Posted on 04/06/2005 1:50:53 PM PDT by dead
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The right-wing political community remains haunted by the specter of a "President Hillary Clinton" turning the Patriot Act on their own leaders, marching them off to jail, and throwing the key away.
How to stop her? Condi might do the trick, but she's a little lightweight. Rather than oppose Senator Clinton, some Republican politicians are trying to cozy up. In Texas, The Hotline reports, two Republicans, Rick Perry running for re-election as governor and Kay Bailey Hutchison for the Senate, are beginning to deliberately point out how they have worked with Hillary.
Last weekend Bob Novak described a novel scheme, supposedly emanating from the fevered brain of Karl Rove: Stop Hillary by putting Bill on the Supreme Court.
Here's what's supposed to happen: Bush names either Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia to be chief justice. That leaves one vacancy on the court. Then he appoints Bill Clinton to the court. Oh my God!
The thought of adulterer Clinton on the court (think Monica as clerk) sends right-wingers up the wall. But wait a minute. Think it through: Next, Bill Frist—Senate majority leader, Terri Schiavo defender, and himself a presidential hopeful—immediately moves to hold up Bill's nomination. Next, Harry Reid, the Democratic minority leader in the Senate, cuts a deal to free the conservative judicial nominations now backed up in Congress in return for letting Clinton on the court.
Once on the court, Clinton is out of the picture when it comes to campaigning for Hillary or anyone else in 2008. What to do about Hillary? Americans may differ on whether she should be president, but almost everyone will agree that the country could not stand to have two Clintons dominating two branches of government.
As for what Bill might do on the court, one conservative pol opined, "He couldn't be any worse than Souter."
The thought of adulterer Clinton on the court (think Monica as clerk) sends right-wingers up the wall.
Oh yeah I forgot, “adultery” was the crazed right wing’s main grievance with the corrupt traitorous bastard.
Either this is an April Fool’s column or James Ridgeway inadvertently smoked crack before sitting down to type.
so glad acid still available downtown
"by writing about Bush nominating Bill Clinton, RWers who read this will actually but into it! Yeah, that's the ticket!"
It's hard to think of a more asinine question. Maybe "Should W nominate the beast herself?",but nothing beyond that.
Anybody who thinks that being on the Supreme Court will stop Bill Clinton from campaigning for Hillary! is a fool.
My first reaction was "huh?"
There's an idiotic character in Aristophanes' Clouds who's in debt and trying to figure out how to deal with his creditors. One idea that comes to him is to kill himself. Putting either Clinton on the Supreme Court to achieve other goals (either to block a Hillary run or to stop a Democrat filibuster) is just as stupid a move as that.
I'm sorry, but I don't buy this. A lot of people would cream their jeans were this to happen.
THis is definitely an item which proves one shouldn't drink and type.
Regards, Ivan
Hillary implodes anyway...so we don't need Billy on the court. I don't think Americans will put Billy back in the White House, as first lady? ROTF....then how many females will Hill allow on the staff? LMAO
This will never happen.
See #11.
IF Bush was stupid enough to do this he would single handed ly destroy the Republican Party
Can you be appointed to a court if you've been disbarred?
So he's barred from arguing in front of the SC but he can serve on it? Bizzaro.
When you work for a free leftwing rag credibility is not a pre-requesite.
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