There is evidence of both. Anita Hill and Christine Ford gave sworn testimony. That is evidence. Granted it is he said/she said, and neither is enough for a criminal conviction. Both were enough to make me think that he should have withdrawn and another person nominated. I'm sure that there is a better person for the job.
Can you imagine a future in which no high government officials are accused of sexual assault, harassment, or rape? A country totally run by people of such unimpeachable character that nobody would even dream of making such accusations, people whose lives have been carefully documented since childhood to be free of any criminal activity whatsoever? Does it sound so terrible?
Because Graham and friends have suggested that every nominee from here out will be subject to baseless accusations, despite nobody since Thomas having this problem. Kagan and Sotomayer and even Gorsuch had no such accusations, and I imagine there are at least a few other judges with similarly noncriminal histories of sexual conduct. Any nominee who is accused of such things should be able to immediately and enthusiastically call for a full investigation, support any and all new fact finding missions, offer unconditional access to personal records and contacts, and not have to cry about partisan witch hunts or smear campaigns because the evidence should speak for itself. Why can't Kavanaugh do any of that?
When reading these forums, I will occasionally scroll through looking for comments from specific contributors that over time I have found make informed comments. You are one of those contributors. In this particular post, its clear to me, after following the Kavanaugh proceedings for last few weeks, that you have taken a very one-side view of the facts. That's not to say that anything you said was blatantly false, but not a fair representation.
Okey dokey.
Would you also like to offer a specific criticism of my writing, or a rebuttal to a particular argument I have made, or did you just chime in to express your disappointment with my overall tone? I would welcome your contributions to this discussion, if you have any.
Personally, I would be much more comfortable with the news today if Kavanaugh was fully exonerated of any wrongdoing by an FBI investigation. That is the best case scenario at this point, IMO, because I think he's going to be confirmed no matter what the truth is and I would rather we have a SC justice who was a genuine altar boy instead of one actually did all of this stuff (underage drinking, partying, spiking punch to get girls drunk, boorish groping, etc). In my fantasy world, the FBI finds 20 credible witnesses that say Brett never drank to excess or touched women inappropriately in his life, and finds evidence to discredit the allegations against him as a liberal plot, and we can all breathe a deep sigh of relief that the truth came out.
Do I think that scenario is likely? Have you
ever met a drunk frat boy who respected women?