Posted on 02/07/2006 2:42:37 PM PST by new yorker 77
The phony drama of Judge Samuel Alito's confirmation has at last staggered to its foregone conclusion. Judge Alito is now Justice Alito. What are we to make of it?
First, as they almost always have done for the past 26 years, Republicans have again outmaneuvered the Democrats. And that is what is really important to both sides, not whether the judge deserves the position.
Using his tried-and-true playbook, President Bush first controlled the process, then set the criteria for approval, and then controlled the semantics. The latter was accomplished, as always, at the start, when Judge Alito was described as a ''conservative.'' The media immediately bought the word and the Democrats were boxed into opposing a conservative judge. Ask anyone for his or her idea of a judge and you are almost certain to get the word ''conservative'' in the first sentence of the definition. ''As sober as a judge,'' the old saying goes.
Judge Alito may have a fine record, but it is not conservative. His whole legal career has been about advocating radical change in established precedents and accepted legal philosophies.
The Senate confirmation process was under White House control from the start. That control was so complete that it was possible to forget that this process was about the Senate using its constitutional power to confirm or reject a nominee. The Senate vote is the only vote we, the people, get on who is a Supreme Court justice.
The White House even set up a ''Murder Board,'' according to the National Law Journal. The board's function was to ''polish'' the nominee so as to make sure no substance came through during the hearings.
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I wish they'd get their story straight--Is Bush a witless moron or an evil genius?
There is only one solution for their voters.
Join the GREEN party!
Vote for Cindy Al-Sheehan in California, also.
I the days and months ahead their rage and paranoia will grow.
Hopefully triggered by decisions from the Court itself.
We just did it again, Malcolm J. Gross. You were "maneuvered" into writing this piece - and the backlash from it will help us elect another President in a few short years. Thanks again, and keep an eye out for black helicopters.
I'm reminded of the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, railing about how he would destroy his enemy, only to have his arms and legs lopped off easily.
"That's just a flesh wound!"
Over at DUmmieville, they must be muttering "What happened?", in in their case, "What the F*** Happened?!?!?!?"
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Great post.
Or President Bush getting a third SC appointment. :-)
I just learned that the press is in bed with George Bush and his administration. LOL Who is this guy Gross?
Yeaaaah! I can see Bush controlling puppets KenEddy and Scummmer, very clevvver!
I'd go with the pterodactyl. The hat and broach are so passe.
"Is Bush a witless moron or an evil genius?"
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An idiot savant maybe....:)
I am still puzzling over this assertion. I guess this makes sense if you think Bush 'stole' the elections.. although trying to discern the thought processes of a moonbat is not for the light hearted =)
Ask anyone for his or her idea of a judge and you are almost certain to get the word ''conservative'' in the first sentence of the definition.
Judge Ginsburg. Hmmm ... no, I can't quite bring myself to put "conservative" next to her name.
Judge Alito may have a fine record, but it is not conservative. His whole legal career has been about advocating radical change in established precedents and accepted legal philosophies.
Which were liberal departures from accepted conservative constitutional jurisprudence. So does undoing liberalism make you a radical?
The people had a vote in 2004 to see who got to nominate the next justice. Your side lost, loser.
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