Media Ignore Gephardt's Vow to Overthrow the Supreme Court

NewsMax.com ^ | 6/24/03 | With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[Jean S]

The leftist media establishment has shown a stunning lack of interest in Rep. Dick Gephardt's bizarre threat to vanquish the Supreme Court.

As we noted Monday in our article on the Supreme Court's rulings on racial quotas, Gephardt said Sunday, "When [sic] I'm president, we'll do executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day."

Imagine the nationwide media uproar if candidate George W. Bush had said such a thing. But Gephardt was pandering to Jesse Jackson, so any crazy promise seems to be OK in the eyes of the pro-Democrat media.

A few people outside the media mainstream did take notice. Andrew Sullivan wrote today: "Does Gephardt understand even the basics of constitutional law? Or does he think his audience is too craven to notice an obvious piece of nonsense."

Rush Limbaugh pointed out the wacko pledge in an item on his Web site headlined "Nine Democrat Losers Meet to Race-Bait."

But headlines in the daily papers have been hilariously bland and unrevealing. "Democratic presidential hopefuls tackle issues of interest to blacks," according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Democratic hopefuls get together at forum," quoth the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Headlines in the Baltimore Sun, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Detroit News and others merely claimed that Gephardt and company were backing so-called "affirmative action," i.e., discrimination against those of European or Asian descent.

Will these media think it is an "affirmative action" if by some miracle Dick is elected president and manages to "overcome" the judicial branch of government?

NewsMax has called Gephardt's handlers for comment. Stay tuned.

[Nateman]

So rule by the RAT means the rules only apply to you? Nothing new here, just move along.

[ErinsDaddy]

Hello--anybody out there?

Does anyone care about the Constitution of the United States?

We know the dims don't but what about the rest of you?

Can you say Dem dictatorship?

[Jean S]

Related thread:
Gephardt vows to ignore the constitution

[Arpege92]

Absolutely, I care about the constitution of the United States. This guy is an idiot and he was doing some major a$$ kissing when he said it.....I am just going to sit back and watch Dick(less) bury himself. LOL

[HHFi]

I write a topical comedy service for radio DJs, and I considered using that quote yesterday and ridiculing it. I ended up not using it, not because I wanted to cover up for Gephardt, but just because I consider him to be so unimportant, he's not even worth making fun of. I certainly wouldn't have dropped my story about the orgasmic cow from Germany to make room for a Dick Gephardt quote. Not only was the cow more interesting, she also has a better chance of getting elected president, and she's not even an American citizen.

[CyberAnt]

CAN ANYBODY SPELL D E S P E R A T E ...??

[exDemMom]

168 grains

What is that?

[exDemMom]

about the orgasmic cow from Germany

Gosh, how did I miss that one?

[MattAMiller]

If the radio talk shows flog this enough it will start to get picked up. It even took a few days for the Trent Lott controversy to get legs. And eventually the other Dems won't mind bringing it up.

[Sabertooth]

Does anyone care about the Constitution of the United States?

Nope, neither party. However, since the Democrats care less,
I should vote enthusiastically Republican. Or so I'm told.

[connectthedots]

weight of a bullet.

[Cacique]

168 grains refers to lead as in a bullet. I would consider that post to be an implied threat and a secret service agent reading this thread would be paying a visit to centurion's home to cnfiscate his arms and commit him to a mental institution.

[Centurion2000]

168 grains refers to lead as in a bullet.

Ever weighed a voter's card ?

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The closer we get to the election, the more outrageous the media is going to become. You can already hear it coming.

[ErinsDaddy]

NEVERMIND

He said "overcome" not "overturn".

[mabelkitty]

So Dick wants to be King, eh?

Perhaps he should be Czar.