am not gifted with clairvoyance. given these limitations, i will have to listen to the testimony before i make up my mind about the testimony. what i do know is that i don't believe dr. ford is part of some vast conspiracy from start to finish to smear judge kavanaugh as has been alleged by some on the right, and i do know that i do not believe that judge kavanaugh is some kind of serial predator as some have alleged on the left. i must also say that separate and apart from this nomination and the facts that pertain to it, i do not believe that the claim of sexual assault is invalid because a 15-year-old girl didn't promptly report the assault to authorities. as the president of the united states said just two days ago. how uninformed and uncaring do we have to be to say things like that? much less believe them.