tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post7301301280747960246..comments2024-03-27T23:44:50.699-04:00Comments on Waddy Is Right: An Even Playing FieldNicholas Waddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-43099097922552265732022-02-03T13:08:09.330-05:002022-02-03T13:08:09.330-05:00I strongly disagree, Rod. We already have laws pr...I strongly disagree, Rod. We already have laws prohibiting discrimination in hiring, and this is, at bottom, a hiring decision. Politicians ought to be bound by the same laws as the rest of us -- Republicans and Democrats. Hopefully SCOTUS will soon make it clear that ALL racial and gender preferences are illegal and unconstitutional.<br /><br />BTW, could you tell me your source for the claim that Bush, Sr. only considered two (black) candidates to replace Thurgood Marshall? I can't find any info online. Maybe it's true, but it surprises me, if it is.Nicholas Waddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-64283035166348707202022-02-02T15:45:31.823-05:002022-02-02T15:45:31.823-05:00Nick, my point was NOT "it's OK for the D...Nick, my point was NOT "it's OK for the Dems to do it because the Republicans did it." My point is that the hypocrisy from the other side about picking a judge from a specific demographic group is just stunning.<br /><br />It would be great if politics was not a consideration, and the best jurists were picked. But, for that to happen, we would have to change the Constitution. Rod Carvethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07603160183337170296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-49773564989947524262022-02-02T15:37:46.938-05:002022-02-02T15:37:46.938-05:00Rod, I don't deny that previous presidents hav...Rod, I don't deny that previous presidents have played demographic games with their appointments. We've seen a rash of it in recent years. Biden is just more transparent about it. Anyway, I find your "it must be okay, because Republicans do it" philosophy a little...disingenuous? We all know you couldn't care less about Reagan and Bush as moral exemplars. Hey, either straight up discrimination is okay, or it's not. I say it's not. I deeply regret that sometimes Republicans play these same silly games.<br /><br />And I assure you: the Federalist Society is NOT "as hard right as you can get." You should spend an afternoon with ME sometime... Ha ha.Nicholas Waddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-5272712065318500692022-02-01T09:48:21.442-05:002022-02-01T09:48:21.442-05:00Dr. Waddy from Jack: Nah, I'm serious this ti...Dr. Waddy from Jack: Nah, I'm serious this time. I'm certain the left would establish such a regime as soon as it might have power to do so. They have demonstrated this intent in all the settings which they presently dominate. It might come eventually but it wouldn't be eventual. It would be a priority once they start to bustling (think Pol Pot fast)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-28424347372804026292022-02-01T07:42:41.471-05:002022-02-01T07:42:41.471-05:00Nick, Reagan announced in advance that he was pick...Nick, Reagan announced in advance that he was picking a woman for the Supreme Court. That excluded 50% (actually, more, given the gender discrimination in the judiciary) of possible picks. When Marshall left SCOTUS, Bush I only considered two candidates - Clarence Thomas and Emilio Garza - both judges of color. <br /><br />BTW, Reagan was public about his exclusion. Bush was semi-public, as those in the White House knew it, and there were a number of contemporary reports at the time about the nature of his pick. <br /><br />Biden's commitment to a black woman justice is nothing new. It's been done at least twice by Republican presidents. <br /><br />As for Trump, he announced the day after Justice Ginsburg's death that her successor would "most likely" be a woman. On his list of possible nominees was David Cameron, the attorney general of KY. He had no experienced as a judge, but was on the list because he was black and 36.<br /><br />BTW, Trump's judges were hardly of the political establishment. They were vetted by the Federalist Society, which is as hard right in terms of legal philosophy as you can get. They were also young -- half of the Circuit Court of Appeals picks were born in 1975 or later. And, they were white. Of 226 Trump appointees confirmed, 9 were black and 9 were Hispanic. If he picked anywhere close to the proportion of blacks and Hispanics in the population, those numbers should have been 28 and 39. Plus, after having a president (President Obama) of whose picks 42% were female (getting close to 50% of the population), Trump regressed to 24%.<br /><br />So, Nick, you are just wrong in terms of your history.