I doubt that we will ever know what, if anything, actually happened between Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh. But Kavanaugh’s behavior since this accusation surfaced has revealed some character traits we CAN rely on in assessing his suitability: a) he has a history of heavy, “mean” drinking; b) he craves the approval of other “entitled” guys (jocks); c) he is so narcissistic/ paranoid/ obsessive that he has kept his planning calendars from high school (36 years ago); d) he is smarmily self-righteous about remaining a “virgin” throughout high school and for “many years thereafter,” despite his macho posturing at women’s expense (hypocrisy/ bad faith); e) he has no moral or ethical objections to granting a self-serving, political interview to Fox News; f) he expressed no outrage when a crony/friend attempted to blame a clearly innocent third party for the alleged attack on Christine Ford (not a word to denounce such blatant injustice).
In short, Brett Kavanaugh—quite apart from what he did or didn’t do to Christine Blasey Ford—does not sound like the kind of principled, conscientious judge whose decisions, whatever their ideological foundation, would likely command the respect (however grudging) of the American people. I therefore think his nomination should be withdrawn. Surely Trump and the conservatives can find a more trust-inspiring candidate.
