Bush never elected? - "Get over it. It's so old by now."

[lame54]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/04/24/60-minutes-scalia-on-bush-v-gore-2000-get-over-it/

During an interview set to air on this Sunday’s 60 Minutes, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that people need to get over the court’s 5-4 decision to select George Bush over Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election:
Scalia repeated his earlier statement that people should “get over” the court’s ruling in 2000 that halted Florida’s vote recount, giving the presidential election to Republican Bush over Democrat Al Gore.

“I say nonsense,” Scalia said, when asked about critics who say the 5-4 ruling was based on politics and not justice. “Get over it. It’s so old by now.” Read on…

[Gman]

1. We will NEVER get over it

[Howardx]

3. you got that right!

i know i wont

[otohara]

5. What If It Happens Again

only this time it's super-delegates.

[demodonkey]

9. It will... and it WON'T be the superdelegates. nt

[damntexdem]

14. And Dubya is still in office, still screwing up the nation.

A felony that continues cannot be considered to be beyond the statute of limitations.

[LakeSamish706]

2. Not only will we never get over it, neither will this country get over it for many, many...

years to come. This Administration has not only almost destroyed America, but has done untold damage to the rest of the world in the past 7 1/2 years that will not be forgotten.

[NJmaverick]

There are still people dying as a result of Scalia's coup de ta

[Initech]

4. Tell THAT to all the people who've lost their lives because of this murderous regime.

[kenny blankenship]

6. ANd John Wilkes Booth was a regular Joe, as good an American as anyone living

Oh sure people were mad at him at the time. But that was so long ago. Get over it. It's so old by now.

And why can't Germany put Hitler on a stamp? Hmm? Bygones are bygones.
If we can't forgive and forget after all this time maybe WE are the ones with the problem.

[L. Coyote]

7. JUNTA DAY, 2000.12.12., the Day Democracy Died. How can we forget?

[Uncle Joe]

17. A day that will live in the sewer of justice. n/t

[ORDagnabbit]

8. it was Bush V Gore that means that Bush brought it to the supreme court...not Gore

[DeeDeeNY]

10. Riiiiight. Just a trivial matter.

Move along now. Nothing to see.

[RaleighNCDUer]

11. We will not get over it, sir,

and given half a chance we will see you impeached for that illegal, unconstitutional ruling.

[old guy]

12. This will forever be a big part of your legacy,Tony. Get over it!

[damntexdem]

13. Will that be Scalia's ruling the next time a case involving a murderer comes before him?

"Sure, I did the murder. But that was years ago. Get over it. It's so old by now. No need to execute me for something I did so long ago."

[johnaries]

15. He also claims it was 7 - 2.

Where's Alan Shore when you need him?!

[otohara]

16. Slippery Slope 1/2 truth

Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court case heard on December 11, 2000. In a per curiam opinion, by a vote of 7-2, the Court held that the Florida Supreme Court's method for recounting ballots was unconstitutional, and by a vote of 5-4, the Court held that no alternative method could be established within the time limits established by Florida Legislature.<1> The per curiam opinion was argued on the basis of Equal Protection.<2>

[Uncle Joe]

18. A case that was not allowed to set precedent, so much for faith

in their judicial decision.

[Gman]

20. The absolutely most absurd aspect of the case

was the arguing of equal protection. That was likely the first and only time the GOP argued something based on the 14th amendment.

[knight_of_the_star]

19. History will not get over it

History will remember the names of the SCOTUS 5 for all time.

[dysfunctional press]

21. it's part of history now, and people might as well let it stop festering in them...

it's not going to be redeemed, the war in iraq is not going to be un-fought, and nobody is going to be brought back to life. it was a coup, but it was done under the flag of law, and nobody can ever be held accounrtable.

perhaps prosecution can someday be brought against the perps of the illegal iraq war- but we all know that it never will.