Different Points of View: Supreme Court and The September Surprise

(We occasionally will present and contrast view points that differ in insight. From time to time we will feature them here. Please read the articles below) -Source-The Moderate Voice- Article 1: Hold Onto Your Hat America: The Kavanaugh Supreme Court Nomination Is Dead It may take days or even weeks but Brett Kavanaughs nomination to the Supreme Court is dead a welcome casualty of converging political and social trends. The nomination of the man who would be the pivotal fifth conservative high court justice suddenly went on life support on Sunday morning when The Washington Post identified Christine Blasey Ford a 51-year-old research psychologist at Palo Alto University in Northern California as the woman who had anonymously revealed that during a high school party in the early 1980s a stumbling drunk Kavanaugh attempted to rape her pinning her on a bed groping her and covering her mouth to silence her after she screamed in the hope that someone downstairs would hear her. Ford further states that Mark Judge a friend and classmate of Kavanaughs stood across the room laughing maniacally" before he jumped on top of them she tried unsuccessfully to wriggle free and then Judge jumped on them again sending all three of them tumbling. I thought he might inadvertently kill me" The WaPo quoted Ford as saying. He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing." Fords account is detailed compelling and truthful according to a polygraph test and all the more so as the White House rushes to try to prop up a nomination that has quickly descended into turmoil with a Senate Judiciary Committee vote to approve Kavanaugh scheduled for Thursday thrown into doubt as the first Republican defectors are slinking out of the shadows. The political and social trends that have become Kavanaugh nomination lightning rods are powerful: Article 2: Why The GOP Should Confirm Kavanaugh In Spite Of This Last-Minute Accusation -Source-The Federalist- By David Marcus SEPTEMBER 17 2018 Sen. Dianne Feinsteins September surprise exploded yesterday as Christine Blasey Ford a professor in California came forward as the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in 1981. The Washington Post broke the tale she was apparently reluctant to tell. With Kavanaugh about to swing the court to fascism according to the left well her reluctance relented. Now we must decide how the Senate should react to this last-gasp attack. The answer is pretty simple: He should be confirmed. For whatever reason Feinstein decided that these allegations should remain under wraps even from other Democrats during the hearing process. That was the time Kavanaugh and witnesses could have been confronted by these allegations. But no Feinstein waited and threw this grenade into the final moments of his nomination. Even the left finds this approach completely bankrupt as Rebecca Traister tweeted here: Rebecca Traister · Sep 14 2018 The woman alleges that Kavanaugh and a friend held her down and that he attempted to force himself on her" and that they turned up music that was playing in the room to conceal the sound of her protests." Rebecca Traister @rtraister DiFi reportedly sat on this in part bc she thought objections should not be personal." Which recalls Joe Biden and how he approached the Hill allegations against Thomas. And also should make us see how much has NOT changed about attitudes about assault harassment. 10:54 AM - Sep 14 2018 716 240 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Lets break down the allegation. Ford claims that at a party the location and date of which she cant recall Kavanaugh and Mark Judge were in a room where Kavanaugh pinned her down attempted to disrobe her covered her mouth while she tried to scream and then they fell off the bed. She retreated to a bathroom then left the house. If true the allegation describes a sexual assault. Ford says the first time she ever told anyone about it was decades later in couples therapy in 2012 when she recounted the attack. Her therapist has notes to prove she made the claim at that time although the notes differ from Fords current claims about the number of attackers. Although the therapists notes also do not name Kavanaugh Fords husband says she named him to her husband in 2012. This is a form of corroboration and a serious one. Those who say these claims were fabricated to derail Kavanaughs nomination have to deal with the fact that the claims were stated long before his nomination. On the other hand the therapists notes dont name Kavanaugh. Perhaps more importantly these allegations lay dormant for 30 years before they appeared on a therapists couch .