http://thenewstalkers.com/cms5 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:04:45 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/cms5/blog/1769/dr-fords-testimony http://thenewstalkers.com/cms5/blog/1769
I, like many others, listened closely to Dr. Ford's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Memories are not 100% accurate and cannot be considered reliable without some form of corroboration. Dr. Ford offers people at the gathering, her therapist's notes and spouse and friends told about the alleged incident in 2012. The people allegedly at the gathering do not recall the gathering. Her therapist's notes and others 30 years after the event cannot offer testimony about anything other than Dr. Ford's memory of the alleged incident. I am not saying that Dr. Ford did not experience some type of assault, but instead of answering questions, her testimony only raised more questions.
I realize there are many who choose to believe her - period. Many who become extremely hostile towards those who dare question a woman who claims she has been sexually assaulted. Then there's the Me Too Movement - which, technically, I am a hesitant member of. Hesitant because I believe in due process and fairness. I have never believed in anyone's right to railroad another...ever. Judge Kavanaugh will be forever branded as a sexual abuser...regardless of any investigation findings. Just as Clarence Thomas has been branded...even though an investigation occurred and the claims were considered to be unfounded.
So, here are the questions raised for me:
Dr. Ford's therapist states there were four males who assaulted her, and she claims the therapist was mistaken. In her letter to Feinstein , she says that the gathering included her and four others. In her opening statement , she says it was Brett, Mark, PJ and another boy whose name she couldn't recall. Also her friend Leland was there. (Dr. Ford does correct the number of attendees to include her friend later in questioning.) Can our memories be improved by questions such as these, or do we reshape our memories to fit the questions?
Dr. Ford stated that once her memories of the event were revealed to her husband in 2012, and later to friends...she knew that Kavanaugh might become a nominee for the Supreme Court one day. She could have contacted, after this memory recall, the FBI (for background investigation purposes) or anyone in Congress about a sitting Circuit Court of Appeals Judge to diminish the odds of nomination...so why didn't she? Certainly, a revelation prior to any nomination could have been sufficient to those reviewing backgrounds to cause hesitation.
In her opening statement she says that there was music playing in the bedroom and Brett and Mark turned up the music. During questioning, she stated that there wasn't any music or tv playing in the house. Don't you find it odd that there is no music at a gathering of drinking teens? Maybe there was...but she doesn't recall. A very small detail that she gave definitive answers to.
Dr. Ford Stated during questioning that she saw Mark Judge at the Potomac Village Safeway...and she said 'Hello' to him. This was 6 to 8 weeks after the incident according to Dr. Ford. I must admit, I cringed when I heard her say this. This was an alleged accomplice to an assault that took place a month and a half to two months previous and she speaks first? Her words weren't 'Hello ASSHOLE', or anything like that...just 'Hello'. As if what occurred wasn't a big deal. They didn't see each other often, but they were always friendly? Dr. Ford goes on to state that Mark Judge appeared uncomfortable.
When asked by Sen. Klobuchar about the incident and what she doesn't 'forget' about that night - Dr. Ford replies: "The stairwell, the living room, the bedroom, the bed on the right side of the room as you walk into the room. There was a bed to the right. The bathroom in close proximity, the laughter, the uproarious laughter, and the multiple attempts to escape and the final ability to do so." In that statement, she did not name Brett Kavanaugh nor did she name Mark Judge. There was an instance when being questioned by Sen. Leahy when she says, "I was, you know, underneath one of them while the two laughed, two friend - two friends having a really good time with one another." Were those two Brett Kavanaugh and Mark Judge? Who was on top of her? This is where I have serious questions - if one recalls with 100% accuracy exactly who an assailant is - why not use names?
There are other questions that arose...one being the fact that the Senate Committee was willing to go to California, yet Dr. Ford wasn't aware. There is the matter of the letter being leaked...and the media play in all of this before anything reaching members of the Committee - other than the Ranking Member who had knowledge of the alleged incident almost 7 weeks prior. So, the media and the attorney's (with the Ranking Member's blessings) riled up the voting public prior to the hearing...is it possible to ignore public opinion, or partisan opinion, and form a rational conclusion from any of this? She was 15. It was 36 years ago. Dr. Ford provides no corroboration. Did something happen? Maybe...but without corroboration, it is likely to become an 'unfounded' event.
Had any of this been heard in a court of law...the judge or jury would have to find the accused 'not guilty'. If this is indeed a sexual assault and attempted rape - file charges with the Montgomery County Police in Maryland. Playing it out in the media and putting it in the hands of politicians does nothing but victimize the accused and the accuser...regardless of what side of the fence you sit on.



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