Or so says Harry Reid (D-Nev). I am not a big fan of Harry Reid. Some of the things that come out of that mans mouth just don’t make much sense when you actually have your brain engaged. Here are a few of my favorite gems:
On Iraq: “The War Is Lost”
On Obama: a ‘light-skinned’ African American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one’
On Job Loss: “Today is a BIG day in America. Only 36 thousand people lost their jobs today, which is REALLY GOOD…”
Sadly, the stupidity does not end there. Like the time he voted against his own health care bill… twice.
I LOVE this one. Here, Uncle Harry tries to explain how taxes are voluntary. Get comfortable and prepare for one of lifes most amazing intellectual train wrecks.
While there are plenty of examples left to share, lets get to Harrys most recent act of intellectual crash and burn. With President Obamas recent selection of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, Mr. Reid had some sage wisdom to offer to any potential opposition to this appointment.
According the the website The Hill, Harry Reid said that since Ms. Kagan was already approved for her position as Solicitor General last year, all those who supported that appointment should approve her appointment to the Supreme Court. So according to good old Harry, the same level of scrutiny and questioning applied to someone applying for Solicitor General should apply to someone applying for the job of Supreme Court Justice. Sure, that makes sense. Aside from the fact that a Supreme Court Justice is appointed FOR LIFE and that in this position will fundamentally effect the legal fabric of the entire nation for generations, there is really no difference at all.
As Solicitor General, she can be fired at any time by the President and is likely to be replaced when a new president is elected. The idea that there is ANY equivalence between a Supreme Court Justice or the Solicitor General in terms of how much scrutiny they should get in order to get the job is the worst kind of intellectual bankruptcy that Harry Reid has become the poster child for.
Ms. Kagan SHOULD and MUST face the kind of rigorous scrutiny that we would reserve for only the most important positions in the nation – since Supreme Court Justice fits that bill!
