Dems to Use Katrina Against Roberts
In the whirlwind of politication of Hurricane Katrina, I find this the most stunning of all:
Senate Democrats said yesterday that they will invoke the vast disparities in income and living conditions laid bare by the Hurricane Katrina disaster to sharpen their questioning of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. at his confirmation hearings next week. …”We have made very important progress over the period of the last 50 years in knocking down walls of discrimination so that people can participate and be a part of a changed America,” said Kennedy, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. ”And he’s going to be asked to explain some of his advice that would have, I think, undermined that progress in important ways.”
Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said he, too, will pursue questions raised by Katrina in the Roberts hearings. In addition, civil rights leaders whom Democrats have called to appear at the hearings said they also intend to refer to the scenes from the hurricane-ravaged region.
I was reading about the President suggesting Don King for the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy made by Judge Rehnquist’s death. (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/digest.htm)
Wouldn’t this be a great way to shut up all the blacks who are giving him such a hard time about New Orleans? I’m sick of hearing all the whines about Republicans being raceists. Doesn’t Bush putting King on the Supreme Court prove that’s all BS?
Maybe we need to suggest to all of them that they read Gun, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond) at least once, so they may sharpen thier wits enough to participate in a quest for solutions that extends beyond the tired shadow of race.