\u00ab\u00a0Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter,\u00a0\u00bb Christine Blasey Ford testified, \u00ab\u00a0the uproarious laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense.\u00a0\u00bb<\/b>
\nIf you\u2019ve been watching Dr. Christine Blasey Ford\u2019s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, you know her appearance is nearing its completion. From my personal perspective, the exchange that stood out as the most heartbreaking was this one between Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) and the professor:
The text may not fully convey how gut-wrenching an exchange it was.
Soon after, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asked the witness, \u201cWith what degree of certainty do you believe Brett Kavanaugh assaulted you?\u201d Ford replied, \u201c100 percent.\u201d
There was also quite a bit of discussion this morning about the fact that Ford tried to share her story before Kavanaugh was nominated \u2013 when he was still on the short-list \u2013 which undermines the idea that this is all an 11th-hour ploy.
The question of credibility is an inherently subjective one, and I realize different people can hear the same person say the same things and come away with very different impressions.
But I am hard pressed to imagine any fair-minded observer watching the proceedings thus far and concluding that Ford is perpetrating some kind of dishonest, politically motivated scheme.
Last week, Donald Trump, referring to Ford, told reporters, \u201cLook, if she shows up and makes a credible showing, that\u2019ll be very interesting, and we\u2019ll have to make a decision.\u201d
And while there\u2019s still a second half of the hearing to go, and the Supreme Court nominee has not yet even begun to field questions in his defense, there can be no doubt that the \u201cshow up and make a credible showing\u201d threshold has been cleared.<\/p>\n

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