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Skriven 2005-07-07 00:36:00 av BOB SAKOWSKI (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av EARL CROASMUN
Ärende: Re: Judges
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-=> EARL CROASMUN wrote to BOB SAKOWSKI <=-

 -> In 1795, President George Washington nominated Justice John Rutledge to be
 -> Chief Justice of the United States. Rutledge, a former Associate Justice of
 -> the U.S. Supreme Court and current Chief Justice of South Carolina, was
 -> "well qualifed" by any standard, but Senate partisans blocked his
 -> nomination for one simple reason: ideology. Justice Rutledge opposed the
 -> Jay Treaty, a hot button issue in 1795. Because Senate Federalists couldn't
 -> bear to see a Jay Treaty opponent on the Court, Rutledge's nomination was
 -> rejected 14-10.

 -> Unlike President Bush, President Washington respected the right of the
 -> Senate to reject judicial nominations. In 1789, Washington had even
 -> explained just how free the Senate was to do so: "Just as the President has
 -> a right to nominate without assigning reasons, so has the Senate a right to
 -> dissent without giving theirs."

 -> Why do republicans disagree with George Washington?  Why do they hate
 -> America?

 EC> Hey Bob?  Bob?  Are you there, Bob?  If you read this far, maybe
 EC> you will even consider answering a question.

 EC> Don't you think it is a bit dishonest for you to make the above
 EC> claim without even MENTIONING Rutledge's mental illness?

I thought I would emulate Ed Klein and see how long it took the hypocrites to
come out of the woodwork.  I am surprised that you answered the call Earl
for I 5thought you were better than that.  Of course I was also a bit
surprised to see your unwillingness to call into question another book of
lies regarding Senator Clinton.

 EC> Do you REALLY think it was honest to leave all those facts out,
 EC> and to clain that he was rejected "for one simple reason:
 EC> ideology"?

Do you REALLY think it is honest for you to take umbrage at my emulation of
the typical right wing author, when you have nothing ill to say of the likes
of Klein, Coulter, Goldberg, et al?


... George W. Bush, Worst President EVER!
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