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The man has lived an exemplary life.

The "mostly" was left out. His life does include the drinking and partying, along with the rather sexist behavior that some of his HS and college friends recalled. Excusable after enough years of otherwise exemplary life? For me, probably. For others, that is their call.

And whether or not Feinstein followed the Senate's rules is still irrelevant in whether the charges were true or false, or should have been considered by anyone as a measure of qualification for a lifetime job on the highest court in the land. (Unless, of course, there is evidence of complicity on her part to conspire to push forward charges that were known to be false.) Don't forget that the "rules" are not determiners of truth, just of procedure. And sometimes rules reflect the desire of those who have the position to make the rules to keep their thumb on those who do not.

I am no fan of Feinstein or any of the recent Democrat leaders in the House or Senate. But I cannot presume that her actions reflected anything more than a desire to ensure that what she found as relevant information made an impact rather than just got buried in back-room strong-arming. It works both ways. If the Republicans do things I like it is "righteous," but when the Democrats do what I don't, it is despicable or illegal, then why do we find it so hard to understand those who see it the other way around? Do we presume that they are not working for the US? That they are enemies of the people and not patriots?

Have we been listening to Limbaugh, Beck, Savage — and even Trump — a little too much?