The problem is there should be a bit of evidence before the hearings. There is none except for her friendship with Bush. I agree with you that we should know more but it must not be easy to continuously defend Bush's nominee with so little information. Cautious skepticism seems a more rational path to me...If she truns out to be great..great...but the fact that we will only have the hearings to go on leave me a little short on the confidence scale...How will we know the answers she gives (to the questions posed) really represent her since she has no record that would confirm whatever she says at the hearings....The fact is this is a mess that should never have occurred...regardless of how afraid anyone is of an open debate on a well defined nominee. The debate itself has caused FReeper to insult Freeper. I have followed your posts calling out this problem of vitriol and they seem to always be directed toward chastizing those most concerned about Miers and never toward her arch defenders...One wonders at the fairness of that if you are really concerned about the rhetoric and not just shutting down the debate.....As it is we are stuck and we should not be.
That is a fair criticism, in that I am probably more sensitive to those insults coming from people with whom I do not agree. I will try to be more aware and chasten those from both sides equally.