Most breakings of important political promises are achieved through that ol’ debbil gradualism:
slicing ever-so-thin slices off the promise, slowly, steadily, until an unsustainable tag end is all that remains. Once that end sits in full view, the promise-breaker can simply say “we can no longer defend this stance in the light of all these other developments.” It won’t get him perfect absolution – especially not from those who remembered who engineered the “other developments” – but it will usually get him past the Sturm und Drang to the next election...and in politics, that’s all that matters.
The death of Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
was immediately followed by pronouncements from prominent Republicans in
the Senate that no new Justice would be confirmed to take Scalia’s
place until after the inauguration of a new president. Many on the Right
were relieved by those pronouncements...until they reflected on the
natures and past behavior of those making them.
This morning, our beloved Emperor Misha reports that the first slice has been pared from the promise salami:
Even faster than we’d expected for the GOPe to spread their wrinkled cheeks for Obongo’s man meat, and we weren’t exactly expecting much of any resistance at all.
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I read that classless thing called a president is not going
ReplyDeleteto Judge Scalia's funeral. But, all in all, who cares.
A sad, bad omen day for America.
president is not going to Judge Scalia's funeral. But, all in all, who cares.
DeleteI am sure Scalia would not want him there.