Well, this thread kinda sorta lasted longer than I expected. But anyway, the extreme bad faith way in which this allegation was handled by Dianne Feinstein is very telling. The accuser wrote a confidential letter to someone who was never in a million years going to vote in favor of Brett Kavanaugh, which she ignored completely during confidential questioning of Brett Kavanaugh, which conveniently leaked just before the vote was to take place, which the FBI has stated that they cannot investigate, and the accuser refuses to testify until after an FBI investigation is completed...
Does anyone remember all the accusations against Trump concerning sexual assault during the election? Some of those were extremely disturbing. But conveniently they all just... evaporated into thin air once the election was over.
There is no ignoring the attempts by Democrats to delay these confirmations. Which is fine. The Republicans are going to do everything in their power to get their agenda passed, which is exactly what they were elected to do, and the Democrats are going to do the same. But some of these tactics are truly disgusting in their lack of any sort of moral integrity. I'm more than happy to see criminals in DC held accountable for their crimes and removed from power, but there doesn't actually seem to be any of that going on. Instead it's just accusations being used as weapons in the pursuit of political power, and if it fails, then those accusations are brushed under the rug and forgotten.
Personally, I think the Republicans should go forward with the confirmation vote. Allowing the system to be manipulated in such a way would set a dangerous precedent, just like lowering the votes needed to confirm a justice from 60 to 51 back in 2013.