Tar & Feather, Inc.: A Liberal 10-Step Plan for Judicial Character Assassination
June 28, 2005
Step 5 in a 10-Step Series
Press Release
In anticipation of a potential Supreme Court vacancy this summer, Progress for America the leading conservative group working on this issue has researched and compiled "Tar and Feather Inc.: A Liberal 10-Step Plan for Judicial Character Assassination." To read "Tar and Feather, Inc." go to www.upordownvote.com.
With the same liberal extremists in leadership since 1987, we can anticipate the same ten steps that People for the American Way, Alliance for Justice, National Organization for Women and others will take to smear President Bush's Supreme Court nominees. The ten steps will be a carbon copy of the other negative campaigns against SCOTUS nominees. Over the next few days, Progress for America will present the ten steps that you can expect to see if and once a Supreme Court vacancy is announced.
Step 5: If the nominee is rated highly qualified by the ABA, dismiss this as a prerequisite for the job. If the nominee receives anything less than the highest qualifications, express outrage.
Bork: Despite "well qualified" ABA rating, liberals seized on the fact that the vote was not unanimous. (Washington Post, 9/10/87)
Souter: PFAW "Souter's technical qualifications were never in question" (USA Today, 9/5/90)
Thomas: AFJ's Aron in response to the ABA's "qualified" rating "The country and the court deserve better than 'minimally qualified' justices." (AP, 8/27/91)
PAST STEPS:
Step 1: Before a vacancy is announced whip your membership into a frenzy with overblown rhetoric...
Step 2: ...while preparing for battle.
Step 3: Once a nominee is named, immediately announce that the nominee's record "raises more questions than it answers." (Note: There will never be enough documents released, proof provided, or enough questions answered in order to satisfy the Left.)
Step 4: Plead for a slower pace. |
