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Jarqui

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6. I've seen some good articles on this
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 03:10 PM
Sep 2018

I've seen some that argue against Dr Ford's credibiity

This one resonated with me:
I’ve studied false rape claims. The accusation against Kavanaugh doesn’t fit the profile.
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/9/18/17874504/kavanaugh-assault-allegation-christine-blasey-ford

This one was fairly comprehensive against Kavanaugh's credibility on the other issues
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/courts/news/2018/09/21/458457/kavanaughs-credibility-chasm/

But a big one for me in all this is "actions speak louder than words"

Dr. Ford passed a lie detector test, presented therapists notes of 2012 & 2013, has witnesses to call, Kavanaugh's high school & college frat have a history that fits this claim and at penalty of prison for lying, Dr Ford wants the FBI to investigate.

The GOP and Kavanaugh are bullying, smearing, creating false doppleganger theories, rushing to judgement with "mixed up" & "mistaken" and trying to avoid Dr. Ford getting a fair hearing with them on TV asking her the questions. And they don't want to hear from Dr Ford's witnesses or have the FBI look into it.

I think their actions are enormous in revealing the likely truth.

And even more than that, to me, Kavanaugh, sitting there silently instead of calling for a FBI investigation, calling to hear Dr. Ford's witnesses and look at her evidence, etc proves he lacks the integrity and fairness to be a Justice of the highest court in the land. If he were telling the truth, he'd have little to fear.

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