by Robert M. Traxler

The confirmation hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court have brought the horrible crime of sexual assault to the forefront, and as we would expect, most beliefs in the validity of this case are falling into party lines.

The numbers on attempted rape reports founded as compared to unfounded, are hard to nail down because in some cases it is a hard crime in which to determine the truth. Physical evidence is the investigator’s best tool. Rape is traditionally the most under-reported crime and at the same time among the most falsely reported crime.

According to a report in Bloomberg News, “Could the number be between 3 and 8 percent? Absolutely. But it could be substantially higher than 8 percent; it could even be that 40 percent of rape accusations or more are false, though I’d bet against that. It’s possible that less than 3 percent of rape accusations are false, though again, I would offer good odds against that. The point is that we don’t know, and the groups that claim to know are wrong together.” — Bloomberg.

If we take the politics out of this report of sexual assault/attempted rape made against Judge Kavanaugh by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford (an impossible thing to accomplish by the way), the charge is impossible to prove. Stating that, which is a fact (unless the accused confesses) will cause the folks who are anti-President Trump to refer to me by many awful names. However, a crime with three witnesses, two of whom denied it happened, no physical evidence, and being over 30 years old, is impossible to prove.

Many of the talking heads and political people line up in the “he is guilty until proven innocent” camp and in the “you must believe the politically correct victim” camp. The politically correct victim must be believed, or you are being an old white male defending a man who is guilty, and you are not protecting women, at least per Ms. Joy Behar of “The View.”

According to mrc News Busters, “Sadly, since coming forward with accusations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and her family have received numerous death threats. Also during that time, Kavanaugh and his family have also received horrific treatment. Despite the seriousness all around, ABC’s World News Tonight sided with Ford on Thursday by choosing to only report the threats to her and threw those against Kavanaugh in the trash.”

The fact that we must believe someone because of gender reminds me of my years in the deep South in the 1960s, when a white person’s word was given more weight than two African Americans’. I fully understand the truth is whatever folks want it to be, left and right; however, looking at this as a strictly criminal matter, regardless of your political view should be a no-brainer. Dr. Ford maintains she repressed the memory of this alleged assault until undergoing counseling; repressed memory syndrome is an extremely controversial topic in psychology and one many in the field do not give much weight. Given the facts of the case, an investigation, even by the FBI, could not yield enough evidence to prosecute.

If we look back to Justice Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearings in 1991 and the unproven charges made by Professor Anita Hill against then judge Thomas, we can see that those who say there is nothing in this for Dr. Ford are just wrong. Professor Hill’s net worth is between 4 and 12 million dollars depending on the political bent of the reporter. Professor Hill has several lifetime salaries from different colleges and universities and has had very lucrative book deals. Pointing that fact out will cause the good folks on the anti-Trump side of this nomination to become unglued, well so be it.

Democrat United States Senators who say they believe in the law and believe in the concept of innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, are standing up saying Judge Kavanaugh is guilty, they are sure of it. Exactly how that double standard works is beyond me.

Let’s look at this case. The victim states the assault happened, the accused and one witness say it did not happen; there is no physical evidence, the complainant cannot recall the date or location of the alleged crime, and there is a claim of repressed memory syndrome, a concept that has not proven reliable in criminal matters. The entire allegation lacks prosecutorial merit.

A group of women celebrities added their names to a petition saying they believe Dr. Ford’s testimony. At the date and time of their statement, Dr. Ford had not testified under oath to anything. Although she has not testified, no problem — they believe her, no matter what she says, because they want to.

Bring the guilty man in, give him a fair trial and then hang him! Has it come to that?