What the Dems did to Bork was allow him to drone on and on at his confirmation hearings. He was so far outside the mainstream that most of the judiciary committee recommended against his confirmation, as did eight of his fellow Republicans when he got a vote from the full Senate. I would love to see this Republican-controlled Senate give the current nominee the same treatment: a hearing in which he can present his case and a vote by the full Senate.

As far as Thomas goes, the despicable aspect of that was his own behavior.