Credible means: able to be believed; convincing.
The #FakeNews media, and even some conservatives, are saying that Ford's testimony was credible because she seemed sincere; that's an evaluation based on feelings.
But when we examine Ford's story we find it's incredible; that's an evaluation based on facts.
The whole "she seemed sincere" meme is based on the idea that the acting profession doesn't exist. That people can't act differently than they feel.
One time at a funeral for one of his cabinet members who had died in a plane crash Bill Clinton was caught laughing his head off with two of his friends. But the instant Bill spotted the camera he became somber.
To say that after a month of coaching Ford couldn't sound "credible" is itself incredible.
We all know that there are people who can lie to us and we can't detect it. We also know that all decent people's first response to a woman's claim of being assaulted is to believe her simply because we all feel sorry for someone who has suffered something horrible.
We feel that way, in great part, because none of us would lie about something so traumatic. As Hitler pointed out people will believe a big lie because the vast majority of people would never tell a big lie hence they tend to think that other people won't tell a big lie either.
The problem is that Ford is on record as intentionally and willingly lying to us and to Congress. She said that she couldn't testify sooner because she's afraid of flying. Yet in fact she's a jet setter who flies often. A fact that she knew would be discovered quickly
So we know that Ford is willing to lie to further her agenda even when she knows that people will quickly find out she's lying.
While it's true that everyone lies, at least occasionally, very few people are willing to lie when they know that people will quickly discover that they're lying. We feel comfortable with getting away with a lie but uncomfortable with being caught telling one.
But Ford is exceptional; she doesn't feel uncomfortable being caught lying. That tells us a lot about her willingness to lie. That's why the fact that she sounded "credible" says nothing about whether or not her story is credible.
There are a number of reasons to say that her story is incredible; here are a few:
1) Everyone who knew or knows Brett Kavanaugh say that he would never do what Ford said he did. Obama is a very evil fascist but if Ford accused him we'd all doubt it simply because assaulting women isn't in his wheelhouse. On the other hand if Ford accused Bill Clinton or Teddy Kennedy we'd believe her in a heartbeat because both of those Democrat icons have a proven track record of assaulting women. It's literally incredible to accuse a man like Obama or Kavanaugh of assaulting a woman.
2) Everyone Ford said would confirm her story in fact denies it. This was never he said she said but they said she said. While one might argue that Kavanaugh has a reason to lie Judge doesn't really and PJ and Keyser definitely don't. In fact it's clear that Keyser would love to help her friend Ford but she's not willing to lie under oath to do so.
3)During Ford's testimony she significantly changed her story to make it harder for Kavanaugh to produce an alibi.
4) She told her therapist that there were 4 boys who attacked her. She didn't mention Kavanaugh's name and she didn't mention there was a girl at the party. Now she says one boy attacked her while another watched and that there was a girl, a good friend of hers, at the party. Further she is refusing to let the Committee see those notes even though she shared them with the Washington Post.
5) She originally said that the attack occurred in the mid 80s which would have meant that Kavanaugh was in college. But years later when she ambushed Kavanaugh she changed that to the early 80s. The story she was polygraphed about had early 80s changed to 80s which could mean she failed the friendly polygraph on her first try or that she changed what she was polygraphed about in advance because she was afraid she'd fail because she knew she was lying about the "early" 80s.
6) She is a professional psychologist who would have been psychoanalyzed as part of her education/training. Yet she claims that even though she had been traumatized for decades because of Kavanaugh she didn't bring up the events she is now claiming occurred to any of her own therapists until 30 years after the event.
This list could go on for a very long time, check out this article and this article, but this is enough to demonstrate that if one pretends there is no such thing as acting and one goes with one's feelings Ford is credible. But if we use our minds and look at the facts her story is incredible.
But ignoring reason and relying on emotion is the primary tactic the Left has used to sell it's horrible policies to the country. Hence we have every reason to believe that a woman of the Left, Ford, has used that technique to try and destroy a good and honest man who will not legislate leftist demands from the bench.
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