his friends - Garrett was "Actually the person who introduced me to them originally," Professor Ford testified last week - signed a letter in support of the judge's Supreme Court nomination? Garrett has also said "He has no knowledge or information relating to her claims," which would seem highly relevant to the most plausible theory floated by Democrats as to how Professor Ford's claim might be true.
As David French of National Review argued Monday, "The sexual-assault claims against Kavanaugh are in a state of collapse." The word "Credible" is a synonym for believable, and it appears Democrats are willing to believe anything that might help them stop Judge Kavanaugh from being confirmed to the Supreme Court.
The latest TV ad from the Judicial Crisis Network is blunt: "The accusations against Brett Kavanaugh are a smear." Featuring testimonials from women who have known him for years, the ad concludes: "It never happened. Confirm Kavanaugh." That would be the most credible thing to do.
https://spectator.org/what-does-credible-mean/
Beyond Judge Kavanaugh's emphatic denial that any such incident ever occurred, there is the obvious problem that Leland Keyser, a "Lifelong friend" of Professor Ford, who was supposedly present at the 1982 house party, has said she's never even met Judge Kavanaugh.
Ed Whelan, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, was the first to point out that, while none of the others named by Professor Ford lived near the country club, Judge Kavanaugh's friend and Georgetown Prep classmate Chris "Squi" Garrett did, and the floor plan of Garrett's family home matched Professor Ford's description.
Byron York makes the obvious point: "But if Garrett, who Ford has clear memories of, had been at the party, he would obviously be a witness in the matter, and someone the FBI would want to interview. His presence would also raise the question of why Ford has never mentioned him. She remembers a party from 36 years ago, remembers five people who were there, and doesn't remember that the person she was closest to at the time was also there?".
What does it mean that her connection to Judge Kavanaugh and his friends - Garrett was "Actually the person who introduced me to them originally," Professor Ford testified last week - signed a letter in support of the judge's Supreme Court nomination? Garrett has also said "He has no knowledge or information relating to her claims," which would seem highly relevant to the most plausible theory floated by Democrats as to how Professor Ford's claim might be true.
As David French of National Review argued Monday, "The sexual-assault claims against Kavanaugh are in a state of collapse." The word "Credible" is a synonym for believable, and it appears Democrats are willing to believe anything that might help them stop Judge Kavanaugh from being confirmed to the Supreme Court.
The latest TV ad from the Judicial Crisis Network is blunt: "The accusations against Brett Kavanaugh are a smear." Featuring testimonials from women who have known him for years, the ad concludes: "It never happened. Confirm Kavanaugh." That would be the most credible thing to do.
https://spectator.org/what-does-credible-mean/
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