Jesus in Judge's Robes

Photo courtesy of the Associated Press

As I claimed yesterday (or at least should have... honestly I can't remember), Bush nominated his mulligan on Harriet Miers today in an attempt to change the subject from the fact that his entire god damned administration is a bunch of corrupt sons of bitches that value their pockets and the sheer joy of power over any social value 51 million people claim to have voted for. Part of that plan was to nominate the most conservative Circuit Court judge available with an actual record of qualification. Guess why he'll be confirmed: that's right! He just loves babies!

What that means in foaming-at-the-mouth-jesus-sheep-speak is that the man hates abortions (they're allegedly sinful). My guess is that life begins at conception for him. This is impossible by the way just given the possibility of twinning in the zygote. Upon twinning we have two numerically distinct "lives", one of which just appeared at least two weeks after conception. So go ahead and beat yourself in the face with a bible made of concrete until you can't tell the time of day anymore, but you're not going to be able to just tell science that it is the devil's work so that you feel spiritually better about your own corrupt prospects of getting in to a heaven you know deep down you have no right to experience. Freedom of religion aside, Jesus is apparently huge in politics now even though we claim that he isn't.

Alito is the crazy-far-right's answer to human decency, and apparently is the best choice for a Supreme Court nominee Bush could find. This is funny of course because that's what he said about Miers: "The answer is yes. If she wasn't, I'd have picked someone else". But guess what, it took him all of four days to find someone better. So is Alito the best? Not unless Bush is a liar. Okay okay wasn't a big jump of logic for you either, huh? So Bush is a liar. Okay, but it took such a long time for Miers (who ran the search for a new Supreme Court nominee) to be chosen herself.... why so quickly for Alito? The answer is actually pretty simple: Bush needed someone just as crazy as his base.

The end result goes something like this: No Republican will vote against Alito for fear that Bush's base won't vote them in to the presidency if they ever run. No moderate will vote against Alito (i.e. that no talent ass clown Joe Lieberman) due to the bat shit insane belief that they actually matter in the political sphere anymore (Lieberman, I'm sure, still feels that he's presidential material). And, finally, no Democrat will by default vote against Alito either for fear of being painted a liberal (which is of course the best way to build your own image as a strong political figurehead right? Way to blow the '08 election already guys). Alito gets confirmed by something like 80-18 with 2 abstentions/no votes as if that made a shit of difference.

And so what happens now? Well, the short answer is that you should really brush up on your bible. Ironic in that Alito is a Catholic who supports the death penalty, a belief that is as abhorrent as voting Kerry according to the Catholic church. So don't expect some sort of moral compass from religion either, that shit's just used to get votes out of the base these days. Ready for some more hypocrisy? Of course you are, but guess what, this time it lasts for more than four to eight years.