“>There are those here who seem to take it as axiomatic that whatever Obozo would appoint to SCOTUS and other courts must inevitably be worse that whatever Robozombie might appoint. That is the planted axiom.”<
Thanks for explaining because nothing in my posts in this thread referred to the Court, so there was no way I could have guessed that this was the planted axiom I was Fee, Fie, Fo Fummed for. :-) I did say in another thread a day or two ago, though, “I wouldnt like that either [Romney naming leftist justices]. I think the opposite is more likely, though that people would settle for a worse nominee from Obama than from Romney because theyd figure that would be the best they can get.” (I just say ‘likely’ because I don’t think we can know for sure.)
I don’t see why that would have to be a planted axiom, though. It may not have been consistently true, but I’d place Democrat presidents to the left of their Republican adversaries for the last half century at least, so I’d make that assumption on my own without anybody having to plant it. You can’t always tell how some of these justices will turn out, though.
To summarize, your point is well-taken that you did not specifically mention Romney's proclivities as to disastrous judicial appointments. Romney is actually a MUCH broader problem than SCOTUS and judges and a considerably worse problem than Obozo is capable of being. Romney is a problem across the board for those who are neither trust fund babies nor other members of the pampered, powdered and privileged class. The planted axiom was that somehow there might be a legitimate argument that Romney is somehow better than Obozo.