@Finn dAbuzz,
Quote:No that is a specious question.
The demand for an FBI investigation is an obvious ploy to delay the vote. There is no reason why Kavanaugh should join it.
The question was..."why doesn't Kavanaugh himself demand/request an FBI inquiry?" (There's a corollary question here as well...why would Ford request this if she's lying thus setting herself up for perjury and false testimony to the FBI?)
These are not specious questions. If Kavanaugh moves through to sit on the bench and subsequent information dug up by reporters or others shows or strongly suggests that he did behave as described, then not only is his reputation shot forever but so is that of the Republicans who pushed him through and that of of the Supreme Court itself. The cleanest, most honest and transparent way forward is for him and the Republicans to ask for or demand such an investigation. Your suggestion that Dems will somehow find a voice willing to lie (again, lie to the FBI - and then have the FBI so gullible as to get suckered by such a fabrication) is not credible.
And there is no reason to rush this process through other than political - the GOP clearly fears something will turn up or be revealed and their candidate no longer tenable. Claims that the court MUST have a 9th member IMMEDIATELY are ridiculous on their face given the 10 months that Garland was held back by McConnell.
Quote:Let the accuser come forward and make her case.
This just makes we want to say '**** you'. If you carry any honesty whatsoever, you'll acknowledge the dilemma facing almost any female who makes such a charge, particularly where the male who is being charged is a powerful individual with an enormous and pervasive media system behind him which is entirely willing to paint that female as a lying, dishonest, disgusting slut out to tarnish a saint's reputation. In this case, she will be grilled by a bunch of political operatives who, for the most part, will be out not to discover the truth but to smear her into oblivion. She will be all alone and being watched by millions as the character smears cascade down on her. And all this while Kavanaugh has been, and continues to be, murder-boarded by agents training him to respond in certain ways and to present himself agreeably and to avoid a huge set of questions. This has been going on since he was nominated. Ford has been given six days and has no such coaching resources on her side. This nothing - nothing - close to what the term "justice" means. So, like I said, **** you.
