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Monday, January 23, 2006 12:00 AM

Bush nominee broke law

A federal judge nominated to the U.S. Circuit Court owned stock in corporations involved in lawsuits brought before him.
By Will Evans

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  • Monday, January 23, 2006 10:44 AM

    Poco's braindead comments

    are about the same as I hear all the time from my boyfriend's redneck red state family. Other people probably did something bad, sometime, therefore, we absolutely can't have any discussion about this bad thing this person did.

    Wrong. Because wrong is wrong, and evidence of current wrong act means that they can and must be debated.

    Since there really is no excuse for this judge's conduct, Poco used the usual repugnant tactics: minimize the seriousness of the conduct, accuse the persons revealing the conduct of a political agenda in revealing it, and point a finger at someone else (hypothetical judges with ethical issues, appointed by Democrats).

    These tactics are what make me yawn. Because facts are facts, dude.

    —ReganaD Read ReganaD's other letters

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