"It didn’t work then and I don’t think it will work now, either"

In Spectator, Roger Kimball writes about Kavanaugh's accuser.

There is a lot that Ford does not remember, including the year of the alleged assault, whose house it was, and many other details. She first spoke about the alleged incident in 2012 — 30 years after it is supposed to have happened — when she was in couples therapy. The therapist’s notes contradict Ford’s account in several details, including how many people were supposed to have been involved.

So what do you think? Mark Judge flatly denies the story. Kavanaugh did so as well. ‘I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation. I did not do this back in high school or at any time.’

Everything we know about Kavanaugh — and we know a lot — suggests that he is telling the truth. Is there a more honourable, charitable, and public-spirited public servant padding about Washington today? If there is, I do not know him.

Kavanaugh has been through six — count ’em — FBI background investigations and none turned up this allegation.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, cut to the chase when he said that it was ‘disturbing’ that ‘uncorroborated allegations from more than 35 years ago, during high school, would surface on the eve of the committee vote.’

Think the timing is significant? ‘It raises a lot of questions about Democrats’ tactics and motives,’ Grassley said, ‘to bring this to the rest of the committee’s attention only now rather than during these many steps along the way.’ Quite right.

Also correct was Grassley’s determination not to delay the Judiciary Committee’s vote, which is scheduled for September 20. In my earlier column on Kavanaugh, I concluded that ‘the Republic will be enjoying the services of Justice Kavanaugh very soon.’ I continue to believe that is the case, though as I say the Democrats have descended to new lows in their determination to politicise the process of confirming Justices. Probably, I should have expected it. They tried the same thing when they wheeled out Anita Hill during the hearings on Clarence Thomas. It didn’t work then and I don’t think it will work now, either.

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