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Originally Posted by Jyqm
I think Alito's ideology is quite a bit more important than his penis or his bloodline. Bush should - and did - choose a nominee based on qualifications, and qualifications alone. Is this not the lesson we learned from the Miers fiasco? Race and gender are largely non-issues here, and criticizing Bush's choice on that kind of basis is ridiculous and pointless when there are so many other important issues at stake here, especially when Bush has been so prominently "progressive" in appointing not-white-males to many other important positions.
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Personally I believe Bush very MUCH considers a nominee's ideology or they dont make the short list. It is a virtual requirement that any nominee Bush puts forward is anti-choice. So as a woman who is PRO choice, that concerns me greatly.