Kavanaugh Can Join Thomas.

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They have delayed, and have offered to hear out the accuser.  I don't think that it is a reasonable precedent to delay everything, because of a eleventh hour accusation.  I think that this could encourage unfalsifiable claims, for just that purpose.

I think that such things need no encouragement. Even if they would, that is no reason to discourage them on its face. As noted by multiple authors, there is plenty of time for a fuller investigation, the Republicans don't seem to want that solely because if the charges are substantiated, that will bork that or any nomination until after the election. That is not a valid reason for not pursuing a fuller investigation. The question is not simply whether such an investigation might delay a vote on his nomination, but whether that delay is justified or not. I think it comical that we are 6 weeks away from the election, and Republicans are complaining that Feinstein brought the matter forward when she did rather than a mere seven days earlier.

It's rather clear that the Republican complaints are being made because they fear that Kavanaugh's nomination may not survive the election, rather than any substantive argument against either Feinstein's timing or the need for an investigation. The Republicans are trying to, once again, railroad this nomination through, in spite of the possibility that Kavanaugh is unfit to serve, and any facts that get in the way of that effort are viewed with suspicion and unsupported allegations. The cheek of Republicans to complain about Ms. Blasey Ford's accusations possibly not being well supported in order to make substantially unsupported allegations about Democrats simply because it interferes with them getting what they want is remarkable.