Kavanaugh and His Accuser

For decades, the frustrating and tiresome ritual with a Supreme Court nominee has gone as follows:

1.  The nominee refuses to answer legitimate questions about his judicial philosophy.
2.  Given the importance of the nomination, and with no effective way to oppose it in light of #1, the party out of power engages in a war of personal destruction.
3.  The nominee is approved, anyway.
4.  Everyone is bitter about the experience.  Rinse and repeat.

The allegations of sexual assault here are serious enough to be disqualifying, assuming they were proven, if they had occurred while Kavanaugh was working for Ken Starr, or at the White House, or as a judge.  But . . . high school?  Seriously?

At some point, this needs to stop.  Nominees should be willing to answer the real questions, and the personal destruction should come to an end.