Posted on 01/22/2006 9:44:15 PM PST by neverdem
This is a nice little piece. Thanks for posting.
That anyone could consider Ginsberg a centrist after working for the ACLU is just jaw-dropping. Yes, you can't always judge a person by what organizations they've been involved in, but the ACLU is a glaring exception.
I'd like to see some more of our guys bring up these same points or some other forms of more objective-type evidence of what's going on with the libs and the media. It's hard to just deny facts. Even then, I'm sure our liberal buddies will give us all the proper nuance, but at least the facts would be out there.
Why the hypocrite socialist "mainstream" media is dying BUMP!
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I remember when Ginsburg was picked, nobody was really happy.
Senator Hatch suggested her, and her husband had been a big campaign donor (and fundraiser) for the clintons.
Basicaly Clinton picked her as payback for her husband, Hatch wanted to make sure Clinton picked someone old, not to smart (Ginsburg is an idiot) who while holding far left positions, wouldn't be on the court for a very long time and wouldn't be writing opinions.
If Clinton hadn't hadn't been all about himself, he probably would have picked someone just as liberal, but younger, in better health and smarter (those close to him wanted a liberal version of Scalia although some wanted Lawrence Tribe).
She will probably step down (or die) in the next 5 or 6 years.
I wish. Rush said something to the effect that they won't die. They just won't have the influence that they used to have. I hope that at least also goes for all of the dems.
... in the six weeks between Clinton's nomination and the Senate's ratification of Ginsburg.
George Mitchell was Majority leader for the impeached former president clinton in 1993 when Ruth Buzzi was nominated. He managed to arrange for a six-week turn around from nomination to confirmation. Today is the 12-week aniversary of Alito's nomination. Republicans are weak.
I don't know if I believe the story that Hatch suggested her. I think that was for public consumption.
In 1993 the liberal Dems were in power. Today the big govt Republicans are in power.
As the world turns.
I agree. It is a nice piece.
I also am thankful that it was posted.
He took alot of heat for it, so he has no real reason to bite the bullet.
To his credit, he did explain why.
I can't see any logical reason for Clinton to admit to it either, since it didn't make his base happy, or other democrats.
I think Hatch told the truth with this, he has nothing to gain and caught alot of heat for it.
Tell me this, Hatch made an agreement with the Dems to rubber stamp Clinton's nominees- why didn't he make them agree to do the same. How come Republicans are so stupid?
The dems they must realize they have changed the rules.
And they must calculate that with 55 current Republicans in the Senate, they will likely stay above 40 for a very long time.
That effectively means that even with a dem President, their chance of getting a liberal justice confirmed become slim to none.
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Ginsberg was, and is, the wealthiest person on the court. The media never examined the financial records of her, or her ambulance chasing husband.
How great would it be if Dubya got to choose her replacement?
Hatch, has actually talked about this, regarding the nuclear option.
In his view, and the way Reid mentions it, Hatch gave "advice and consent" (I'd call it a rubber stamp).
In his narrow and naive view, he thought the democrats would do the exact same thing as the republicans.
Its why I don't think Harch is lying, no senator would want to intentionally look that stupid on purpose....and he knows he looks dumb for it.
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