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

Me too.

There is a strange thing with women in the U.S. though. Most often, a woman's greatest critics are other women.