Timing And Treatment of Kavenaugh Accusations Purely Political - Liberals Should Be Concerned About Precedents Potentially Set By This & Me-Too Movement

Even if everything that Professor Ford has said about current SCOTUS candidate Judge Brett Kavenaugh is true about what he supposedly did to her and even about his alleged preference for female employees/assistants, etc. looking a certain way, should it really be enough to derail the confirmation of a guy who's been vetted over and over and over again for other jobs as a judge? And, to be fair, Kavenaugh didn't nominate himself and he certainly didn't declare Donald Trump President... and yet, that's what this is really about to a large degree.  It's punishing Judge Brett Kavenaugh for the election and the misdeeds of President Donald J. Trump and anyone unfortunate enough to be declared guilty by association just because they happen to work in his cabinet or something. For the record, though, I'd like to think this would be my stance if the nominee were that of a Democrat President's because none of this seems fair.

Even if you accept that it occurred and that there are sound psychological reasons behind Ms. Ford's delay in talking about it publicly or otherwise, there's still the fact that - as far as I know - Diane Feinstein and maybe some others have been sitting on this since July, which I think should have been more than enough time to not only bring it up, but investigate it as much as is possible... which, at best, is only going to result in an even bigger he-said/she-said scenario because it's not as if there's a rape kit to process or fresh wounds to photograph. Also, this supposedly happened when BOTH of these people were teenagers. Never mind that teenagers do dumb things all the time, especially when it comes to exploring their sexuality - regardless of whether or not the actual acts are more or less harmful. Hypothetically speaking, could Kavenaugh be prosecuted as an adult for something he did as a teenager? And if so, is that what we've been reduced to? Prosecuting SUCCESSFUL and probably MODERATELY WEALTHY, MIDDLE-AGED WHITE MEN - like pretty much all but one of the men that have been publicly taken down since the Me-Too Movement began... because I guess younger, more attractive, less wealthy men with jobs in the spotlight never do anything wrong unless their name happens to be Brett Kavenaugh - with or, as seems to be the case more often than not, WITHOUT proof or even the existence of it in some cases?

This isn't feminism or fairness or equality. This is entitlement of the worst kind, and it could potentially set a terrible legal precedent in which a member of one sex can accuse someone of the opposite sex of everything from sexual assault to "inappropriate behavior," under any circumstances and at any time, and not only see the accused lose their livelihoods and their reputations, but possibly their freedoms and status as an officially innocent and law-abiding member of society. In other words, it's saying that because women have supposedly been so oppressed and mistreated by men in the workplace for so long, a court of law should now elevate THEIR words and reputations over men's on the basis of gender not only believing any and all accusations of sexual misconduct against any and all men, but essentially being willing to prosecute and punish them without what would otherwise be considered sufficient or credible evidence and/or corroborating testimony. If people think this is going to improve male-female relationships in the workplace, theyr'e liable to be in for a rude awakening.

As for Kavenaugh, I don't believe for a second that this is about anything other than politics. Again, even if it happened as Ford claims and it's understandable that she didn't speak about it immediately, the fact that she not only waited over 35 years, but chose to speak up when Kavenaugh just happened to not only be a nominee for a position on the Supreme Court, but THE nominee that could decidedly tip the court to the political right for DECADES to come, is far more compelling than any commentator's psychobabble on the Chris Cuomo Show. If it weren't for Trump's horrendous personal history, I don't think the Republicans would even be allowing a hearing on this, and the fact that someone like Finestein sat on this for so long suggests to me that even most Democrats - whether they believe Ford or not - do not believe this is great ammo to use against Judge Kavenaugh.  In any case, it's hypocrisy of the highest order.  Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Bill Clinton... all Democrat Presidents AND philandering womanizers.  Ted Kennedy left a woman to die at the bottom of a lake or some other body of water after crashing the car they were in and wound up becoming the Lion of the Senate! When Democrats are in power or accused, this kind of thing is unfortunate, but ultimately irrelevant - the fodder of right-wing conspirators like the kind Hillary spoke of during the Ken Starr investigation.  In some instances, it's even turned out to be construed as almost endearing! When it's happening on the Republican side, though, it's more apocalyptic evidence of the male dominated society's "systematic" oppression of women everywhere.

Frankly, I don't want perfect judges that have never made mistakes and neither should anyone else. Why? Because they would probably be more inclined to see things as black and white. Of all people, liberal progressives - who have supposedly always defended the rights of the accused - should understand and take this into at least some consideration.