Posted on 11/01/2005 8:25:23 PM PST by pissant
It's sad enough to watch a presidency unravel with unethical conduct, pride and incompetence. It's worse to have the president try to unravel constitutional precedents, respect for the U.S. Supreme Court and national unity to regain his political standing.
Mired in crisis, President Bush has chosen a deeply divisive nominee for the court, Judge Samuel Alito of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Alito is a conservative beloved by the religious right, which calls him "Scalito" for his supposed adherence to the views of Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Bush has again shown that, in contradiction of his entire 2000 election campaign, he is a divider, not a uniter.
Bush's choice of a white, male to replace the first female justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, came as the nation for the first time held a memorial viewing in the Capitol Rotunda for a woman, civil rights heroine Rosa Parks. On first blush, Alito seems to lack O'Connor's ability to bridge divides.
In the face of the president's calculated divisiveness, the Senate owes the country a fair, thorough examination of Alito's views. The review should begin with his stances on such issues as abortion (on which Harriet Miers was apparently too balanced for extremists), privacy and civil liberties. The Senate must counter presidential recklessness with calm, reasoned advice -- its constitutional duty.
Unreal.............unworthy of even a liberal college newspaper.
When the left gets all righteous (sounding), we know they're on quicksand.
They ask, and they shall receive. In spades.
''I feel for ya''.......Thats about as bad as the LA SLIMES!
What worthless drivel.
All these reporters and libs keep saying that O'Connor was such a uniter, mainstream, sensible, blah, blah, blah....what did she actually DO to unite anyone?
I hope its a very quick quicksand. ;o)
This rag needs to get out more. Last time I checked, there was a lack of unity about the role of SCOTUS, and the wisdom of some of its decisions. Whomever wrote this, spent too much time in journalism school, and thus, indeed alas ineluctably as a consequence, they are so uneducated about anything that matters, and so ill equipped with basic reasoning abilities, that they are unaware of the personal embarrassment to which they subject themselves.
What else would you expect from the Seattle Sans Intelligencer?
Answer: Nothing. She just leaned liberal on enough decisions that they tolerated her.
"presidency unravel", "mired in crisis", etc., etc., etc. Blech!
If the MSM would allow an actual, unbiased poll of a representative sample of Americans, I'd bet the supporters of Alito would way outnumber the ones opposed to him.
Being a current resident of the state from which Seattle's loonies probably came, I feel for you!
Well said.
try now we can only lose
and our love become a funeral pyre.....
Will ya take them back...PLEASE
The PI's idea of national unity is when everyone in the country finally achieves their level of enlightenment. It is the illusion of children.
/sarcasm
Like we don't have millions more like them still here!
I just wish they'd all relocate to one area in CA so we could vote in some decent representation!
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