Well, I'm a good deal more liberal (politically) than Doug, and I would have preferred to see someone other than Thomas get that seat on the Court. But as far as I can tell Doug has provided a pretty solid rationale for accepting Thomas' qualifications to sit on the Court; at least, I found his arguments pretty compelling (all the more so when you recognize that he was subjected to some significant abuse along the way, but did not respond in kind). Whether we agree or not on any particular issue, I'm glad we have Doug on this forum, and I don't think he has to "show the white feather" to anyone.