The showdown between Christine Ford and Brett Kavanaugh is only about 12 hours away and both parties have submitted their statements to the committee. Kavanaugh’s is very much in keeping with the statement he released earlier in the week when he served notice on the Senate that he was not withdrawing.

Here is Judge Kavanaugh's opening statement to the Judiciary Committee tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/PT1WzXjWlr — Kevin Daley (@KevinDaleyDC) September 26, 2018

And now we have Christine Ford’s statement. It is, well, sort of exotic.

JUST IN: Text of opening statement from Dr. Ford for Thursday's hearing, as submitted to the Senate Judiciary Cmte. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/VXlWwuHAr5 — NBC News (@NBCNews) September 26, 2018

Text of opening statement from Dr. Ford for Thursday's hearing, as submitted to the Senate Judiciary Cmte. (2/2) https://t.co/kdrUxk2XiK pic.twitter.com/8M0O9UEAYz — NBC News (@NBCNews) September 26, 2018

She confirms that all she can remember is that Kavanaugh is Satan.

Christine Ford's statement for Thursday's hearing says "the details of that night…are ones I will never forget. They have been seared into my memory." She does not remember how that gathering came together, how she got there, or where it was. Everything else is seared. pic.twitter.com/VM0vS4u2WM — Mike (@Doranimated) September 26, 2018

The number of people at the party continues to change

Sorry late addition based on sworn Ford opening statement to Judiciary. Now it's "5 boys & a girl". That's FIVE different versions of who was in a small house party: https://t.co/NdD8wNjMkv https://t.co/pyZSzylVy0 — Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) September 26, 2018

This is the most interesting part. We know the incident first surfaced when the Fords were in marriage counselling. This adds some color to the context:

Here is Ford's testimony about why she waited until 2012 to reveal the alleged assault against her: she wanted a second front door and her husband didn't and Brett Kavanaugh was the reason why. pic.twitter.com/9FyHqQ9apH — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) September 26, 2018

I sort of had to laugh at this, having built a home with my wife and I acting as the general contractors. It is easy to see why they ended up in marriage counselling. It is even easier to see how this story could come about. The fact that there doesn’t seem to be two front doors is also germane.

I don’t see how any of this is going to move the needle one way or another. Kavanaugh is adamant it didn’t happen. All the witnesses named by Ford say it didn’t happen. That is what is known as a slam dunk. This is no longer he-said-she-said. This is four credible witnesses saying that nothing resembling Ford’s story ever took place. I don’t know if she’s a liar who is obsessed with converting her hatred of Kavanaugh and the GOP into fame and fortune (that is the simplest theory), or if she’s mentally ill, or if she was actually attacked by someone at some point and has mentally turned Kavanaugh into the attacker. And none of that really matters. All that matters is that the clear weight of evidence says the alleged assault did not take place.

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