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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: ManyMoose who wrote (307210)5/27/2009 3:11:32 PM
From: DMaA5 Recommendations  Read Replies (3) of 793841
 
You can oppose her vigorously on principle without being insulting or offensive.

We don't have to be like this guy:

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the borking of Judge Robert Bork, Ronald Reagan’s failed Supreme Court nominee. And it was Ted Kennedy’s bilious bugle blast that brought the man down. Almost immediately after Reagan nominated Bork, Kennedy pulled himself off his barstool and proclaimed: “Robert Bork’s America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens’ doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists would be censored at the whim of the government ...”

article.nationalreview.com?q=YjdhNDY1NmY4NmM4ODJiZDNlNDFmZDQ2ODRhZjQ3OTY=

Or this absolute disgrace:

When President Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, Sen. Joe Biden had this to say:

I think that the only reason Clarence Thomas is on the Court is because he is black. I don't believe he could have won had he been white. And the reason is, I think it was a cynical ploy by President Bush.

BTW, Kennedy never paid any political price for being an a**hole demagogue.
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