The Gaffe Express

To people on my friends list who think Obama is unelectable because he's "gaffe prone," how do you rationalize away this little gem?

"This is just, uh, an unacceptable situation. I'm not saying this is the perfect answer. If I were a dictator, which I always aspire to be, I would write it very differently..."

I'm not saying that McCain is obviously revealing his true intentions with a Freudian slip. I'm saying he gets away with this stuff. And it's goofy as hell. People already evidently think Obama might be the anti-Christ. Imagine if he "admitted" he'd always aspired to be a dictator?

(h/t En Tequila Es Verdad)

The Gaffe Express

To people on my friends list who think Obama is unelectable because he's "gaffe prone," how do you rationalize away this little gem?

"This is just, uh, an unacceptable situation. I'm not saying this is the perfect answer. If I were a dictator, which I always aspire to be, I would write it very differently..."

I'm not saying that McCain is obviously revealing his true intentions with a Freudian slip. I'm saying he gets away with this stuff. And it's goofy as hell. People already evidently think Obama might be the anti-Christ. Imagine if he "admitted" he'd always aspired to be a dictator?

(h/t En Tequila Es Verdad)

The Gaffe Express

To people on my friends list who think Obama is unelectable because he's "gaffe prone," how do you rationalize away this little gem?

"This is just, uh, an unacceptable situation. I'm not saying this is the perfect answer. If I were a dictator, which I always aspire to be, I would write it very differently..."

I'm not saying that McCain is obviously revealing his true intentions with a Freudian slip. I'm saying he gets away with this stuff. And it's goofy as hell. People already evidently think Obama might be the anti-Christ. Imagine if he "admitted" he'd always aspired to be a dictator?

(h/t En Tequila Es Verdad)

Reviewing Activist Legislators-from-the-Bench

So. I hear a lot about "activist judges" who "legislate from the bench" and take away the right of The People to take charge of the laws of the land. "Activist" judges are gonna be the downfall of our system if you ask the right people.

Trouble is, I'm not sure what these people want the judiciary to do instead.

So let's go through a very basic remedial civics lesson. There are people I know online who have a much deeper knowledge base than I've got at my command, so if they come in and say I'm wrong, you should listen to them. But based on what I learned in high school, this is how things work. The legislature (that means the House of Representatives and the Senate) makes law. The executive branch (that's the President and the people working under him) enforce the law. The judicial branch (courts and judges) interprets law and legal precedents. Since 1803 this has included doublechecking them against the Constitution to make sure they're okay laws in the first place. This, along with what scraps I remember from my high school government course, is the core of my knowledge here.

( Now let's take an example and see what happens... )

Reviewing Activist Legislators-from-the-Bench

So. I hear a lot about "activist judges" who "legislate from the bench" and take away the right of The People to take charge of the laws of the land. "Activist" judges are gonna be the downfall of our system if you ask the right people.

Trouble is, I'm not sure what these people want the judiciary to do instead.

So let's go through a very basic remedial civics lesson. There are people I know online who have a much deeper knowledge base than I've got at my command, so if they come in and say I'm wrong, you should listen to them. But based on what I learned in high school, this is how things work. The legislature (that means the House of Representatives and the Senate) makes law. The executive branch (that's the President and the people working under him) enforce the law. The judicial branch (courts and judges) interprets law and legal precedents. Since 1803 this has included doublechecking them against the Constitution to make sure they're okay laws in the first place. This, along with what scraps I remember from my high school government course, is the core of my knowledge here.

( Now let's take an example and see what happens... )

Reviewing Activist Legislators-from-the-Bench

So. I hear a lot about "activist judges" who "legislate from the bench" and take away the right of The People to take charge of the laws of the land. "Activist" judges are gonna be the downfall of our system if you ask the right people.

Trouble is, I'm not sure what these people want the judiciary to do instead.

So let's go through a very basic remedial civics lesson. There are people I know online who have a much deeper knowledge base than I've got at my command, so if they come in and say I'm wrong, you should listen to them. But based on what I learned in high school, this is how things work. The legislature (that means the House of Representatives and the Senate) makes law. The executive branch (that's the President and the people working under him) enforce the law. The judicial branch (courts and judges) interprets law and legal precedents. Since 1803 this has included doublechecking them against the Constitution to make sure they're okay laws in the first place. This, along with what scraps I remember from my high school government course, is the core of my knowledge here.

( Now let's take an example and see what happens... )