Frankly, I was impressed by Rehnquist . . .

[TaleWgnDg]

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Frankly, I was impressed by Rehnquist . . . his tenacity, his sense of duty as Chief Justice. Despite a somewhat frail appearance, the Chief Justice showed up complete w/ his "Gilbert & Sullivan" 4-golden striped judicial robe and very unjudicial cap on his head, and swore-in Dumbya for a 2nd term after removing that silly cap.

I may take issue with his legal theory on the bench and the damage he has wrought over the country while seated there; however, he was quite a sight with his tracheostomy tube (from cancer surgery) in full view. What tenacity! This guy is no quitter!



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"A tracheostomy tube is seen in Chief Justice William Rehnquist's throat as he administers the presidential oath to President Bush on Capitol Hill Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. Rehnquist's frailty during his dramatic inaugural appearance renewed speculation the Supreme Court soon will have its first vacancy in more than a decade. Rehnquist, battling an aggressive type of cancer, seemed alert but fragile in his first public appearance in three months. Rehnquist underwent surgery on his trachea after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer last October. (AP Photo/Wally Hines)" http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050121/480/wx10501212241


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[UTUSN]

1. Since You Appear to Be Serious, I'll Say

were you impressed, before you were born, that he was a jackass partisan operative who KKK tried ---and succeeded in--- scaring minorities from voting? NOTHING in his life has justifed his life. What else impresses you?

[DODI]

2. As I understand it he want a to hang on as long as he can

because he hates * so much. Hope it is true.

[TaleWgnDg]

8. How come it always seems to be Jenna who is "off-track" . . .

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Whether it's sticking her tongue out from a backseat of a car to the camera, a wide yawn of boredom while seated on the podium during the inauguration of her father, or here staring at Rehnquist? Is it something such as . . . like father, like daughter? And what is Jenna thinking here? Darn, those paparazzi, heh?



"U.S. President George W. Bush raises his hand as he is sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist (right) as his wife first lady Laura Bush, (2nd L), and their daughters Barbara (3rd L) and Jenna (2nd R) look on January 20, 2005. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)"


"Jenna Bush (R) daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush, (foreground), yawns alongside her sister Barbara Bush during the inauguration of President Bush on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 20, 2005. President Bush pledged to work to heal a country divided by the Iraq war and urged 'rulers of outlaw regimes' to let democracy flourish as he was sworn in for a second term on Thursday. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque"


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[in_cog_ni_to]

14. If he hates * so much

then why the fuck did he put the bastard in office? Rehnquist is to blame for the misery the WORLD is now in. He can kiss my ass.

[nostamj]

16. i agree!

he can kiss YOUR ass! ;-)

[aquart]

3. Rehnquist knows how close he is to a well-earned

Eternity in Hell.

[justy329]

4. classless.

just classless.
The judge is very old and very sick. It doesn't matter if you disagree with his ideologies, you don't say that about someone close to death who bravely went ahead to perform his constitutional duties.
Where's the bleeding heart, folks?

[zbdent]

6. Too damn close to the bleeding stump we pulled away

after we extended the hand of bipartisanship 9/11/2001 - sometime around 2 pm.

Are you shocked that GWB didn't "lay his hands" upon the Chief and heal his wounds?

[theshadow]

7. Well said. n/t

[aquart]

10. I'm sorry, but he didn't get noble by being sick.

My heart is bleeding for the dead and maimed because that treasonous bastard sold his country to Satan in 2000.

If he'd had real courage or real patriotism or even basic judicial ethics, we wouldn't be in the mess we are. A hundred thousand Iraqis would still be oppressed but breathing. And our military hospitals wouldn't be filled with fresh young men and woman with parts of their bodies blown off.

All of Rehnquist's medical needs will be attended to promptly with care and luxury. I hope he's in agony every minute he still lives. He's earned it.

Respect him? For BRAVERY? WTF are you smoking?

[leesa]

13. Give me a break. He helped overthrow our constitution

What are you talking about..."Constitutional duties"? He signed away his right to execute constitutional duties when he exceeded the court's authority by awarding the 2000 election to his crony Bush.

[BiggJawn]

15. So will we give Rumsferatu a pass when he's "very old and very sick"?

I didn't think so.

How about Manuel Noriega? He's old and sick.

"you don't say that about someone close to death who bravely went ahead to perform his constitutional duties."

What rule book YOU using? Sure as hell not the one Rove uses.

[in_cog_ni_to]

17. Bleeding heart?

AT LEAST WE HAVE HEARTS! Rehnquist has a special place in hell reserved just for him. He is complicit in killing our soldiers and 100,000 Iraqi citizens. He deserves NO COMPASSION. If it wasn't for him the idiot-in-chief wouldn't be putting the world through this misery.

[Minstrel Boy]

19. "Where's the bleeding heart, folks?"

As far as I'm aware, that's something we're only accused of having.

Do you mean empathy?

[DS1]

21. No bleeding heart here. Never was one.

I suggest you rethink some of your stereotypes.

[rooboy]

5. You never know what motivates people deep down...

It may be a sense of duty as you have mentioned, but I wouldn't be surprised if Rehnquist decided that he'd rather die than let those pricks Scalia or Thomas have a chance to swear in a president - even if it is only dubya.

[TaleWgnDg]

9. That could be . . . yup. Could very well be it. . . . n/t

[bluestateguy]

11. I actually hope he stays as long as possible (well, no more than 4 years)

He provides stability to the court, which is preferrable to the right wing zealotry that a Bush Court would bring about. My concern, though, is that he will retire at the end of the year, another month or two will go by, Bush will appoint his right wing fanatic to take his place, a few more months go by of media vetting, abrasive confirmation hearings and next thing you know we're in the 2006 campaign season. I fear that because it will galvanize fundamentalistwackos to turn out on election day.

[leesa]

12. Of course. He is participating in the crime of the century...what a way

to go!

[The Backlash Cometh]

18. My daughter saw him on t.v. at school. She said that his throaty

machine voice freaked her out. She also said that it was so unemotional and he was so quick to turn and leave after Bush was sworn in that the ceremony looked like a quickie at a wedding chapel in Vegas. She said she laughed when he dropped a monotone, "Congratulations" and walked away.

[Octafish]

20. Rehnquist is a racist NAZI vote-stealing piece of BFEE shit!

As a young attorney, your noble turd did all he could to intimidate minority voters. Operation Eagle Eye it was called. Sounds familiar to a few DEMs in Florida and Ohio, I'd say. Oh yeah. The graveyards in Iraq and across America are getting filled with people who shouldn't be there today, thanks to the twisted fuck Bill the Traitor Rehnquist.

Published on Saturday, December 2, 2000 in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Just Our Bill

by Dennis Roddy
 
Lito Pena is sure of his memory. Thirty-six years ago he, then a Democratic Party poll watcher, got into a shoving match with a Republican who had spent the opening hours of the 1964 election doing his damnedest to keep people from voting in south Phoenix.

"He was holding up minority voters because he knew they were going to vote Democratic," said Pena.

The guy called himself Bill. He knew the law and applied it with the precision of a swordsman. He sat at the table at the Bethune School, a polling place brimming with black citizens, and quizzed voters ad nauseam about where they were from, how long they'd lived there -- every question in the book. A passage of the Constitution was read and people who spoke broken English were ordered to interpret it to prove they had the language skills to vote.

By the time Pena arrived at Bethune, he said, the line to vote was four abreast and a block long. People were giving up and going home.

CONTINUED...

http://www.commondreams.org/views/120200-101.htm