THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIALIZES: Confirm Brett Kavanaugh: The Judge rightly called out the politics of ‘search and destroy.’

The female friend Ms. Ford says was at the home the night of the assault says she wasn’t there. The number of people she says were there has varied from four to five and perhaps more, but every potential witness she has cited by name says he or she doesn’t recall the party.

She still can’t recall the home where the assault took place, how she got there or how she got home that evening. She has no witnesses who say she told them about the alleged assault at the time—until she first spoke of it at a couples therapy session 30 years later in 2012. Mr. Kavanaugh’s name doesn’t appear in the notes of her therapist.

As for Judge Kavanaugh, his self-defense was as powerful and emotional as the moment demanded. If he was angry at times, imagine how you would feel if you were so accused and were innocent as he says he is. To deny the allegations as he did—invoking his children and parents and so many others who know him—and be lying would mean that he is a sociopath. If he were found to be lying, he would be impeached and probably prosecuted. Nothing in his long record in public life betrays the kind of behavior he is accused of against women.

Had he not been as forceful, his opponents would have said he looked guilty. Because he called the Democrats out for their character assassination, the critics now say he lacks the right temperament. The truth is that there is no answer, and no demeanor, that Brett Kavanaugh could offer that the left would credit. Their goal isn’t the truth. They want to destroy Judge Kavanaugh.

Yep. And get revenge for Hillary’s defeat, which has been the sole defining principle of their politics for nearly two years.

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OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.

UPDATE (From Ed): Yes, once again, the Insta-time-stamps have hiccuped, which is why some readers got a head-start on the open thread tonight.

KAVANAUGH AND THE FLIGHT 93 ELECTION: “I can’t stand Trump. I didn’t vote for him and for the moment don’t plan to in 2020. But where else to turn? What we have learned in the last two weeks is that the left will crush anyone who does not support The Agenda. Our elite institutions will crush The Agenda’s opponents (take it from me – I work in a university, where I have to maintain a careful silence about virtually everything). Do we really think this will stop with Kavanaugh? Do we really think they won’t come for all of us? I have a son – what am I supposed to tell him? ‘Be romantic and treat women well… but also get a notarized consent contract for every interaction you have.’ What kind of world is the left pushing us into?”

Read the whole thing.

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BOB CORKER: I’LL VOTE TO CONFIRM KAVANAUGH.

IF IT WEREN’T FOR DOUBLE STANDARDS, THEY’D HAVE NO STANDARDS AT ALL: Robert “Beto” O’Rourke Will Not Get the Kavanaugh Treatment.

THE CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES MORALLY TODAY: “Somebody working from a House of Representatives office is editing the Wikipedia pages of Republican senators to post what looks like their home addresses. Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and both Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch of Utah all had their home addresses posted online. It is called doxxing, and it is despicable.”

ILYA SHAPIRO: One Way Forward: Confirm Kavanaugh Now.

When Professor Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations against Brett Kavanaugh first became public, I thought that, in our toxic political environment, there was no need to reopen the Supreme Court confirmation hearings to consider last-minute claims from the mists of history.

Once a new hearing was set, I thought it would be pointless at best and mutually destructive at worst. I was wrong on both counts — not because we have now definitively resolved anything, but because the tie goes to the runner: The American people deserved to hear from both sides, but we simply can’t let unproven claims to destroy careers and lives.

You don’t reward this sort of behavior.

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IT IS AN AGE OF WONDERS: And greatest among them may be Lindsey Graham being accused of toxic masculinity.

The Democrats may have just rediscovered that it is never well to push a southern gentleman to righteous anger.

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HOW DARE HE GET ANGRY ABOUT HAVING HIS REPUTATION TRASHED: Ashe Schow: Funny how the media have pivoted from Kavanaugh’s testimony to his temperament.

LEFTIES ARE AWFUL, PART 1 ZILLION:

WELL, I THINK HE BROUGHT IT: Judge Napolitano: Only ‘Righteous Indignation’ Will Save Kavanaugh.

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I APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT, BUT IT’S A CENTURY TOO LATE: Lindsey Graham to Democrats: ‘Boy, You All Want Power. God, I Hope You Never Get It.’

BREAKING: “Lindsey Graham is what’s wrong with men today. Toxic masculinity.”

CRIME OF THE CENTURY: Smash-And-Grab Thieves Hit Pot Shop But Only Got Away With Oregano.

KAVANAUGH FIGHTS BACK IN OPENING STATEMENT.

FROM THE PJM LIVE BLOG: “Whatever you think of Lindsay Graham’s politics, he’s known as one of the most likable and well-liked guys on Capitol Hill. Which makes it stunning to see him renounce his friendships with the Democratic members of the committee. Like Kavanaugh’s opening statement, I’ve never seen anything quite like it and it is moving.”

CHANGE: Is 100 The New 80? If you feel like 80 at 100 that’s pretty good, but if you can feel like 60 at 80 that’s probably a bigger deal.

THE INSTA-WIFE ON DR. FORD: A Psychologist Knows Nothing About a Polygraph? “As I watch Dr. Ford be interviewed by Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell about the polygraph, I notice how nervous Ford is and how little she knows about a polygraph. The woman is a psychologist and knows nothing about a polygraph? She says that a machine was placed near her with wires and acts very naive about what it does and what to expect. What PhD psychologist knows nothing about a polygraph?”

THE BABYLON BEE: Bill Clinton: ‘Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct Should Disqualify A Man From Public Office.’

It’s satire, but is it really?