When Joe Manchin turns on the conservatives you know they have f'd up. 

lol.. a democrat attacks republicans

Joe Manchin has said, more than once, that he is not a liberal.  He's one of you, albeit a little more moderate. Think Jack Kemp.

The right hee hawed over Judge Jackson's supposed gaffes and blunders, but Americans looked at it more as pointless, ridiculous bullying on the part of the conservative senators.

The right hee hawed over Judge Jackson's supposed gaffes and blunders,

Well yeah she can't define a woman.   Amazing she's been able to fill out all those forms her whole life asking for her sex.  Does she guess?

but Americans looked at it more as pointless

That answer was gold. It's going to be used over and over for months.  No matter what Dailykos says, that doesn't play well outside the far left bubble. 

I hope that their nastiness to her will be remembered by the voters in November - I think they were fools to go overboard on her.   It would raise my opinion of Americans generally if they have taken umbrage at what occurred and show it with their votes.  I would have an iota of respect for Republican Senators if they exhibited the integrity that Democrat Senators didn't with Kavanaugh, and didn't childishly act out "getting even". 

When asked for their definition of a woman, the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously agreed:  "The obedient servant of her husband."

Biden promised to nominate a woman. Was she surprised? How did she know she fit his criteria?

What the GOP did to her was nothing compared to the dirty tricks the Dems pulled on Kavanaugh.

They think it's perfectly reasonable to accuse a nominee of leading a rape gang in high school, but asking a judge to discuss her actual judicial record is a basically a crime against humanity. 

In that case, many liberals are claiming the exact opposite.

Lol...Funny how that works.

It was clear what kind of answer Blackburn wanted: Something chromosomal. Something to do with uteri or double X’s or estrogen — never mind the millions of women (postmenopausal, post-hysterectomied, infertile or living with Turner syndrome) who would not fit those definitions. Or maybe what Blackburn wanted was exactly what she got: Jackson declining to answer so that conservative groups could use that as political fodder...

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hearings were four days of defining what it means to be a woman...

She defined what it meant to be a woman every time she sat with a placid smile through accusations that she was lenient on child pornographers or that she was paid for by “dark money.”...

She defined what it meant to be a woman when she spoke about the impossible balancing act of work and motherhood...

She defined what it meant to be a woman — specifically a Black woman — in the long seconds it took her to find a response to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) demanding , “Do you agree … that babies are racist?” while he displayed pictures from a children’s book...

Later in the hearings, Cruz returned to the task of trying to get Jackson to define a woman. “I think you’re the only Supreme Court nominee in history who has been unable to answer the question,” he said — as if defining gender was part of some centuries-old Supreme Court application form.

The judge again declined to answer the question in biological terms. Instead, she answered truthfully: “I know that I am a woman,” she said. And any woman watching her would have known it, too.

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The reactionaries' idiocy about this whole topic just proves how totally clueless THEY are.

I know that I am a woman,” she said

Lol.. How? Is she that inarticulate?  What happens when a "woman" sues under Title IX? How will Jackson know if she's a woman? 

It was a disastrous answer, and all the spin in the world from the far left bubble isn't going to change that.  

ies' idiocy about this whole topic just proves how totally clueless THEY are.

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Having been at a Folk Festival in what seems like a thousand years ago I watched a performance by Maria Muldaur singing "I'm a Woman" with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band.  Wish I could find her singing it on bilibili or Youku, but there is a more jazzed-up version of it on YouKu.  However, you might find the original on YouTube.  Here are the words to the song.  Perhaps you should read them first....

I'm a Woman (lyrics as sung by Maria Mudaur)

I can wash out forty-four pairs of socks
And have them hangin' out on the line
I can starch and iron two dozen shirts
Before you can count from one to nine

I can scoop up a great big dipper 
Full of lard from the drippin's can
Throw it in the skillet, go out and do my 
Shopping and be back before it melts in the pan

'Cause I'm a woman
W-O-M-A-N
I'll say it again

I can rub and scrub till this old house 
Is shinin' like a dime
Feed the baby, grease the car and 
Powder my face at the same time
Get all dressed up, go out and swing
Till four a.m. and then
Lay down at five, jump up at six 
And start all over again

'Cause I'm a woman
W-O-M-A-N
I'll say it again

If you come to me sickly, you know 
I'm gonna make you well
If you come to me hexed up, 
You know I'm gonna break the spell

If you come to me hungry, 
You know I'm gonna fill you full o' grits
If it's lovin' you're lackin, I'll kiss you
And give you the shiverin fits

'Cause I'm a woman
W-O-M-A-N
I'll say it again

I can stretch a greenback dollar bill
From here to kingdom come
I can play the numbers, pay my bills
And still end up with some

I got a twenty dollar gold piece says
There ain't nothin' I can't do
I can make a dress out of a feed bag
And I can make a man out of you

'Cause I'm a woman
W-O-M-A-N
I'll say it again

'Cause I'm a woman
W-O-M-A-N
And that's all

I could fantasize Jackson jumping up out of her seat and singing that in reply to here being asked to define "woman".

Watch it...(LINK) ->  weibo

he Illinois Democrat proceeded to call out lawmakers whom he believes used the confirmation hearings as a vehicle to promote themselves.

That's an award winning example of a total lack of self awareness. 

And speaking of a lack of 'self-awareness'.

Yes, go ahead, blame it on Helsinki. 

Like I said.  And THAT too is coming.  

Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most popular Supreme Court nominee in years

Yes, she pretended to be a Scalia clone. Quite a win for progressives that they have to pretend to be conservative to look reasonable,

I watched some of the..........uh.........proceedings.

Paraphrasing, "Define a woman."

Manchin is of course correct.  It was.

Most of the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee looked like complete fools.  Judge Jackson was a towering figure compared to those feeble-minded nothings.

I didn’t get to hear everything, but I do agree that some of the Republican senators took ridiculous approaches with her, no question. On the other hand, as a group, they were generally better behaved than Democrats have been with the last few conservative nominees.

This time around, we didn’t have the ridiculous protests, deep dives into the nominee’s adolescence, or bizarre accusations that we suffered through previously. At least this time, most of the silliness I saw was actually focused on issues relevant to legal controversies. That’s something, I suppose.

For a process that has become extremely tribal over the last decade, this hearing process was almost a breath of fresh air by comparison and actually gave me a little hope for the future. Supreme Court nomination hearings will probably always inspire a little irrational hysteria because some issues are deeply divisive.

However, I feel like maybe we have actually taken a step back from the abyss this time. I am hopeful that Jackson will receive at least 60 votes. In my opinion, she deserves 90, but we haven’t come back that far yet.