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To: TimF who wrote (158041)	1/14/2003 11:51:25 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1580072

Why is it that conservatives have strict standards on some issues and loose standards on others? If you specify what you think we are (or more specifically I am) overly strict and overly lose on I can respond to your question. As for racism I think it is a serious charge that true or not can ruin a person's career. So I would require a lot of evidence before I said someone is a racist. However if you can tell me when Pickering did call someone a niger maybe I will change my mind about him. I don't think he did but if you have evidence I would like to see it. Of course Byrd is in a much higher position then a (non supreme court) federal judge job and has a much more obviously racist past then Pickering but that doesn't seem to bother you as much as the vague posibility that Pickering might be or might have been racist. Oftentimes, you don't know for sure that a person is a racist until you spend some time with him/her in their home. Given Pickering's history, given the importance of a lack of bias in judicial positions and given the significance of the courts in our society, I would not risk it with the man. That's my view. ted