The Scylla and Charybidis
After thinking about it a bit, I figured I'd weigh in on the Supreme Court opening. While Bush has given lip service to some of the issues important to the religious right, anyone with a half of a brain cell understands this is "The Issue" for them. I believe that the religious right will not accept a moderate or even a "stealth" candidate and, if Bush needed any convincing of this, he is certainly getting it through the preemptive attacks against a nomination of Alberto Gonzales.
Democrats, on the other hand, will not accept a nomination of anyone conceivably in the mold of a Thomas, Rehnquist or Scalia as a replacement for O'Connor.
Bush's White House loves to float ideas through the media first and this may be why there is so much media discussion about a Gonzales nomination. But I'd be shocked if this is the route Bush actually takes; he owes to much to the religious right and they are standing up to finally cash their IOUs. My prognostication is that Bush will pick a Judge that meets the litmus tests imposed by the religious right and the Democrats will tie it up.
BTW - The title from this post was jacked from Sting ("Wrapped Around Your Finger") who jacked it from ... well, I don't know.
Democrats, on the other hand, will not accept a nomination of anyone conceivably in the mold of a Thomas, Rehnquist or Scalia as a replacement for O'Connor.
Bush's White House loves to float ideas through the media first and this may be why there is so much media discussion about a Gonzales nomination. But I'd be shocked if this is the route Bush actually takes; he owes to much to the religious right and they are standing up to finally cash their IOUs. My prognostication is that Bush will pick a Judge that meets the litmus tests imposed by the religious right and the Democrats will tie it up.
BTW - The title from this post was jacked from Sting ("Wrapped Around Your Finger") who jacked it from ... well, I don't know.
posted by Macswain at
3:30 PM
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...jacked it from Greek Mythology. If memory serves, Scylia and Charybdis were nigh invincible mythological monsters. One, if i'm correct, lived in the sea, while the other lived in the mountains, and so the Scylia and Charybdis analogy was used to illustrate a very difficult choice. The short version is, this was the Greek Mythology root of "rock and a hard place."
M
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Kyle E. Moore, at 12:18 PM
Thanks for the educaton, M.
Maybe this blog now deserves some funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Opps ... I forgot that that was the old CPB. I need to start posting some conservative screeds to get the dough now.
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Macswain, at 9:59 PM
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