Archive for June 29th, 2008
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
I'm voting for Bob Barr, but I know that either Sen. Obama or Sen. McCain will win. In that vein, my thoughts on his running mate:
Obama will put Virginia in play. Northern Va. is almost a Yankee state-within-a-state, with ever-expanding federal government jobs luring people there. The presence of Sen. ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
It's hard to believe in 'natural selection' when the product of 10 generations of American jurisprudence is a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who quotes Bob Dylan in a Court opinion. Granted, it's better than Breyer citing South African law as precedent, and Roberts is miles ahead of ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
No, in my opinion. Why? Seven of nine Supremes are Republican appointees. They range from the generally reliable Scalia to his rubber stamp Thomas to the worthless Souter. Granted, the Dems haven't had a good pick since at least Whizzer White in 1961. But a McCain Administration, facing 55+ Democrats ...
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