The Daily Escape:
The Storseisundet Bridge, Norway. It is one of eight bridges on the Atlantic Highway â via themindcircle
Wrongo has tried to resist the developing story about Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who is accusing him of attempted rape during high school, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
And there are plenty of reasons not to write about it. Itâs the subject of an all-out media blitz. Hundreds of new facts will be presented between the time this is posted, and it is read by all of you Wrong patrons. But, itâs an inescapable narrative, so here goes.
Since Dr. Ford is willing to testify, she should be asked to testify. Brett Kavanaugh has said that he would also like to testify in the matter. Marcy Wheeler offers an idea:
But she shouldnât testify alone. Mark Judge should testify along with her. After all, according to her letter and the WaPo account, he was a witness to the event.
Mark Judge was one of Kavanaughâs best friends in prep school. He apparently was in the room when the attempted rape took place. Ford describes Judge as watching Kavanaughâs alleged assault, occasionally egging him on, and eventually jumping on top of her and Kavanaugh â a move that allowed her to escape.
Judge is now a conservative writer who has written for publications such as the Daily Caller and the American Spectator. From Vox:
Heâs floated some controversial ideas in his writings â including asking in 2006 whether gay people are perverts….Heâs also the author of several books, including one recounting his teenage years of alcoholism and addiction.
At the risk of assassinating Mark Judgeâs character, he seems to, um, have a special interest in young women. He had a variety of posts to YouTube that have been taken down in the past day. You be the judge.
And why is it always that one guy whoâs in the room when an alleged rape happens, and can testify for the defense that the alleged rape totally did not happen, turns out to be a just a bit creepy?
In any event, Mark Judge should also testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Most Republicans are defending Kavanaugh with the usual tropes and memes about how it was all so long ago, and why does it matter? As Orin Hatch told the NYT:
It would be hard for senators to not consider who the judge is today, because that is the issue….Is this judge a really good man? And he is, and by any measure he is, and everybody who knows him says he is.
By all means, letâs ignore prep school indiscretions: She was a girl, and besides, she wanted it, and itâs much more important that we comfort the comfortable.
On the other hand, a whole lot of us, even when inebriated and underage, never thought we had permission to pull a woman into a room, force her onto a bed, and clamp a hand over her mouth to keep her from screaming.
It really canât be all that hard to find Supreme Court justices who have never attempted rape. Whether Kavanaugh committed an act of attempted rape yesterday, or 40 years ago, isnât germane. Attempted rape is just a rape that was stopped.
If thatâs in his makeup, then it’s always going to be a facet of his character.
There are plenty of judges who are willing to overturn Roe. There are almost as many willing to shield Trump from Mueller. But, if Kavanaugh can be brought down by one “youthful indiscretion“, no Republican is safe. So the GOP will defend him to the death.
Nothing short of multiple additional accusations will stop him. Maybe not even that.
