pudge's Journal: Anti-Alito Commercial

Just saw on CNN. It closes with the tagline, "The right wing has already taken over the West Wing; don't let them take over your Supreme Court."

Whose Supreme Court, now? Do they mean the citizens of the U.S.? The ones who voted for Bush, knowing full well that he promised to nominate justices like Scalia and Thomas?

Is this the best the anti-Alito forces can do?

They call themselves IndependentCourt.org, as if they actually want an "independent" court. No, they want a court that is beholden to their own left-wing ideology. Which is fine, but it is not fine to lie about it and say you want an "independent" court that "cares more about how the law affects ordinary Americans than partisan ideology," when such partisan ideology is precisely what they do care about: every single one of their coalition members is an official of a prominent left-wing organization.

Be reasonable.

[nandorman]

C'mon, Pudge. It's VERY clear that independent, free-thinking individuals are liberals. Just look at our higher education system. Just as clearly, the right wing is a bunch of freedom-hating jerks.

Just because YOU don't see it, doesn't make it so!

Moo

[Chacham]

as if they actually want an "independent" court. No, they want a court that is beholden to their own left-wing ideology.

But they see themselves as being centrists. Who doesn't?

Re:Moo

[pudge]

But they see themselves as being centrists. Who doesn't?

Me.

But I had an idea, I should make a similar commercial to theirs, which says: "Moderate people like me who want abortion legal, safe, and rare support Judge Alito." That would be as honest as their commercial.

Re:Moo

[Chacham]

Dishonesty does seem to be the trade.