NYT on Bush judge appointments

[Max Sawicky]

Wow, this is some devious crap. When did RN say he'd vote for Bush? 
The distortion of the Roe v Wade quote is sloppy coming from an 
alleged scholar. And what's this "irresponsible...inflammatory" 
nonsense? Seems courageous to me, given the standards of American 
politics.

By the way, fairness dictates I say this: there's a quote making the 
rounds that looks like Gore's endorsement of Clarence Thomas. In 
fact, it's taken out of context, from a speech on the Senate floor 
that was mostly critical. And it's also being claimed by some 
Naderites that Gore and Lieberman voted to confirm THomas. They 
didn't.   Doug


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last one first, I've heard Joe L voted for thomas,
and Gore (along with all other Senators) voted for
Scalia.  Even if true, I don't think this is a very
good answer to the Supreme Court thingy.

The 'I prefer Bush' line is from two sources: Outside
Magazine and some devious sourcing of a NY Times article.
The former says explicitly, "Nader confided that . . .
blah blah."  The latter drops a Nader quote about J. Watt
into a context set by the words of unnamed attendees
at a rally.  All possibly true, but subject to the
criticism I mentioned.

mbs