And The Nominee Is....

This morning, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement from the Court.

Let the games begin.

Naturally, there are already calls for another woman -- accompanied by a demand that she be non-Caucasian -- just to maintain "diversity" on the nation's highest court, as though "diversity" is more important that an understanding and an appreciation of the Constitution.

That sound you hear is the Lunatic Left gearing up to trash whoever Pres. Bush nominates. No matter who it is, he/she will be denounced as "out of the mainstream" or having "extreme right-wing" views or being "completely unqualified". To his credit, Pres. Bush has already launched a pre-emptive strike by calling for a "dignified process of confirmation".

Despite the occasional denunciations from the Left, O'Connor was never all that "conservative". In fact, she was pretty much a swing vote on the court. Not that that would deter the Left. In their view, anyone to the right of FDR is/was a "right-wing extremist". With any luck, though, people are beginning to see thru that ploy (see our previous post).

Of course, as we've pointed out earlier, the chances of Pres. bush nominating an actual conservative rank somewhere between slim and none. In other words, don't hold your breath.