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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.

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.

I know. And I didn't like that either.

btw, Bork DOESN'T rule. He didn't make it.....

I opposed her (belatedley). It's not even close. The anti's were, in many cases, absolutely horrible. That is not to excuse "sexist" and the other names thown out by the pros. Some painted too wide a swath: "elitist" applied to Coulter (that was the heart of her early argument), but not all antis.

But like I said, it wasn't even close. One of the reasons it took me so long to switch to the oppose side is that it was hard for me to be on the same side as such mean-spirited people. And for that, I'm sure I'll be called a pollyanna.

BTW, the same could be said of the immigration issue. I would have a tendency to agree with the hard-liners, but so many of them are loudmouthed jerks. It's hard to associate with such people, even if tehy are "right".