A Love That Was Benched by Their Careers (Miers and Hecht)

LA Times ^ | October 8, 2005 | Scott Gold and Richard A. Serrano

[Shalom Israel]

2. It's none of our damn business.

So let me get this straight: her primary qualification is her sterling character, as proven by (1) GWB's "trust me", and (2) her devout Christian faith. The former can't be examined, and now according to you, the latter is "none of our d--n business"? In other words, GWB says she's qualified, and we have no way nor no right to actually look into whether he's correct in that assertion. Loverly.

[USS Alaska]

I'm not concerned about souter being a closet gay, but I do wonder whether ginsburg is human. klingon?

[Shalom Israel]

I'm not concerned about souter being a closet gay, but I do wonder whether ginsburg is human. klingon?

You decide:

[Graybeard58]

Personally, however, I have always felt that there are a small number of people who are so detestable, that is it OK to accuse them of such because:

That's the way I feel about Hillary. Klien's new book is full of gossip, rumors and innuendo about her but it's ok - because she's Hillary and she's evil.

[FastCoyote]

"This blows the assertions from her detractors that she's a lesbo."

Yup, instead it just turns out she's an anti-committment, anti-children, dried up spinster in a non-traditional shackup. But she's a Christian, so all doubt must immediately evaporate.

[pollyannaish]

Souter may be gay, but that is a pretty broad brush. There are LOTS of reasons for staying single.

[pollyannaish]

Oh, and there are plenty of married people who are gay.

So, that broad brush doesn't paint in either direction, imo.

[pollyannaish]

It seems to me, however, that since this is a lifetime appointment, once a judge is seated the risk of blackmail completely disappears because being outed will make no difference—other than perhaps recusing one's self from certain cases. But that sort of thing happens all the time.

That is very different than a person holding elected office.

[alnick]

That is correct. The lady's love life is private. It has absolutely no bearing on anything.

[Shalom Israel]

That is correct. The lady's love life is private. It has absolutely no bearing on anything.

I see. So she's a devout Christian who fornicates and inquiring any further is off limits. Interesting. Then stop claiming she's a Christian, since you aren't prepared to prove it.

[alnick]

How sick does a person have to be to equate having a long-term close friendship with a member of the opposite sex to a perverted non-Christian lifestyle?

[Shalom Israel]

How sick does a person have to be to equate having a long-term close friendship with a member of the opposite sex to a perverted non-Christian lifestyle?

I'd fire the question back at you, and ask how deluded you have to be to believe that a relationship that was "romantic at times" didn't include sex. But I won't ask it, because we both know you don't have any such delusion. That's why your starting point was that "her love life is her own business." Unfortunately, you can't have it both ways: if she's such a devout Christian, and we're supposed to believe she will ajudicate accordingly, then her position on, oh, sexual purity, becomes relevant.