The Joker inside of me

[dougo]

As Alfred the Butler says, some men just want to watch the world burn. There's a possibility that McCain will win the election, immediately keel over, and President Palin will be sworn in this January. And a small part of me actually wants this to happen, just to watch everyone totally lose their shit.

Comments

[in-parentheses.livejournal.com]

Yeah -- you and Tina Fey. :)

[twistjusty.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[mshonle.livejournal.com]

Ugh... please, no.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Condoleezza '12?

[dougo.livejournal.com]

See? Like that. It would be fun!

[mshonle.livejournal.com]

I suppose I'm a little too close to it. Thinking back, that's probably why I voted Nader in 2000. (I do think all the money and time I donated to that campaign was wasted. "I'll be your watchdog" my ass.)

[askesis.livejournal.com]

President Obama sticking Hillary Clinton on the Supreme Court would cause more entertaining meltdowns, I think. All the apocalyptic hysteria without the actual apocalypse.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Hm, I guess somehow I enjoy left-wing meltdowns more than right-wing meltdowns. Although I think President Palin would actually cause both.

[dianamp04.livejournal.com]

This sounds like the beginning of an apocalyptic sci fi channel movie.

[prusik.livejournal.com]

The sad thing is that there are people out there who would welcome a Palin administration. It's pretty clear that one of the reasons why so-called hardcore conservatives support McCain is because they hope it will lead to a President Palin.

Under your scenario, what would happen is more gloating by conservatives being sore winners. Been there. Done that. Got the t-shirt. It's time for some right wing apoplexy.

[amphibolous.livejournal.com]

I keep hearing this brought up. I would hope that even a Democratic-controlled Senate would think twice about putting someone on the Supreme Court who has no actual bench experience, let alone someone who hasn't exactly kept busy in their legal career. When was the last significant person to jump from a high-level position in the Executive or Congressional branch to the Judiciary? Of the current Justices, only Thomas lacks significant bench time, but he at least spent some time in robes.

It could be worse, we don't apoint sitting Justices to Senate seats anymore like David Davis.

Fine, make me do some research.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Earl Warren was the Governor of California when he was appointed by Eisenhower. But he was the Attorney General of California before that, so at least he had some sort of legal career.

Former President Taft became the Chief Justice in 1921. But he was a circuit judge before being President, and being Chief Justice was his "lifelong ambition" according to Wikipedia.