Despite my entry in yesterday’s Diatribe, I think Karl-gate has all the ingredients of a summer scandal and all the staying power of an afternoon storm. Karl’s scandal should be easy enough for Bush and the RNC to handle.
First off there aren’t enough Dems to stimulate the probe.
Secondly, it’s summer time and vacations have a way of reducing all concerns to those of water safety.
Lastly, it’s only too easy for the Administration to whip up a teasing frenzy that will cloud the American memory of Karl-gate.
Hence, Rove-blood becomes a distant summer night’s dream.
Simply put, Bush need only publicly suggest, not nominate, an extreme right-winger to the top Court. By vetting a wacko-right-a-tarian at least two events should unfold:
- Dems will drop Karl-gate and focus all energy on batting down the extreme candidate.
- Bush will then be freed up to nominate a slightly more moderate supreme justice.
This strategy will benefit Bush by making it appear he’s listening to moderate Americans, and it will serve to suck all the remaining air out of the Karl-gate sheets.
In that spirit, let’s play the Nominate-A-Whacko game:
Use the comment function to add your nominee. What foil candidates will Bush suggest for the high court?
e.g. PA Senator, Rick Santorum
1 Comments:
In these days of evil presidentes and questionable ethics (or lack of ethics completely), why not nominate Tom Delay. If bush gets to nominate three or more justices, ethics as we know them are over anyway.
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