So last week, after the Kavanaugh accusation broke, Washington Post Kathleen Parker could scarcely contain her indignation at “An 11th hour attempt to slander Brett Kavanaugh”:

After several days of showboating and judicial hazing, Democrats pulled out their biggest weapon against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh: a letter from an anonymous woman claiming sexual misconduct in high school.

There are no words — except, perhaps, desperate, scurrilous and embarrassing to anyone with a conscience and a grown-up brain.

Yeah, well that was Friday. This morning, Parker decides that while this might still be the hill she’ll elect to die on, perhaps, you know, she won’t plant herself right up there on the ridgeline, so here’s her first fallback position: maybe the slut isn’t lying—the poor dear is just, you know, mistaken:

Is there a Kavanaugh doppelganger?

In one of Brett M. Kavanaugh’s responses to allegations that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl when he was in high school, a charge he has denied “categorically and unequivocally,” he suggested that, perhaps, this was a case of mistaken identity.

Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), a member of the Judiciary Committee, reiterated this notion, saying that perhaps the accuser was “mixed up.” And on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board also floated the possibility of mistaken identity.

As crazy as that sounds, it wouldn’t be unheard of. And, given the high regard in which Kavanaugh has been held throughout his life, including during high school, it would make the most sense. Could there be a Kavanaugh doppelganger?

As noted Wall Street Journal columnist and lush Peggy Noonan once memorably wrote, after having suggested that Bill Clinton was being blackmailed by the Castro government, “Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.” Anyway, Kathleen thinks this is really the likeliest explanation, and we should just all wrap the thing up and give the poor man his SCOTUS seat:

In advance of the scheduled hearing, character references have been stacking up on both sides, with two of Kavanaugh’s former girlfriends and others saying he has always been a consummate gentleman. A separate letter signed by 65 women who have known him over the years affirms the same. Ford’s high school acquaintances and professional colleagues have been equally generous in supporting her.

Thus, giving both the benefit of the doubt, it seems possible to believe both that Ford was assaulted just as she has described — and also that Kavanaugh didn’t do it. In a case without evidence, witnesses or corroboration, mistaken identity would provide a welcome resolution to this terrible riddle.

See? Two of his former girlfriends say that Kegger Kavanaugh was a consummate gentleman (“Hyuck-hyuck: she said consummate!”). Checkmate, libtards!

I must say that back in 2016, when l’affaire Franken was briefly in the news, Parker was disposed to cut her own gender a little more slack:

Do I believe every accuser who has come forward? I'm inclined to. In fact, without good reason otherwise, I'm inclined to first believe the woman in any case. This isn't because I happen to be a woman, but because men historically have been unfairly believed over women. Assuming no relevant pathologies, why not believe the woman?

So why not in the present instance? Hmmm…

I’m gratified to report, for those of you who do not venture behind the WaPo paywall, that the last time I looked, today’s risible screed had garnered somewhere north of 1300 comments, most of these heaping derision on the author’s head, although a few gallant trolls have stepped up to her defense. Mind you, I got a sense of flop sweat reading the thing. There are a couple of her WaPo stablemates who rise to this level of mendacity pretty effortlessly. But there’s promise here. If young Parkwalker really applies herself over the next couple of years, building on these recent efforts, then Messrs. Thiessen and Hewitt had better look to their laurels.

cordially,

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