...Does faking sexual assault charges to win a political battle bother you at all?...
Yes. Indeed it does. But neither you nor I know whether Blasey-Ford's allegation is true or false.
That's why we need the FBI to re-engage and to re-open its Federal Background Investigation of Kavanaugh, to learn more.
...The FBI didn't miss it because it didn't exist before
Neither you nor I know that to be fact... not to mention that the allegations had not yet surfaced, which makes it difficult to investigate.
If you are not talking to the people who can shed light on an old (alleged) incident, then you are, indeed, going to miss something.
Now that allegations of sexual assault have been raised against this nominee, it is appropriate for the FBI to re-engage.
A quick-and-dirty three-day Anita Hill -style investigative effort would probably suffice... to either refute or confirm such claims.
Well in advance of the mid-terms, which puts to rest any Republican concerns over lengthy delays.
You DO want to get this right, don't you? You DO want to be seen as fully exploring a woman's claims of sexual assault, don't you?
Anything other than a simple "yes" to both will play into the hands of your political opponents to your own very great political peril.
But if you truly think you're "bullet-proof" in this regard, you go right on ahead, playing it the way you're talking about here.
I will ask you on the morning of November 7, 2018, whether you finally understand what I was saying here, this week.