For the record: “You’ve watched the fight. You’ve watched the tactics, But here’s what I want to tell you: In the very near future, Judge Kavanaugh will be on the United States Supreme Court. Don’t get rattled by all of this. We’re gonna plow right through it and do our job.” —Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

Upright: “The most disturbing thing is these people who are on television, some people I know and respect, [who say] ‘I believe her.’ You never met [Christine Blasey Ford]. You don’t know anything about her. Are women born with a special gene for telling the truth, and men with a special gene for lying? … I have an open mind. I want to hear both sides of the story and make a determination. That’s what the American system of justice is all about.” —Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz

Non Compos Mentis: “Denying Dr. Ford an FBI investigation is silencing her. Forcing her into a sham hearing is silencing her. And pushing through Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation is silencing her.” —Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY)

Guilty until proven innocent: “All but five men in the world already share the terrible fate of not serving on the court. And, perverse though it may seem, the nomination of an accused sex offender is a great opportunity. Delaying or withdrawing this nomination will send a message that there is no such thing as ordinary, forgivable, just-a-bit-of-drunken-boyishness attempted rape. If we care about all the sexual assaults that haven’t yet occurred; if we care about the girls and boys who will become victims; if we care about preventing the debilitating, life-threatening trauma disorders victims often suffer, we must treat attempted rape as disqualifying for a Supreme Court justice.” —Sandra Newman in a Washington Post op-ed, “Want to help prevent rape? Withdraw Kavanaugh’s nomination”

And last… “Remember folks, if they can do it to Kavanaugh this way, they can do it to any adult male you know. Brother, husband, father, friend, colleague. The only dependent variable: whether the man is a political enemy of the progressive Left.” —Buck Sexton