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I love Anns' cynicism and insipid tongue. But I think she is wrong here and does the conservative movement a disservice by unmasking her elitist predilections toward Harvard/Yale types. Denegrating SMU does not further the debate, it only show her snobbishness, which only works for me when applied toward liberal.

Bill Gates was a college dropout, but I would not put him under the column of dumbass. Some of the smartest people I have ever know never went to college. They were busy running buisnesses and raising families, but they were very , very smart.

I think Bush knows this woman and feels he can predictably rely on her conservatism and being an originalist. Smart, core belief, and strict constructionist view of the constitution is what is desired, and she has all three. She is not the best he could find. That person does not exist except as an ideal. This woman has qualities which will do exactly what the conservatives have been hoping for a justice to do, and that is, make rulings faithful to the original meaning of the constitution.

In the end, I suspect Bush put forth 2 stealth candidates to flummox the democrats and to avoid a fight. I suspect the man is exhausted. Who would want to put up with all of the sh*t he has put up with, and for eight years. When Stevens dies, I suspect he will put up Luddig and the guns will blaze. Perhaps we should cut him some slack.

"In the end, I suspect Bush put forth 2 stealth candidates to flummox the democrats and to avoid a fight. I suspect the man is exhausted. "

Couldn't agree more. Many on this board sound just like the Rats in their condemnation of the President.
We complain of elitism from the other side. We have become like them.