Hi SbH - you have to give the Stoics due credit, that is, sometimes when things are not meant to be, every move is a wrong move. One has to accept them as they are. Have you ever run into a situation where you drove 10 blocks from your home to your work place and you ended up stopping for 10 stop lights <VBG>? It has happened to me quite often, even though I would get out real early in the morning! But that didn't stop me from going to work. So, if things go our way, we should count our blessing :)! Hopefully, this event will make both Gov Bush and VP Gore better men. They are still kings and princes of American politics, Americans should not look down at them b/c they fought like junkyard dogs. That is American politics as we know it.
That leads me to answer your rhetorical question
...the Judicial, The Legislative and the Executive, and they were supposed to be co-equal. But somehow, everyone sort of initially placed the judicial in higher regard. Why is that?
While I don't have any definitive answer, maybe b/c the judicial branch was less tainted by controversy. The legislative branch and the executive branch of our govt have set themselves up in such a mexican standoff fashion that sometimes they couldn't back down even if they have wanted to. It goes beyond check and balance. It is the moral equivalence of extreme sport. These are smart people. I mean, former House Speaker Gingrich was a college professor. President Clintion and former Sen Bradley were Rhode Scholars. Princes and princesses of them all. Maybe it is true that power corrupts. OTOH, the judicial branch toils in the shadow, somethimes providing unpopular judgement. Maybe that is why, consciously or unconsciously, people are deferential.
best, Bosco |
