Comments on: New York Times Editors: Ignorant (at the Very Least)

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:07:04 +0000

In checking out The Lost Kos and MyDD, where the foaming-at-the-mouth crowd was demanding, demanding I say, that the Democrats filibuster the confirmation of Samuel Alito, all of a sudden they've grown much less vocal. Makes me wonder if they finally got the fax from Pat Leahy.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:03:52 +0000

Oh, you silly man! That can’t happen ’cause it would move the Court in the wrong direction! Surely you don’t think that the left actually cares about balance, do you?

Sure they do. You should have heard the massive protests they launched here in California when Gov. Schwarzenegger replaced our most conservative Justice, Janice Rogers Brown with that centrist Corrigan.

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:36:02 +0000

Protein Wisdom trackbacked:

From the Boston Globe: Sen. John Kerry said Sunday he will vote against Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. because he fears Alito would take the country “backwards.”

Actually, I give Mr Kerry points (OK, maybe just one point) for being honest. By describing Judge Alito as taking the country “backward,” Mr Kerry is telling you that he sees the Court as a mechanism for moving our politics, law and culture in a particular direction (to the left, natch!), and he sees Mr Alito as reversing that course. That’s a heck of a lot more honest than the “out of the mainstream” crap you hear from the left.

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:31:43 +0000

Mr Singleton trackbacked:

If Ruth Bader Ginsburg could replace Byron White (Roe’s leading dissenter), why can’t Alito replace O’Conner?

Oh, you silly man! That can’t happen ’cause it would move the Court in the wrong direction! Surely you don’t think that the left actually cares about balance, do you?

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:25:58 +0000

The AP misspelling is simply a tribute to the New Orleans joke:

What does President Bush think about Row vs. Wade?

He doesn’t care how people get out of New Orleans!

By: Psyberian

Psyberian — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:30:37 +0000

I believe I disagree with your defense of Alito. He’s a big suck-up.

But you might like these quotes:

“Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.”
– Hunter S. Thompson

“I’m all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let’s start with typewriters.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright

By: protein wisdom

protein wisdom — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:34:07 +0000

Kerry to vote against Alito before voting for him and then against him. Because of Vietnam (UPDATED)

From the Boston Globe:Sen. John Kerry said Sunday he will vote against Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. because he fears Alito would take the country "backwards." Kerry, the failed Democratic nominee for president in 2004, also…

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:51:51 +0000

All Things Beautiful TrackBack Alito The Radical

By: AcademicElephant

AcademicElephant — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:02:41 +0000

Kudos for that most excellent P.S. And so the Times’ descent into charicature is complete.

By: Don Singleton

Don Singleton — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:00:41 +0000

Judge Alito’s Radical Views

If Ruth Bader Ginsburg could replace Byron White (Roe’s leading dissenter), why can’t Alito replace O’Conner.