Sandra Day O'Connor US risks edging near to dictatorship

[G2099]

Sandra Day O'Connor, a Republican-appointed judge who retired last month after 24 years on the supreme court, has said the US is in danger of edging towards dictatorship if the party's rightwingers continue to attack the judiciary.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0%2C%2C1729396%2C00.html?gusrc=rss

[WI_DEM]

1. Sandra Day you had your chance in 2000 and you blew it!

[stop the bleeding]

2. yep n/t

[helderheid]

11. yes, hello? Sandra? You appointed the emperor!

[sweetheart]

28. burn on the karmic spit, o-yuga

YOu fucked us, and no apologies in georgetown change shit.

Fuck you sandra, dictatorship is your doing.

[The Gunslinger]

33. exactly

She's to blame.

[rzemanfl]

3. She brought everlasting shame to the Supreme Court and now

has buyer's remorse. Isn't that special?

[WiseButAngrySara]

6. Truly! The SCOTUS Whores. That's how history will judge

their actions. But I'm glad she's speaking out (this makes the second time.)

[bluedeminredstate]

4. This just infuriates me!!!

She could have held out before retiring and allowing this dictatorship's further attack. Too late now, Sandy. Some patriot.

:grr:

[idgiehkt]

39. it's her fault, isn't it. good god

I can't believe she's got the nerve to bitch about something she put into play. of all the....

no words for that one.

[Kerrytravelers]

5. And how nice of her to quit instead of staying in a position to defend

the Constitution and the law.

:crazy:

[WiseButAngrySara]

8. Hey, she's a Republican. The Party of Hypocrisy. ....n/t

[Kerrytravelers]

47. Point well made. Can't argue with that.

[fishwax]

7. and whose fault would that be?

:grr:

[baldguy]

9. And we have YOU to thank for it, Sandra.

It was your political decision to select W, contradicting the wishes of the majority of Americans and contrary to both the spirit and the text of the Constitution, that created the right wing dictatorship. I hope you are happy.

[Swamp Rat]

10. Yeah , no thanks to YOU Sandra Day O'Connor!

May history be very cruel to you, and future generations only know what a horrible person you were.

[charlie]

17. She's had her regrets

for the fuckup of a lifetime. She held off retirement under Clinton so a Republican could appoint her successor. She gave GeeDub a boost and then... wouldn't retire. She clued in pretty quick what a disaster he would be for the courts. Stupid, stupid woman.

[Swamp Rat]

19. hey charlie!

:hi: What do you think of this idea?:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1367928&mesg_id=1367928

[charlie]

25. Hey! Wassup?

I'd have a hard time convincing my missus that it's a culture jam and not me trying to sneak out the back door on her, but yeah, I could do that. A bunch of times. Just so I could say I've been un-married more times than Larry King! :hi:

[electron_blue]

12. Is she on record about the 2000 vote? I mean, on record since last year.

I'd like to know, seriously, why she voted for Bush.

[jumpoffdaplanet]

13. I sent a white feather to her when she quit

To let her know that it was the coward's way out.

Yes, her husband is sick, but after saddling us with that piece of shit bush, the least she could do it stand and protect the country she betrayed.

Maybe it's time to send her another white feather, to remind her that she's still a coward and her words are meaningless swill.

[ourbluenation]

14. and she appointed the dicatator...jesus - you can't make this shit up

wake me when it's over!

[AndyTiedye]

15. It Already HAS Turned into a Dictatorship, and It's YOUR FAULT, Sandra

An apology wouldn't bring our democracy back, probably nothing will at this point,
but it would be nice, anyway.

[NNadir]

16. Fuck off Sandy: History's got your number.

[Jacobin]

18. Um, YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE FUCKING COUP

Sorry to shout, but this cretinous excuse for a blob of humanity VOTED BUSH INTO OFFICE while on SCOTUS.

She violated her oath and undertook treason.

NOW, she's sorry?

Oh give me a fucking break.

She needs a fast slap across her face to remind her of her role in this calamity

[Rex]

20. Sour bubbles in her victory soup.

Live it up Sandra! You had your chance and you blew it! Now history (if we are still around in 500 years - thanks again O'Connor) will show how 5 non-elected persons decided the fate of millions of voting Americans! Laff it up loser!

[WhiteTara]

21. Sandra, you helped push us into a dictatorship

no getting closer, bitch. You shoved us right into the middle of a coup and you voted for dictatorshp. You are evil and will rot in hell. All your pandering today means nothing.

[racaulk]

22. Well look who just bought her ticket to get on the clue bus!

Moderate or no, Sandra Day O'Connor helped to enable this shift towards dictatorship with her vote in Bush v. Gore in 2000. And after watching * in action for over 5 years, she further allowed this "right-wing attack on the judiciary" by stepping down and remaining silent while * replaced her with a right-wing zealot like Alito. And now she wants to spread the warning about our slide towards dictatorship, instead of staying on the bench and actually trying to do something about it?!?!?!?!

As with Mary Cheney, she has absolutely no fucking right to complain about what she helped to bring about. I guess it's good that she's speaking out, but too little too late, IMHO. She will only redeem herself if/when she takes a prominent role in bringing an end to the reign of * and his cabal.

