Like most people, I don't know if Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford three decades ago.
The only people who do know for certain are Kavanaugh, Blasey Ford and an unnamed accomplice. Of course, the accounts from all parties are guaranteed not to be the same.
Should these accounts be recounted in detail before the Senate Judiciary Committee, it will make the Anita Hill vs. Clarence Thomas hearings nearly 27 years ago look like a Sunday school picnic. For of all Hill's accusations against Thomas none involved the use of physical force.
It is possible that Blasey Ford's letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein could be true. In which case there is the danger of having a sociopath sitting on the Supreme Court. As if having one in the White House isn't bad enough.
It is also possible that Blasey Ford's letter isn't true at all. Politics in this country is played for keeps. Do I think Democrats would knowingly lie or suborn libel to prevent Kavanaugh from being seated on the Supreme Court? I certainly do.
It is very likely the truth lies somewhere in between. But in this day and age there is no room for grey areas. You are either part of Team Red or Team Blue. If you criticize Trump, the Right brands you a Hillary supporter and seeks to ruin you. If you criticize Hillary, Obama, Black Lives Matter or #MeToo, the Left brands you as racist, sexist and homophobic and seeks to ruin you.
Politics is the nastiest of all human endeavors.
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