About the time I think our inept young president can’t possibly do worse, he comes through. This time he has announced that his Supreme Court replacement for Associate Justice David Souter will be someone who will have “preconceived ideas” and who will decide cases “based on emotions, feelings or those preconceived ideas.” This from a former professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago! (Any first year law student will tell you that a judge must discard preconceived ideas and decide cases based on the facts and the applicable law, leaving emotions and feelings out of it.)
As expected, this inane announcement has given the G.O.P. a huge warehouse of fodder to blast the young “in over his head” president. Sure enough, the President has nominated Sonia Sotomayor, a federal appeals court judge of Puerto Rican origin. Expect her to be confirmed by the Judiciary Committee and the U.S. Senate.
On the one hand I feel sorry for President Obama. He seemingly doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing and has evidently surrounded himself with a group of clueless dolts. But he asked for this office and I expect him to perform. I’m not holding my breath; more idiotic decisions and positions are forthcoming. I am simply appalled. Politics do not enter into my disappointment; only watching an unqualified person stumble through the most important office on the planet. It’s very sad having to watch.
Would love to see this President prove us all wrong, nominate a man or woman of substance of character for one of the positions. sigh, just dreaming.
JC, congratulations! Finally a well-thought-out blog from you about our new President. I’m impressed that you are able to see through his inexperience and ineptitude. Now we can just pray that all the other liberals will see this too and get him out of there as soon as possible.
Unless, of course, North Korea does us all in first.