[Brigid]

23. No kidding?

Don't mean to snark at my favorite Supreme Court Justice, but just what gave her her first clue? :wtf:

[AX10]

24. Sandra, where were you on the night of December 12th, 2000?

[dave502d]

26. Could someone let her know she the one who gave it to the dictator.n/t

[wellst0nev0ter]

27. Is There Really Anything You Can Say To This Nonsense?

Instead of "fuck you," "you had your chance," "too little, too late," or "Breaking: chicken regrets voting for Colonel Sanders."

Yeap, talking about how much our country is FUBARED is a lot easier than actually doing something about it.

[ladjf]

29. No shit.

[long_green]

30. I think she's practicing for her speech to St. Peter

I doubt she'll get a better reception from him than what she's getting here.

[Rex_Goodheart]

31. This woman is beyond stupid...

In December 2000 she ruled in favor of a man seeking to CUT OFF LEGAL VOTE-COUNTING, and now she decries a danger of sinking into a dictatorship? How can she be surprised, unless she's really stupid? Or really a hypocrite?

[bdamomma]

32. Sandra is more like a hypocrite

[ChiciB1]

34. NOW You Tell The World! My Goodness Lady Didn't You

give the country away several years ago? Why talk now? A bit late for all us who are paying the price for YOUR screw-up!

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.... I think SCREAM is in order!

[usregimechange]

35. Did she say this recently?

[NMDemDist2]

38. last March n/t

[NMDemDist2]

36. old news, (article from March) but she picked a hellva time to figure

that out :banghead:

[libnnc]

37. A little too fucking late now, you waspy bitch!

What can I throw off of the back of my deck? :grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke:

[w4rma]

40. Why can I only read about this in the foreign press? (nt)

[Downtown Hound]

41. Thanks in large part to you you dumb bitch!

Now thanks for the warning and fuck off!

[tuvor]

42. No wonder bush doesn't give a shit about polls.

[shadowknows69]

43. Edging?

How about, hurtling toward

[ronnykmarshall]

44. Shove it, Sandra!

Join Mary Cheney in my sig line.

[Malikshah]

45. Enjoy the oblivion you useless piece of trash. You sold out the country

for your own pathetic desires.

Shame on you.

Ignorance is NO excuse.

BTW-- They're creating a new circle of hell for you.

[cushla_machree]

46. i don't know about you

but subverting the will of the people in 2000 sounds like dictatorship to me. Hey Sandra, "Go F*** yourself"

[Odin2005]

48. YOU VOTED THE CHIMPEROR IN YOU BITCH!!!

:mad: :grr:

[jerry611]

49. She didn't have a choice

Saying that one vote in one county is counted different than another vote in another county is a violation of the 14th amendment of equal protection.

The count voted 7-2 that the way the recounts were being conducted was unconstiutional. That's a sound decision.
The 5-4 decision was to stop the recounting process.

Florida was where the giant fuckup occured. Not the Supreme Court.

[wellst0nev0ter]

50. Hi,You Must Be New Here

:nuke: if that is unconstitutional, then why wasn't there a nationwide effort to standardize vote counting? :nuke:

Everybody knows the decision is bullshit, pick up a book or a law review.

[jerry611]

51. Pick up the constitution

A national voting standard cannot be forced upon the states by the federal government. Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution states:
"Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress..."

The federal government has no constitutional authority to dictate to a state how an election is to be conducted. That's the state's decision. The decision of the supreme court was that the state must make a standard that is made for all counties. In other words, it is unconstitutional that a hanging chad be counted as a vote in Dade county but not a vote in Palm Beach County.

That was the major problem in Florida in the election. Every county was counting the votes a different way.

Since then, Florida changed the law so that there is now a voting standard in that state that is the same for each and every county.

[Malikshah]

52. She had every choice-- she chose to interpret the constitution in

such a way that she could retire under a Republican administration. The news reports and other items support this.

To argue otherwise would mean that the decision should have been 9-0 which it wasn't.

She HAD a choice.

We, alas, have to live with it.

[LynneSin]

53. Shut the fuck up Sandra - you created the dictatorship

A little to late for remorse. I hope you rot in hell thinking of the people who have suffered and died because of what YOU, Rehnquist, Thomas, Scalia and Kennedy created!

Do I seem a bit angry - you betcha. She could have stopped this but even she said she wanted to retire and do it underneath a republican president. So if anything she's more to blame. We knew how the evil 3 of Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas would vote. But Kennedy and O'Conner were sometimes the voice of reason (they both support RoeVWade) but this time they failed us

[Mandate My Ass]

54. what utter gall

In her address to an audience of corporate lawyers on Thursday, Ms O'Connor singled out a warning to the judiciary issued last year by Tom DeLay, the former Republican leader in the House of Representatives, over a court ruling in a controversial "right to die" case.

"I want you to tune your ears to these attacks ... You have an obligation to speak up.

"Statutes and constitutions do not protect judicial independence - people do," the retired supreme court justice said.

This coming from the woman who was publicly very vocally appalled when it looked like Gore would win Florida and who used the equal protection clause to protect Bush from the will of the electorate. :puke:

[eppur_se_muova]

55. Hey, that was no concern of hers when she selected Bu**sh**.

I think she's thrown away her right to further comment.