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Here's a wacky idea: Anthony Kennedy for Chief Justice!
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Posted on 07/08/2005 12:27:20 PM PDT by dangus

With O'Connor already announcing her intention to retire, Rehnquist leaving us with only a question of when, and the strong likelihood of 85-year-old Stevens or Ginsburg retiring by 2008, I propose that Bush should consider nominating Anthony Kennedy to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Don't get me wrong: I'd love to watch Nancy Pelosi's head explode as Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia were promoted. But the viscreal thrill of it aside (and yes, I know I'm a junkie when I can refer to the "visceral thrill "of a Supreme Court nomination), it wouldn't do much. "Chief Justice" has become merely an honorary title.

The Democrats are clamoring for nominations in the mold of O'Connor. Kennedy, while having a different focus than O'Connor, is just about exactly as conservative or liberal as O'Connor. And, until a third vacancy occurs, Kennedy will be the swing vote on just about every issue, since Souter, Breyer, Ginsburg and Stevens are all essentially left-wing partisan hacks, and hopefully Renquist's and O'Connor's replacements will join a staunchly conservative bloc with Scalia and Thomas. So, Kennedy will be the de facto chief of the Supreme Court anyway.

Essentially, it buys Bush a perception of centrism at almost zero cost. The public perception will be of a perfectly balanced court being created by Bush: four liberals, four conservatives, and the Chief Justice as the ideological centrist. And yet, Bush will have steered the court as hard to the right as is presently possible.

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KEYWORDS: addlepated; anthonykennedy; chiefjustice; dangus; dumbideas; idiot; moronicpost; notnews; scotus; stoopidposts; supremecourt; yourpostondrugs
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To: dangus

Comments......how about no.


81 posted on 07/08/2005 3:36:22 PM PDT by Busywhiskers ("...moral principle, the sine qua non of an orderly society." --Judge Edith H. Jones)
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To: dangus

What is the name of this mysterious destructive disease that constantly compels conservatives to try to make liberals happy.


82 posted on 07/08/2005 3:41:36 PM PDT by Modok
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To: dangus

We (conservatives) won. Liberals lost. Bush gets to put 3 or 4 conservatives on the highest court in the land to reestablish the Constitution of the United States as the law of this land. Liberals....you may flail and convulse all you want...it will entertain us....All of your piss and vinegar will not turn back the clock. Yours is a failed ideology, and morally bankrupt view of the world, and is the first cousin to the soviet system which is in the ashheap of history. You have always been on the wrong side of history.


83 posted on 07/08/2005 3:46:41 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter
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To: Dave S
Why is it that religious kooks also quote others ad nasuem but cant come up with any thoughts of their? Just curious.

Because all the great ideas have already been thought of already, by such religious "kooks" as Moses, Jesus, et. al.

You sure you're on the right forum?

84 posted on 07/08/2005 4:15:06 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Looks like the Supreme Court wants to play Cowboys and Homeowners.)
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To: PhiKapMom

I shudder to even think about elevating Kennedy. He has already Peter Principled out.


85 posted on 07/08/2005 5:22:20 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07

Same here! I couldn't even believe someone on here put this up either.


86 posted on 07/08/2005 5:40:59 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- J.C. for OK Governor in '06; Allen/Watts in 2008)
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To: Dave S
"Leadership" and "courage" would be coming out for gay marriage or some other abomination in Missippi when you are running for office as a conservative Republican.

That is not leadership and courage -- that is abject stupidity and that person would be NO conservative Republican.

87 posted on 07/08/2005 5:43:36 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- J.C. for OK Governor in '06; Allen/Watts in 2008)
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To: PhiKapMom

LOL, me either. I'm more a Vince Lombardi kind of guy, three yards and knock them on their butts. Forget the double reverse end around quaterback on a post pattern crap.


88 posted on 07/08/2005 5:44:38 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: PhiKapMom
Do you believe this ?

Is this FR, or DU ?

89 posted on 07/08/2005 5:47:04 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: jwalsh07

Or as Woody Hayes would say -- three yards and a cloud of dust! I am with you -- right up the center and pancake the opposing lineman!


90 posted on 07/08/2005 5:51:44 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- J.C. for OK Governor in '06; Allen/Watts in 2008)
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To: nopardons

There has been a lot of DU comments on here today. Funniest thing I heard all day was when I was out in the car and had Rush on -- he said the doom and gloomers are the liberals. I cracked up laughing after the conversations some of us have been having about the doom and gloomers! :)


91 posted on 07/08/2005 5:53:48 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- J.C. for OK Governor in '06; Allen/Watts in 2008)
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To: dangus
Here's a wacky idea: Anthony Kennedy for Chief Justice!

Here's an even wackier idea: Roger Gehrwinkel for local Dog Catcher! Go ahead. Put him on the Spot.

92 posted on 07/08/2005 5:57:11 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: PhiKapMom
Rush must have been reading our posts...again.:-)

But this thread takes the cake!

I think that it's long past due, to instate a test ( on history and how our government REALLY works )here, and having to be passed with a minimum of an 80%, in order to be able to post anything to FR.

93 posted on 07/08/2005 5:57:29 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

LOL!!! I will second the idea for a test! I am not sure some of these people even passed a Government course not to mention have little knowledge of history. Scarey!


94 posted on 07/08/2005 6:01:15 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- J.C. for OK Governor in '06; Allen/Watts in 2008)
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To: dangus

Congratulations! National Review online stole your idea and repeated it almost verbatim, they did this about an hour after you posted it.
http://bench.nationalreview.com/archives/068968.asp


95 posted on 07/08/2005 6:13:22 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: Blurblogger
"Leadership" and "courage" would be coming out for gay marriage or some other abomination in Missippi when you are running for office as a conservative Republican.

Thanks much for defining your type of hero, I hope you will reconsider.

Can you read? Do you know what an abomination is? What makes you think I favor of any of things? I just said it didnt take much if any courage to stand up for what everyone you know believes in.

96 posted on 07/08/2005 7:12:19 PM PDT by Dave S
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To: PhiKapMom
"Leadership" and "courage" would be coming out for gay marriage or some other abomination in Missippi when you are running for office as a conservative Republican.

That is not leadership and courage -- that is abject stupidity and that person would be NO conservative Republican,/i>

Your missing the point. I wasnt passing judgement on what was being said, just trying to point out it doesnt take a hell of a lot of courage to standup for the Ten Commandments in Alabama or Missippi. Maybe if the Judge was in Massachusetts I would think it was courageous.

97 posted on 07/08/2005 7:17:02 PM PDT by Dave S
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To: PhiKapMom
It's VERY frightening! God only knows WHAT classes these people had in school and what kind of grades they got.
98 posted on 07/08/2005 7:42:09 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Dave S

Thanks for clearing that up! I wondered!


99 posted on 07/08/2005 7:44:38 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- J.C. for OK Governor in '06; Allen/Watts in 2008)
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To: Dave S

I can most definitely read. It sounds like our only real disagreement is on the hypothetical negative examples you chose, which I don't regard as either leadership or courage.

Cheers.


100 posted on 07/08/2005 8:00:15 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
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