>>>>Mike, agreed.
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>>>>My opinion is that the US is about to get a good president whatever happens, so people should relax! ;-)
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>>>CNN has just forecasted that Palin will 'bow out of the race for personal, family reasons' next week.
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>>If that happened and I were a cynic, I'd almost be ready to believe the whole thing was orchestrated. Her nomination gave the reps a real lift in the public eye when they needed one badly. Her daughter's pregnancy gave them a lift in the sympathy department, and her bowing out will give the reps a huge bonus lift again in the sympathy department. Of course, it also would help if she got out before the court case really got steaming along.
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>>At this point though, it's not a fact, just a prediction, so I will, for the time being, put my cynicism on the back-burner.
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>I have to assume you are kidding. Orchestrating something like that would not be Machiavellian but rather Pythonesque. Remember Tom Eagleton?
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>I think what we are seeing is the feminist equivalent of the Thomas hearings. She's a woman - but not a *real* woman because she does not have the opinions that are part of the Vision of the Anointed.
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>I disagree with her on a good number of things (Creationism, Gay marriage, the role of government in reproductive decisions) but the kind of vitriol coming from Daily KOS and the hate machine is so vicious I think this may be the jump the shark moment for the loony left.

Remember, I said that I'd only wonder about it if she actually does step down so soon after her nomination. I have no reason to believe any of it at this point.

I should also mention that I thought Anita Hill was far more believable than Thomas.