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UPS: Urgent Passage Syndrome

 

As was the case with the 1100-page $787 billion Stimulus Bill passed in February before legislators had the time to read and digest any more than a fraction of it, the president is again asking for zombie-like compliance in the form of overnight express approval of his Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor.

 

Ironically, although the stimulus package was given UPS treatment and was delivered, in kind, before 10AM on Friday, the expediter himself left it unsigned until Tuesday which enabled him to return to the scene of his nomination, Denver, Colorado, for a symbolic pen box ceremony.  Of course, this was an unnecessarily dramatic junket that added yet another million bucks to the huge spending scheme in the form of Air Force One use, added security, assorted staging props and teleprompter staff.

 

"Congress returns this week and I hope the [Sotomayor] confirmation process will begin without delay," President Obama said yesterday in his weekly Saturday radio address.  "...What I hope is that we can avoid the political posturing and ideological brinksmanship that has bogged down this process, and Congress, in the past."

 

ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper pointed out, after yesterday's Obama address, that in January 2006, then-Senator Obama joined 24 colleagues in a futile "posturing" effort led by Sen. John Kerry to filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of now-Justice Samuel Alito.

 

On January 29, 2006 Obama said in an ABC-TV interview that he would "be supporting the filibuster because I think Judge Alito, in fact, is somebody who is contrary to core American values, not just liberal values, you know. I have no doubt that Judge Alito has the training and qualifications necessary to serve," Obama said later in a speech in the Senate chamber but he added that he was "deeply troubled" because Alito as a federal judge "consistently sides on behalf of the powerful against the powerless; on behalf of a strong government or corporation against upholding American's individual rights."

 

Despite the "empathy" that Obama and Sotomayor believe they have in common, Judge Sotomayor is neither the least qualified nor the most liberal nominee that the president could have FedEx-ed through the approval process.  However, in a form of hypocritical reverse racism, the president believes that this Puerto Rican-American female will bolster his political standing with Hispanics, the most critical voting bloc for any future presidential candidate to own.

 

Aside from Sotomayor's rich South Bronx life experiences and given the opinion Obama expressed about Justice Alito, it is difficult to believe that the president does not believe that Judge Sotomayor could be an anti-Alito with the desire to help him punish corporations and traditional American government to the greatest extent possible. 

 

Hopefully, regardless of its outcome and the president's flip-flopping, the investigative process will, as usual, be given time and attention commensurate with the appointment-for-life of a Justice of the Supreme Court.  Or is that process also about to be changed -- overnight?

 

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"...and she will be confirmed. If we are to plunge head-long deeper into socialism we must have a left leaning Supreme court. Isn't this how our government wants it to be?...and get that socialized healthcare bill on my desk, pronto!!!"

 

Wii-notfit

Tallahassee, FL Democrat


I too get Urgent passage Syndrome on occasion. Typically after eating something that doesn't agree with me. Oddly enough, the results are the same as what the Liberals get from UPS.

 

boaz

townhall blogs


This President does not want anyone examining, very closely, anything he does or anyone he appoints. This lady, by her own words is a racist, and by her own words, willing to legislate from the bench to advance her own agenda and prejudices. Now she may regret what she said, and it has been explained to us what she meant to say, but the lady needs to be held accountable, and her nomination de-railed.

 

pjnord1

Great Falls, MT Tribune


Why does Omama keep saying " core american values " when he has no intention of being an american. He's the most transparent phony in my lifetime.

 

trc109

Des Moines, IA Register

[Well, he did promise "transparency" didn't he? -ED] 


Ms. Sotomayor will, no doubt, be confirmed...as well she should be! It is a well known fact that " A Latino Woman with all of her life experience is far more able to reach a better decision than a white Male!" It is so funny that when a left-leaning liberal makes such a statement it can be so easily brushed aside. Let ONE white, Male, Conservative Supreme Court nominee make a statement anywhere near that type of content and he would be run out of Washington faster than you could say Jesse Helms. She will be, unfortunately, confirmed and we will be listening to her diatribes for many years to come. 
 

Rogers83

Palmyra, NY


Unfortunately, the administration has gained TOO MUCH power. The president has us (this country) on a direct path to fascism where the government controls the private industry and [the] people. Our congresspeople have sold us out. This woman will be installed as a supreme court judge no matter what we do. Mark my words, there will probably be no more elections for president. Hitler was voted in (germany was a democracy) Hugo Chavez was voted in (in a farce election and so on and so forth........WE ARE IN TROUBLE

 

rocco0607

Great Falls, MT Tribune


We voted for change, Ed. Obstructionists will figure that out eventually.

 

DaveMuckey

Salem, OR Statesman-Journal

[Most of the people whom you perceive to be obstructionists had it figured out before Election Day, Dave. We rejected the kind of radical change that the rest of you now accept without questioning its advisability, authenticity or constitutionality. -ED]


Well sure he is in a hurry to get her seated.  He needs someone to legislate from the bench to uphold all the unconstitutional procedures that are coming down the pipeline.

 

OreMtn

Great Falls, MT Tribune


Here we go again. You accuse Obama of being a racist. As a native Iowan, I know hogwash when I see it.

 

Iowana

Des Moines, IA Register

[As a native of Brooklyn, NY hogwash is not a commodity that I would ever have any occasion to use. Obama's reverse racism under the guise of wanting empathetic justices is hypocrisy of the highest order given the impartiality that the job description calls for. -ED]


Tea Parties are a coming, they're almost in sight.
Tea Parties are a coming, there'll be parties alright.
 

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Al


Eddo plays the racist card, along with his hero, Rush and who else was it, Newt? At least the other two were calling Sotomayor a racist, but now Eddo has raised the ante and named our president a hypocritical racist. I knew that your integrity was equal to that of a worm, but this one tops it. Way to go Eddo. How low will you stoop? Are you really a used car salesman, like they say? That would explain a lot.

Draco

Lansing, MI State Journal

[I do not believe that Sotomayor is a racist, although it bears investigating whether her CT firemen ruling -- and perhaps others that proper vetting might uncover -- is a form of reverse discrimination. As for Obama, here's exactly what I wrote... "However, in a form of hypocritical reverse racism, Obama believes that the Puerto Rican-American female will bolster his political standing with Hispanics..." So which one of us is playing the racist card, Draco?

 

The point of my piece is that the prez is a hypocrite and will even stoop to reverse discrimination (a form of racism) if such a flip-flop serves his purpose du jour. Who has ever played the race card in the name of change/empathy/moral righteousness more often than our phony prez?

 

Yes, I sell new and pre-owned cars and my customers of all races and ethnicities are treated fairly and respectfully. I'm posting your comment here so that everyone I know can have a good double laugh regarding your accusations...


1) that Ed Donath is accused of being a racist
2) that car guys are dishonest, racist or whatever you may be implying, just because you say so

 

...and so that all can see exactly how the left works in personal defamation when the truths spoken or written about their politicians can't be rationalized and defended. -ED]


Just admit that you're hoping beyond hope N.K. pulls something so you can say, "See? That would have NEVER happened under W." And if Korea unifies, what then? That's a heck of a lot more likely to happen than N. Korea attacking the U.S., the only country to ever actually use nuclear arms in war, and whose nukes outnumber North Korea's by ... whatever we have minus one. (expletive deleted)

 

Anonymous

[No, I'm hoping against hope that Obama will grow a pair and admit that W was right about many things before it's too late and that the baby doesn't need to be thrown out with the bath water. But with enough lefty America hating supporters like you around that's not likely to happen.  See the last line of the previous comment reply. -ED]


 


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