Rather than watch the Democratic debate, George Bush gave a speech to the annual gala of the Federalist Society, a body which, George said, stands for the proposition that “Our written Constitution means what it says.” He is against the idea of a living Constitution, which just “means whatever these activists want it to mean. They forgot that our Constitution lives because we respect it enough to adhere to its words.” He makes having an active intellect sound so shameful. The key word there is “forgot” because Bush’s opinions aren’t opinions, they are facts, which he “reminds” people of.
He talked about the judicial confirmation process, which needs to be reformed because it “is making it more difficult to persuade decent and intelligence [sic] people to accept the call to public service.” Sic, indeed. Can’t make this shit up. He also complained that “some judgeships go unfulfilled for years.”
I don’t know if the Constitution is “living,” but the petty grievances and grudges held by conservatives will outlive us all. “And when the wife of a distinguished jurist proudly attends his hearing and is brought to tears by ugly and unfounded insinuations that her husband is secretly a bigot, we lose something.” That’s Alito’s wife he’s talking about. I’d completely forgotten that, but we’ll be hearing about it for years to come, just as some right-wingers are still seeking revenge for Bork being rejected. And he mentioned poor persecuted Clarence “Pubic Hair in My Coke” Thomas, whose “confirmation process is a tale of all that is nasty and unkind in Washington.” Anita Hill might agree.
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