Guarantee: Supreme candidate will be Borked
LifeNews.com posted short bios earlier this week of the eight potential Supreme Court nominees whose names are most often bandied about, all of whom sound good.
Meanwhile, NARAL sent out a Supreme Court e-alert warning to its “Gen Pro-Choice” list today (with the slogan, “not just your mother’s pro-choice movement”)….
…. first asking its apparently minds-filled-with-mush young recipients to vote for one of these Supreme candidates: Cartman from Southpark, Paris Hilton, Darth Vader, the cast of O.C., or Wonkette (popular sex-crazed liberal blogger).
Then, in response to a fake letter to the editor asking if it will really matter to protest President Bush’s SC pick, “Ask Genny” says:
This might be ancient history, or maybe you know where this is going…
Robert Bork was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1987. He was super-conservative and staunchly anti-choice. And let’s not forget that he had the support of an incredibly popular president at the time — Ronald Reagan. But when it came to a vote on him in the U.S. Senate, he was trounced in a BI-PARTISAN 58-42 vote. Why? Lots of reasons, but high on the list was public outcry. You do not want to be at the dinner table with my Mom when his name comes up. She will bend your ear for hours about how hard she and a whole lot of others worked to stop him from getting on the Court. And may I remind you: this was before the internet was there to help (emphasis theirs).
President Bush, the nominee, and Senate Republicans had better stock up on Bepto-Bismol to stomach what’s coming, although seven Senate GOPers already demonstrated they didn’t have the stamina for a lesser challenge.
Good catch, boss.
Have been distracted lately, but v. glad you have this blog, as well as your columns, Jill.
We can guess the pro-murder side will fight in an even unprecedented manner, against the President’s next SCOTUS nominations.
Bork and the current obstructions will seem like the Kansas/Missouri skirmishes before the Civil War.
Goodness & wellness.
I am sooo Upset…..I dont really understand how womans cant sit there and just abort their babies…Like being a murder….Somtimes their are families that want to have babies but they cant….It really hurts to see pictures like these it breaks my heart to see this.