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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
Maybe watch Advise and Consent? I don't care if he makes it or not. but FWIW I think it inevitable that Trump will get someone on.
If there is an FBI investigation on something that happened a million years and we hear that it is likely something happened, and that means he should not be on the court, god bless. But we can't just say she said this happened so he's toast, right? Beyond him, you realize how this precedent stuff works?
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I think there are some crazy people out there who believe an allegation is enough. But those are fringe people. I think rational people are in general agreement that we have to determine if there's heft to this allegation before dinging him. If there is, then we adopt GGG's job interview standard (that a credible accusation backed with compelling facts should be adequate to ding him).
The GOP is not going to allow an assessment of whether there's heft to the allegation, however, as it's demanding she appear Monday or not appear at all, and she's requesting to appear later in the week. Epic game of chicken.
Here's the most interesting possibility (which I know you've considered, but is still worth stating): She doesn't show up Monday, he's confirmed, thousands of investigative journalists look into the allegation and two years from now, a slew of books come out proving she was telling the truth. Then we have a guy who engaged in sexual assault on the Supreme Court. I think you can impeach a SCOTUS Justice. What happens if the GOP is still in power? Do they push him to resign? Refute the books and support him? Monday isn't the end of this thing, but just the beginning.
