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Tom wrote:

Last week, they tried to make an issue of her intellect... she isn't
smart enough to be a SC Justice... they'll say anything... it's
shameful.

It cuts both ways.

Do you not remember the Clarence Thomas high-tech lynching?


No, since no lynching happened. Thomas himself called it a lynching,
which helped divert attention from the purpose of the hearings. It was
a deft playing of the race card.

Of course, the hearings did not call Thomas' intelligence into
question, so your point is doubly irrelevant.

Absent any real or manufactured scandal, Sotomayor is going to be
confirmed on the merits. The only question is how ridiculous her
opposition is willing to look in vainly opposing her. So far, the
answer has been "pretty damn ridiculous." Ex: The title of this
thread.