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Thank you. I just have a feeling she could turn out to be just as conservative as Scalia and Thomas. Meek is not weak and it would be a PROFOUND MISTAKE for anyone here to assume that because she is reserved and tranquil looking, she must be milk toast. My father has always told me, it's not the guy with the swagger and big talk you should worry about. The one you should worry about is the soft spoken seemingly meek person, because they're the ones that will eat your lunch if you push them too far. He survived four tours in Vietnam so I trust his ability to read people. Just because this woman hasn't been an in your face controversial hard line conservative, does NOT mean she would not rule the same as one of those would on the SCOTUS. I think we would be better off if she was a "duck" Justice. Calm and sereign on the surface, and paddling like hell under the surface. For well over a decade she's been a dedicated evangelistic Christian, doing missions work, being very pro-life, etc. That speaks a lot to me.

And let us not forget. Ronald Reagan, God rest his soul, was a democrat at one time. As was Richard Shelby. As were many of the men and women years ago who are now stonch conservative constructionist Republicans. I think we need to keep this in mind. How guilty will some feel here if they really jump on her, and in time, she proves to be the fifth conservative constructionist Justics we have so desperately needed for so many years? People need to be patient. And Pray. So far, I like what I've heard about her. All the pro I've heard has been from people who REALLY know her. All the con has been conjecture and speculation. No known conservative has come out against her that I've heard. That needs to be taken to heart.

Sounds like your Dad was a wise man!

I, too, will take the sit back and wait & listen approach. I must admit to an earlier life as a Democrat, first as a liberal then a moderate. It took years of watching our government throwing money at our schools, the poor, and all of society's problems to realize money couldn't solve those problems and there had to be a better way. I began my road to conservatism, and now consider myself to be a TRUE conservative no matter. Who's to say she hasn't been on the same journey?