Wall Street
Journal takes
a solid whack
at
Mr. This Thing Is
Over--God
apparently confirmed this via Nancy Pelosi--for his Thomas diss
this weekend. Here's a goodly portion:
So let's see. By
the time he was nominated, Clarence Thomas had worked in the
Missouri Attorney General's office, served as an Assistant
Secretary of Education, run the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission and sat for a year on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals,
the nation's second most prominent court. Since his "elevation" to
the High Court in 1991, he has also shown himself to be a
principled and scholarly jurist.
Meanwhile, as he
bids to be America's Commander in Chief, Mr. Obama isn't yet four
years out of the Illinois state Senate, has never held a hearing of
note of his U.S. Senate subcommittee, and had an unremarkable
record as both a "community organizer" and law school lecturer.
Justice Thomas's judicial credentials compare favorably to Mr.
Obama's Presidential résumé by any measure. And when
it comes to rising from difficult circumstances, Justice Thomas's
rural Georgian upbringing makes Mr. Obama's story look like easy
street.
Even more
troubling is what the Illinois Democrat's answer betrays about his
political habits of mind. Asked a question he didn't expect at a
rare unscripted event, the rookie candidate didn't merely say he
disagreed with Justice Thomas. Instead, he instinctively reverted
to the leftwing cliché that the Court's black conservative
isn't up to the job while his white conservative colleagues are. So
much for civility in politics and bringing people together. And no
wonder Mr. Obama's advisers have refused invitations for more such
open forums, preferring to keep him in front of a teleprompter,
where he won't let slip what he really
believes.
topics:
Education, Nancy Pelosi, Law
