Kavanaugh hearing, continued

I've been keeping up on the Kavanaugh issue, and this seems to be latest update: Where negotiations stand between Kavanaugh's accuser and Republicans

One of the disturbing things seems to be that the Republicans want to hire an outside lawyer, specifically a woman, to ask Ford questions. Wow, manipulative much? It's apparently dawned on them that the optics of eleven old white guys vs a single woman will look bad. So they're going to adopt the tactic of all those serial rapists in bad movies who hire women attorneys to defend them in court, to, you know, let the jury know that despite the obvious they're actually woman-friendly.

And Trump and the Republicans still won't allow the FBI to investigate the allegations against Kavanaugh, even though that has been standard procedure in similar situations. Why not?

And though Ford has asked that the other person who is said to have witnessed the incident be forced to testify at the hearing (Mark Judge), the Republicans won't allow it. Why not?

It seems obvious this Kavanaugh hearing is not about finding out the truth. The Republicans don't care if Kavanaugh tried to rape someone. Letting Ford speak isn't about trying to figure out what happened, it's about throwing a bone to the #MeToo movement to get women voters off their backs. THey have the power to force the confirmation through and they will, because nothing maters to them but winning.

But .... women won't forget this when they vote in the midterms. And if the Democrats flip the House and maybe the Senate, things may change. Committees led by Democrats can investigate Kavanaugh, and attempted rape is a felony in Maryland, where there is no SOL on that crime. Supreme Court Justices can be impeached and they can go to prison.

Meanwhile, some insight into Kavanaugh's lovely past ... A flag of underwear: Photo from Kavanaugh’s time shows DKE hijinks