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My entire problem with this process has not been with people who legitimately opposed her nomination, Dog.

But since you were in agreement with them, perhaps you didn't notice the vile attacks on her as a person, and on the President, and on Christians, somehow excused as political discussion.

I have never witnessed such rottenness here..........no matter what the topic was. We have lost good freepers because they couldn't take it any more. It was out of hand.

I have spent most of my time just countering the bile spewing out of hate-filled ubercons. It's been disgusting.

I know lots of good freepers who opposed her nomination, but that's not what I'm talking about.

I still think there's a good chance that she would have been a great judge, but none of us knew that. And none of us ever will.

But we are 'blessed' by Sandra Day O'Connor longer now. I just pray that no important decisions are made with her still on the court before a conservative gets through the Senate......

I have never witnessed such rottenness here..........no matter what the topic was. We have lost good freepers because they couldn't take it any more. It was out of hand.

I've been around here for a while.

This forum has had spirited fights over other issues.

I've read your type of post after those debates EVERY time.

This forum is still here, still going strong, still a vibrant and robust place to come and discuss conservative ideas and politics.

Politics ain't beanbag or tiddly-winks and some of us are REALLY invested in the concept of changing the course of the Supreme Court. Thus, our sometimes emotional reactions to the Miers pick.

It wasn't personal, it wasn't about religion, and it wasn't "elitist" or "sexist". It was about sensing that we were watching an historic opportunity to achieve a long wished-for dream go by the boards because of...well, whatever it was that drove the President to pick Miers.

It was about watching a deep bench of proven originalist talent get passed over in favor of a pick that was deliberately inscrutable on jurisprudential issues.

As for which side of this debate was "nastiest", I suppose that's in the eye of the beholder. But there were some here that were throwing the likes of Ronald Reagan under the bus in order to try to make the case for Miers.

Enough said.