Posted on 10/12/2005 9:42:10 PM PDT by Checkers
RE: OUCH [Rod Dreher] But Kathryn, I fully expect that if Justice Stevens retires, President Bush will nominate his dog Barney to fill that vacant seat. After all, who can a man trust to be loyal more than his dog? I reckon the president knows Barney's heart as well as anybody's, and certainly Barney has no paper trail, unless you count stuff he chewed up when he was a puppy. Besides, if Caligula can put his horse in the Senate... Posted at 06:16 PM
http://corner.nationalreview.com/05_10_02_corner-archive.asp#078596
It appeared at The National Reviews Online blog "The Corner".
I wonder what William F. Buckley would think of this?
Kathryn Lopez is the editor of The National Review Online. She can be reached at: klopez@nationalreview.com
Feel free to let "K-Lo" what you thought of the post.
it's called a sense of humor.
You may want to invest in one some day.
Honest...wouldn't you rather have a dog on the SCOTUS than Beyer, Ginsburg or anyone that a President Hillary would appoint?
Dear "K-Lo", I thought that was great!
"You may want to invest in one some day."
How much do they go for?
Checkers lost his sense of humor back when Nixon had to use him to save his political career. (This DOES strike kinda close to home to a FReeper named Checkers, no?)
Besides, I've read the European papers. Apparently Bush's lap dog is named "Tony Blair," not Barney.
>> wouldn't you rather have a dog on the SCOTUS than ... Ginsburg <<
What is this, a trick question?
"Honest...wouldn't you rather have a dog on the SCOTUS than Beyer, Ginsburg or anyone that a President Hillary would appoint?"
Wouldn't a dog have to recuse itself in the following upcoming cases?
-Fido, et.al. vs. American Hydrant Manufactorers, Inc
-United States Postal Service vs. Spot
"Apparently Bush's lap dog is named "Tony Blair," not Barney"
A "poodle" according to the Blair-haters.
Barney would be an improvement.
You should see him on the Church scandals.
Even so, I think Rod's tongue was in his cheek, but not firmly so. Because with Greenspan leaving, I confess I *am* worried about what Bush's personal accountant might be up to.
And I'd trade Barney for one of any number of judges on the Ninth Circuit in, oh, a heartbeat or so. Steve Reinhardt (Pomona College and Yale Law, a solid runner-up poster child to Souter) would be particularly good trade bait.
Well, he's certainly not a bulldog.
That remark was WAY over the top, but don't blame K-Lo. If she scrubbed every controvertial statement typed on the fly, The Corner wouldn't be worth visiting. I'm iffy on the whole Miers mess, but let's not rip our fellow conservatives apart.
Truman once said that if you want a friend in DC then get a dog. Since Bush is so loyal to his friends, why not Barney?
"Feel free to let "K-Lo" what you thought of the post."
Just did....thought it was a great humorous posting. Oh...BTW, you folks are really desperate when you start entire threads on a single blog posting.
A cat would be even better.
Karl Marx is dead.
AM bump
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