re: #139 Charles

Again — I disagree with Hinderaker that she was being dishonest. Her first statement in the speech is highly qualified — she’s “not sure she agrees with O’Connor,” she says “more often than not,” etc. And in the very next paragraph of the speech she says very clearly that she is not talking in absolutes, that “many are so capable” of reaching wise decisions despite differing backgrounds.

Many people are invested in reading what she has said in a certain way.

People on the left did this too post-2000 about Bush and Cheney, and I didn’t like it any better then.