And now Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan demonstrates why her attitude on censorship is unlikely to wind up listed in Bartlett’s. Elana Kagan: It’s fine if the law bans books because government won’t really enforce it.
First, let’s review a few comments from the Immortals regarding censorship.
Voltaire: I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.
Mark Twain: Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.
Thomas Jefferson: I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.
And now Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan demonstrates why her attitude on censorship is unlikely to wind up listed in Bartlett’s.
Elana Kagan: It’s fine if the law bans books because government won’t really enforce it.
We were a bit surprised to find the left so silent on Mr. Kagan’s obvious disdain for the First Amendment. But then we remembered, when the book burning starts, Heather Has Two Mommies is likely to get a reprieve.
An Associated Press photographer got a shot over Frank’s shoulder that caught him drawing a damn nice likeness of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions instead of paying attention to the testimony.
Day One of the Elena Kagan hearings: Al Franken falls asleep. Day Two of the Elena Kagan hearings: Al Franken doodles.
An Associated Press photographer got a shot over Frank’s shoulder that caught him drawing a damn nice likeness of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions instead of paying attention to the testimony.
As our grandmothers used to say, “He’s just resting his eyes.” C’mon, Senator Franken, this thing’s going to go on for days. And days. And days.
As our grandmothers used to say, “He’s just resting his eyes.”
C’mon, Senator Franken, this thing’s going to go on for days. And days. And days.
If the woman puts you to sleep with her opening bullshit statement, what’s it going to be like when your colleagues start preening for the TV cameras and Kagan starts droning on with her rehearsed answers?
Ever since the Wall Street Journal ran an old photo of Kagan playing softball, her old friends have been leaping to her defense, swearing that she’s not a lesbian. (Who knew that enjoying softball was a sure indicator of homosexuality?).
The Wall Street Journal insists they were not implying that Elena Kagan is a switchhitter
We really don’t care about Elena Kagan’s sexual orientation. In fact, it’s a subject on which we’d prefer to remain blissfully ignorant. There mere thought of it puts shivers up our spines.
But ever since the Wall Street Journal ran an old photo of Kagan playing softball, her old friends have been leaping to her defense, swearing that she’s not a lesbian. (Who knew that enjoying softball was a sure indicator of homosexuality?).
Politico.com provides too much information:
“I’ve known her for most of her adult life and I know she’s straight,” said Sarah Walzer, Kagan’s roommate in law school and a close friend since then. “She dated men when we were in law school, we talked about men — who in our class was cute, who she would like to date, all of those things. She definitely dated when she was in D.C. after law school, when she was in Chicago – and she just didn’t find the right person.”…
Another friend, former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, a member of Kagan’s social circle at Princeton University, wanted to make the same point as Walzer. “I did not go out with her, but other guys did,” he said in an email Tuesday night. “I don’t think it is my place to say more.”…
Walzer recalled “discussion about who she might be interested in – the usual girl talk stuff– talk about how to get his attention.”
Just as Freud said, “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,” we say that sometimes “sliding headfirst into home plate” is just a description of a play in softball and not a sexual euphemism.
Far as we’re concerned, being a lesbian shouldn’t disqualify Kagan from being on the Supreme Court. But being friends with a scumball like Eliot Spitzer for 30 years is another matter.
Damn straight it’s a big f-ing deal. The introduction of Elena Kagan as Obama’s latest Supreme Court nominee was the first time Joe Biden’s been allowed back in public since the day the President signed the ObamaCare bill.
Damn straight it’s a big f-ing deal. The introduction of Elena Kagan as Obama’s latest Supreme Court nominee was the first time Joe Biden’s been allowed back in public since the day the President signed the ObamaCare bill.
The President move a muscle as Biden approached Kagan. We think he was paralyzed with fear.
