Maybe it’s my current interest in all things Shakespearean — having just read The Winter’s Tale and now about to take on The Merchant of Venice — but this piece of political satire linking the Miers nomination to Julius Caesar had me screaming with laughter:
"Friends, Americans, bloggers, lend me your ears
I come to bury Miers, not to confirm her.
The evil that Justices do lives after them;
The good is oft preserved by rejecting their nominations;
So let it be with Miers."The noble Bush hath told you Harriet is conservative;
If it be so, ’tis a glorious qualification,
And gloriously may Miers answer it in her hearings.
Here, under leave of Bush and the rest,–
For Bush is an honorable man;
So are they all, all honorable men,–
Come I to speak before Miers’ hearings."
The supreme court will never overturn Roe V Wade.
The fact the a Catholic was just appointed to the Supreme Court, with strong backing from pro abort Democrats is a hint. Roe v wade is and will remain on solid ground.
The reason Thomas and Scalia were opposed was becasue the anti Christs on the judiciary committee know, they would vote to overturn.
The idea that Bush is pro life makes for a great soundbite.
He is a politican. And a empire builder.
Bush is pro-choice, he’s said so himself (although he didn’t use that phrase).
Ah . . . The Winter’s Tale. One of my fav by Bill. Really pretty show. And it contains my favorite Shakesperian stage direction from act 3, scene 3: Exit, pursued by bear.
“But look thee here, boy.
Now bless thyself; thou met’st with things dying, I with things
new-born.”
Michelle, have you read Shadowplay, by Clare Asquith? I was wondering what others thought of her thesis that Shakespeare was a Catholic subversive/recusant.
“Michelle, have you read Shadowplay, by Clare Asquith? I was wondering what others thought of her thesis that Shakespeare was a Catholic subversive/recusant.”
Dennis, yes, I recently finished it. Give me a while and I’ll post something about it. In the meantime, I’ll say that I thought it was a good book with a thought-provoking thesis.