Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a Supreme court Justice yesterday but he should not have been. I don’t refer to some conspiracy to cast him as being horrible by the democrats, though this likely happened. I don’t refer to his having lied to the Senate, though this likely happened. And I don’t refer to his near rape of a Dr Ford near 40 years ago, though this also likely happened. No. I refer directly to his behavior in the hearing itself. Here is what he should have done:

“Thank you for hearing me today. Dr Ford’s testimony was extremely persuasive and extremely moving. Her pain seems as raw today as it must have felt for her 40 years ago. Her words describing the event are shocking and even the most extreme opposition to her coming forward must acknowledge that this single event 40 years ago has shaped her life and not in a positive direction. But it is to her credit that she has had the strength to carry on, to make a life and a successful career despite her trauma and pain. To those out there who would do her harm, or threaten her, let me be clear, you will be doing me and yourself no favors to attack this women. Leave her alone. She has been through enough. For my part; Dr Ford, I offer you my sincerest expression of sorrow, sympathy and apology for my part as the cause of your pain. I am truly sorry you have had to carry this burden for all these years!

Yet, I maintain my innocence, even as I strongly encourage you to believe her story. How is that possible in light of what she has said and what I have said here today about fully believing her story? And I do believe her story. Someone many years ago attacked a very young woman and tried to rape her. I believe her in all that she says. Except the identity of the person who tried. It was not me. I know this, because I was not there. So how then can I both believe her and not agree with her identification of me as the rapist? Witness identifications when faced with such a shock, trauma and probable post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are often the most unreliable testimony allowed in court. To wit: A women in New York was raped by a man with a mask on while the TV played an interview in the background to her horror. She fixated on the man being interviewed live in LA, California. When she reported her rape to the police, she had the sketch artist draw the exact picture of the man being interviewed. He happened to be a scholar who had just released a book on low reliability of witness identification. He could not be in both places at once. The rapist was caught and convicted by DNA evidence, but the victim and her identification was never swayed she had pointed at the wrong man.

I don’t know why she focused on me, maybe I was smiled at the wrong time, maybe I was nice to her at a low moment or maybe I made a cutting remark at an off time. It was high school, but whatever the reason, for whatever the cause, I am sorry that I am the face of her horror and trauma. I am so very sorry I am involved in a lifetime of her pain. Please forgive me for my part, but more importantly, forgive yourself and allow your scars, raw and re opened for the world to see today, to heal and fade away into the past where they clearly belong. Please allow them to finally heal, allow yourself to heal and move on with a wonderful life. Thank you Dr Ford for the courage and conviction to come forward and tell us your pain and the story of how it has affected you over these last 40 years. Please be healed and live out the rest of your days at peace. I wish for you all the best.”

Words to that effect; acknowledging the pain and suffering of this woman, offering a defense of her and her story in a manner befitting a nominee for the Supreme Court. Showing that a judge for the highest court of America is not an emotional basket case with a grudge against a women he raped 40 years ago or tried to and how dare she come back to haunt him at the very moment of his glory? How dare his drunken rages of his over privileged youth come back to be tossed into his face like that? Who does she think she is? Does she not know how self important, at any rape (rate) he is? See the testimony he gave after was exactly that. There is no doubt in my mind that Brett Kavanaugh is a drunkard guilty of attempted rape. Not by the testimony of Dr Ford, but by his own words and actions. He sounded like a liar and acted guilty. He was the exact opposite of what you would want to have as a judge of the Supreme Court. And he convicted himself in acting so.