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"Stopping that is all we should be asking for; to go beyond that is to turn around and do what we decry the libs for doing."

I sincerely am NOT promoting the idea that conservative 'judicial activism' is a good idea.

I am however promoting the idea that this man may indeed be deceptive and deceiving. Not on any evidence whatsoever from him ... but on the emotional reactions of the democrats on the committee. He is going to get many democrat votes in total. I don't know how many. Perhaps as many as half of them if not more.

It is that sense that I have that gives me misgivings, but nonetheless, your charge that I may be myopic may have merit. Time will tell.

btw, I do wear glasses..... I hate em. But haven't wanted to do Lasik....

I do agree with the observation that if you saw the Bork/Thomas/Ginsberg hearings, you were warned about the double standard, as a conservative aiming for the Supreme Court. There are conservative attorneys that know how to play the cards, if you will, in a very liberal profession.

Remember the joke, if there's one lawyer in town, he drives an old, beat-up car; if there's two lawyers in town, they both drive Mercedes (or whatever brand of over-priced car you choose to insert).

Well, there are attorneys smart enough to keep their noses clean, especially considering the fact that conservatives being named to any important court will probably have private eyes nosing through their proverbial trash. Perhaps Roberts is one of them.

We all know conservatives who are great on paper, but just don't hold any star power or can't think on their feet. Then, there are those who can really hold their own -- it's just they aren't invited to be in the public eye very much, for obvious reasons -- the MSM wouldn't want to persuasively put both sides out there, after all.

We'll just have to see. While I agree with the fabulous Ms. Coulter that it would be nice to see a string of fiery conservative speeches by Roberts at Federalist Luncheon's at Tony Cheng's or at the Heritage Foundation, perhaps he was smart enough to hold his tongue for when it counts.

Heck, think about that Loser John Heinz-Kerry, filming himself in action poses in Vietnam...he was thinking ahead. Is it impossible that an honest conservative thought ahead, and it's paying dividends now? One can hope this is the case for Roberts.