<br /><br />RodRod Carvethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07603160183337170296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-39555156468425186172022-01-31T22:34:33.164-05:002022-01-31T22:34:33.164-05:00Jack, I'm not sure if you speak frankly or in ...Jack, I'm not sure if you speak frankly or in jest about every American being ranked in future based on their wokeness, membership in "protected" classes, etc., but it reminds me of China's "social credit" system, and I wouldn't be at all shocked to see something like it here...eventually. The truth is that one's "wokeness" or "political correctness" or membership in the new proletariat (defined by race, gender, and sexual identity) is, all in all, somewhat difficult to define and ennumerate. An algorithm that decided for us exactly where we ranked would be extremely useful. For instance, Biden, based on his race and gender, would start off struggling, but bonus points for his obdurate loyalty to the Democratic Party and his progressivism would quickly allow him to make up ground. In fact, why not allow someone to purchase extra "credit" directly...by funneling money into BLM's hands, or the Democratic Party's, or Greenpeace's. You get the idea. The possibilities are endless!<br /><br />Rod, show me where any Republican President EVER engaged in a search for a SCOTUS nominee that excluded all candidates of the "wrong" race or gender. It's never happened. I grant you that they may have employed race and gender preferences -- for which I reproach them -- but never blanket exclusions. That's what makes Biden's overt discrimination different.<br /><br />I agree with Jack: Trump nominated many fine judges and Justices, and I have no issue with his picks. Okay, I have one issue with his picks: most were still members in good standing of the political establishment. Most, I'd wager, voted for Biden. But hey -- Trump did the best he could with what was on offer.Nicholas Waddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-5311399021443970452022-01-31T15:37:52.893-05:002022-01-31T15:37:52.893-05:00Dr.Waddy et al from Jack: Ithink what Trump did wa...Dr.Waddy et al from Jack: Ithink what Trump did was to insolently disregard the political incorrectness of a candidate as a disqualifier; which is of course anathema to the American left which directs the present nomination process. No need to use quote marks for the term political correctness anymore. We know it to be the long since proven characteristic manifestation of the far left's bigotry. There is one sure way to counter the left's implacable determination to reconstruct our polity and our society on mandated ranked standards, approved by their commie elite, for access to all advantages (eg.property, not just that of real estate but ALL present property rights, including that of transfer to whom you please,sans proven violation of presently unlawful discrimination): DISEMPOWER them! They scorn moral questioning: Marx gave them good leave to summarily ignore any previously evolved moral codes. Why, they feel free to interpret even Marx himself with casual presumptuousness. They are irredemable, unpersuadable incipient dictators. They have been making political war on America, from within America, for the last almost 60 years. We must respond in like manner!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-30273240294532948372022-01-31T13:46:06.098-05:002022-01-31T13:46:06.098-05:00Nick, you are being incredibly hypocritical. Reaga...Nick, you are being incredibly hypocritical. Reagan announced that he was going to nominate a female. Bush I only considered a black in order to replace the judicial icon Thurgood Marshall. Nobody screamed about discrimination then, even though huge swaths of the judicial population was left out. Biden is merely doing the same thing.<br /><br />Plus, Trump nominated a number of unqualified judges whose primary asset was being young (and white). Several lack judicial experience or even litigation experience (Justin Walker, for example). <br /><br />So, please, don't embarrass yourself with this nonsense.Rod Carvethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07603160183337170296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-88709799293112812732022-01-31T09:38:31.424-05:002022-01-31T09:38:31.424-05:00Dr.Waddy from Jack: There is one benefit to be had...Dr.Waddy from Jack: There is one benefit to be had just now from this situation. It predicts, fairly and plainly, how the left would rule should it achieve the total power it seeks. I know that in one time in modern Japan, the following was and perhaps still is, routine: businessmen, upon meeting tor the first time, exchanged cards containing the name of their university and their year of graduation. This established a superior-subordinate relationship at least as far as manners required. Its obvious that the American far left would force a ranking of all Americans by "politically correct" standards. All advantages, such as income, safety and deference would be granted according to one's ranking. So too would disadvantages such as being held personally accountable for negative behavior. Naturally an ID card, containing one's rank would be required and production of the card upon the demand of a suddenly very popular but much differently purposed police, would be mandatory. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-42562545189278388822022-01-30T17:56:04.334-05:002022-01-30T17:56:04.334-05:00DO NOT FORGET that Biden's pick of a Black Fem...DO NOT FORGET that Biden's pick of a Black Female for the Supreme Court is BECAUSE he is fulfilling a presidential campaign promise to Congressman James Clyburn from South Carolina. <br /><br /> Without Clyburn's support in drumming up the Black vote in S.C.during that campaign, Biden might well have had to drop out of the race. It's ALL about politics. Raynoreply@blogger.com