In a message dated 12/17/00 9:41:30 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< That is just bogus. Of seven liberal Democrats on the Florida Supreme
Court, three of the justices agreed with the US Supreme Court decision. >>
Oh, come on. Of the five US Supreme Court justices who favored Bush, all were
appointed by Republican presidents. Several were appointed by his own father.
Two had children working for law firms hired by Bush to represent him before
the court. And two -- Scalia and Rehnquist -- are widely known to be eager to
retire, but are so partisan they will not unless there is a Republican
president. They *had* to get Bush into the White House or face another 4-8
unwanted years on the bench.
Oh, gee, what a shock that Scalia authored the ruling that stopped the
counting of votes, and that Rehnquist and Scalia were the prime movers of the
eventual ruling, with Thomas in his customary yes-man role and Kennedy &
O'Connor needing to be browbeaten into going along.
Expect both Scalia and Rehnquist to retire in about a year -- they know the
GOP loses its tenuous grip on Congress in 2002, and don't want their
successors to have to face a Democrat-controlled Senate confirmation.
I do agree with John that it will be a great four years, though probably not
in the way he sees it.
* Hilarious comedy sketches on late-night TV and Saturday Night Live on
Bush's endless verbal gaffes, foulups, breaches of protocol and other
stupidities. He's a one-man full-employment act for comedians.
* All the loud-mouth conservative commentators, "analysts" and whatever are
laid off at Fox News -- with a Republican president finally in office, Rupert
Murdoch no longer needs them to undermine the US government in revenge for
blocking his schemes to control all television and radio stations in the
country.
* A divided, ungovernable Congress means that Bush will be unable to push
through his agenda. He's going to have to compromise on everything. So no big
tax cut for the rich, no abortion ban, no controversial appointments, no
raids on Socal Security. With a paper-thin majority in the House and Senate,
the Democrats can always peel off a few GOP votes on anything really
controversial. Bush will have his hands full just keeping the government
working.
* Democratic activists get to put into practice all the lessons they've
learned from conservatives the past 8 years -- such as filing thousands of
frivolous lawsuits against every member of the administration, keeping them
so tied up in depositions and court proceedings they are unable to do their
jobs.
* The Democrats win unshakable control of the House and Senate in 2002 as
voter outrage over the stolen election & Bush's obvious incompetence
obliterates the GOP. Investigations, resignations and impeachments gut Bush's
administration. Also, just as the GOP has done for eight years, the Senate
simply refuses to hold confirmation hearings on any Bush judicial appointees
or important diplomatic posts.
* A Democratic president in 2004, probably either Gore or Gov. Gray Davis of
California, and Democratic presidents for the foreseeable future as the
memory of Bush -- an illegitimate president and a failure so complete that
even his own radical right base deserts him for his inability to follow his
marching orders -- lingers.
Patrick Sweeney
