Reply #100: It's always possible [View All]

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And that's why I'm not very fond of forced outings. We never really know the why of it, and I'm not one to judge reasons. It could be something as simple as the partner not being out herself.

Honestly, if it wasn't already out there to the degree it is, I'd probably not even bother talking about it at all. If it's true, Kagan has to know on some level that attempts by SC nominees to be inscrutable invite that much more scrutiny, and there is almost no possibility the truth won't eventually wash out with everyone scrubbing on her past.

That's why I'm kind of leaning against the idea that she is. I know the rumors are out there from people who I generally expect to know about these things. And yet, the administration was pretty adamant she's straight. If that isn't the case, it seems like a needless, easily disproved deception with the potential to unravel a nomination. It would be some seriously crazy hubris or incompetence to risk it.