A crime that is exceedingly difficult to prove, but I would agree if we were talking about a criminal trial. That's a can of worms unto itself, and quite frankly, I'm not certain as to what is and is not 'evidence', and this whole affair has caused me to think more deeply on that front. This whole thing has caused me to ask myself questions that I do not have the answer for.
This, however, was a job interview. We didn't have to appoint Kavanaugh. We could have deemed the allegations problematic enough to pick another candidate. Trump could have appointed another conservative, he could have quietly retracted his nomination and got another guy in that would have done that which the right is clamoring for. The Democrats would have to be insane for trying for round two with another justice, and if the previous nomination is any indication, they wouldn't have, because they wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
I can not meet the 'beyond a reasonable doubt' requirement that some call for, but I don't feel that this is needed in order to decide whether or not he should be a supreme-court justice. It's problematic for me that he has five accusers, though I readily admit that I do not believe all accusers. It's more problematic to me that he's given answers about his year-book and past behavior that's obviously ridiculous. We all know what a 'devil's triangle' really is, and it would have done a lot towards my opinion of his character if he had actually admitted as much.
In an earlier poll thread, when asked whether or not we would except the conclusion of the FBI investigation, I answered with a 'yes'. I'm going to have to renig on that, I'm afraid. After five days, and extremely limited interviews, I don't think there was much of an investigation at all. This has all the hallmarks of appeasement, more than anything else. I understand that we've got a dead-line set by the potential turning of Congress, but we have until January before that takes effect. Personally if I was Kavanaugh, I would have wanted the investigation sooner, and to be far more thorough—It's an ugly reality that a person's reputation can be tarnished by mere allegations, and I would personally want to do all I can to put the public at rest. This wasn't that.
Based on what I seen, I don't think Kavanaugh could or should be convicted in a court of law. I don't think that he should have been confirmed, either. I'm not in the camp that believes that accusations should be automatically believed. However, I feel that after Ford's testimony, Kavanaugh's pathetic attempt at lying about his past, and this absolute joke of an FBI investigation, we should have gone with another conservative, someone else on Trump's 'short-list', and that the way this whole thing has been treated sends a clear message to women in regards to the futility of coming out.
