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Ol' Sparky wrote: What utter horse manure. This nothing to do with the Ivy League and the rest of the GOP. It has to do with a Republican President once again appointing a stealth candidate who clearly has many liberal leanings as opposed to appointing an known originalist with proven track record. Stealth candidates have repeatedly failed to be originalist and it is outrageous we're being asked to accept such a strategy with 55 Republicans seats in the Senate.

Clarence Thomas was suspected of being a squish too when he was nominated.

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Clarence Thomas was suspected of being a squish too when he was nominated.

I don't remember it that way at all.

In fact, the libs and the Dems were apoplectic at the thought of a solid black conservative ascending to the Bench.

Nearly all Republicans (except maybe in the farthest fringe) were solidly behind Mr. Thomas.