I FOUND Marianne Taylor's article as fascinating for what it said about the individual's perception of events as anything it said about Donald Trump's presidency ("The Kavanaugh fiasco is Trump showing us who's boss", The Herald October 8).
If one looks at the bare facts then a clear picture emerges. Dr Christine Blasey Ford's testimony could hardly be described as "very brave and credible". Not one witness she cited confirmed in any way her statement and her best friend at the time said she never once mentioned it to her. Couple this with the fact that the FBI found no case to answer and the attorney for the hearing declared her accusation fell well short of that required to prosecute and Ms Taylor's description is somewhat undermined.
I know the deep South having travelled, worked and lived there over several years and in no way do I recognise the timorous, acquiescent population she describes. The Southerners are proud and determined people who have a very firm view of how they want their country and states to be run. I would suggest their voting is done with more conviction than the majority in the UK. They are proud to be American and Donald Trump represents a path to the United States they want.
Do not be fooled; the whole Kavanaugh fiasco was caused by Democratic senators using a woman for their own ends. They cynically concealed Dr Ford's letter for six weeks then leaked it to the press at the last possible moment which not only delayed the confirmation hearing but also placed Dr Ford unnecessarily in the eye of a political and publicity storm. Accusing President Trump of sexually assaulting women truly ignores the elephant in the room namely Bill Clinton, whose record on accusations of sexual assault the Democrats and Ms Taylor conveniently ignore.
Mr Trump was elected President and however much the Democrats and the misled people in the UK try to portray it, the Kavanaugh hearing was a straightforward constitutional process.
David Stubley,
22 Templeton Crescent, Prestwick.
THIS morning (October 9) I turned on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme just after 8.20am. I heard a conversation in which the presenter and a contributor agreed that Donald Trump was to blame for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul.
Rev Dr Robert Anderson,
8 Old Auchans View, Dundonald.
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