Here's another version of the same Op-Ed that is everywhere...
Is Brett Kavanaugh a nice guy? That's irrelevant. So is alleged sexual assault as a teen.
Paraphrasing -- he did it. He lied about it. We knew about it. We don't care we want our judge.
Situational ethics.
C'mon man, it was 1983 and apparently the "attack" was so serious that there was
no police investigation, police report, no authorities were called to investigate....nothing.
Show me where the victim was legitimately in fear of her life and took the standard and customary steps of calling the authorities, and I'll change my mind in a moment about this. But really....what's next? He jaywalked in 1985, stiffed a waitress on her tip in 1989...downloaded music from Napster in 1990 and scalped tickets to the Red Sox/Yankees playoff game?
I'm all for examining the man's record. The full professional record should be under scrutiny--something that the Republicans are hiding by the way. He may have committed some form of violence against this person; he may not have. But unless you report it; you can't play the card 35 years later and say it happened. I'll use the example again; if we got into a fist fight today and I don't call the police to investigate it or the College Dean or our supervisor at work (if it happened at work)...I cannot come back in the year 2053 and say you assaulted me, can I?