I usually don't agree with George Will of the Washington Post, but he hits it square on the head:
Defending the Indefensible
Democrats, with their zest for gender politics, need this reminder: To give a woman a seat on a crowded bus because she is a woman is gallantry. To give a woman a seat on the Supreme Court because she is a woman is a dereliction of senatorial duty. It also is an affront to mature feminism, which may bridle at gallantry but should recoil from condescension.
Defending the Indefensible
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Date: 2005-10-23 09:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-24 01:49 am (UTC)