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I picked you for my first ever reply on Free Republic because you have such a snappy turn of phrase, and that would be the crux of things discussion-wise, apparently.

I noticed earlier in the thread someone had posted Mr. Reid's fairly recent disparaging remarks about Justice Thomas writing skills with, of course, the intent to poop on said Justice's mental acuity. What did Reid base this on? Does anyone know? I heard a sputtering defense here and there (see Ms. Ingraham) but never heard or saw anything substantive to counter the impression spread in the MSM that Thomas wrote poorly enough to embarrass the nation and wasn't smart enough to participate in the open court questioning. Is there something about Thomas' "stuff" that lends itself to this accusation? I got the distinct impression at the time that the comments were not Reid's, per se, but had some other source. Possibly SCOTUS sources, staff and otherwise? Someone, somewhere thought he was open to this kind of criticism.

Does Thomas write poorly? Who sets the standard of "embarrassing"? Anybody out there actually read any of his SCOTUS stuff? Can we find out if he uses Hallmark or American Greetings? Puppies or kitties? Just kidding.

I think the questions and criticisms directed at Miers have merit, there's meat on those bones. What I find so disappointing is the tenor of the debate. Having written my full share of goopy greeting cards and incoherant emails I wouldn't dare throw those kinds of stones at Ms. Meirs. If her professionally generated writings do indicate poorly organized thinking, well then, it will out in the hearings.

It is precisely this howling, chaotic tenor of destruction that will push a whole lot of people that I'd like to see serve our country out of or away from public service. I am sad when I think about that. I am also forever grateful that a personal hero of mine, Abraham Lincoln, didn't yield to the horrific personal attacks he endured, and prevailed in his public endeavors.

Finally, about IQ points, brilliant writing and repartee...so? How many synapses need to fire to tell you that murdering unborn children as a form of birth control has something inherently wrong with it? That making sweeping changes to a culture, religiously, morally, isn't something done of the moment, by a few folks who get themselves up in gowns and sit at a really high table? That taking the property of A and giving it to B isn't within the purview of those begowned individuals?

That's what smart, brilliant, well educated, stunningly written and eminently qualified has produced as far as I can understand.

That's what smart, brilliant, well educated, stunningly written and eminently qualified has produced as far as I can understand.

Well said. You truly do 'get it'. And that's why this article from the Compost and these petty' criticisms are such a joke. People's priorities are twisted and confused.

How many synapses need to fire to tell you that murdering unborn children as a form of birth control has something inherently wrong with it?

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