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Smarmie Doofus

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Mon May-10-10 05:59 AM
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1. No crap-shooting here:

Edited on Mon May-10-10 06:00 AM by Smarmie Doofus

>>>>>Thomas, Scalia, Alito and Roberts will never change>>>>>>>

Souter was the last straw for "movement" conservatives. In the last three GOP admins all nominees had to have hard-right credentials to be seriously considered.

Academic distinction and professional gravitas are no longer the gold standard.

It's a political/ideological struggle now. Seems to me dangerously shortsighted to pretend it's not.

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