Comments on: Election Snippet: Sarah Palin’s Supreme Ignorance

By: Greta Christina

Greta Christina — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:14:03 +0000

All I’m getting from you is pro-Obama, anti-McCain! If I don’t get some anti-Obama or Pro-McCain, then your continued bashing of McCain is going to lose its effect really fast.

Sorry, but you’re not going to get that.
I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again here: This blog is not a mainstream news source, with an obligation to try to be objective. This blog is my blog. I aspire in my political writing to be fair and accurate — but I do not aspire to be, or pretend to be, objective and non- partisan.
The purpose of my writing about this Presidential campaign is not to present a balanced and objective look at the news. It is to show what a truly disastrous thing it would be for this country if McCain were elected President. It is to persuade people to vote for Obama and not for McCain. Period.
if I write something (or link to something) that’s inaccurate or misleading, by all means, please call me on it. But if you want to see anti-Obama or pro-McCain writing, you’re going to have to look elsewhere.

By: AA

AA — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:51:46 +0000

The difference IS like night and day.
But I have a red light going off.
All I’m getting from you is pro-Obama, anti-McCain! If I don’t get some anti-Obama or Pro-McCain, then your continued bashing of McCain is going to lose its effect really fast.

By: efrique

efrique — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:13:23 +0000

I was only able to beat her 2-1. But then again, I’m from Australia, not the USA.
Though if I don’t have to give the names of them, I can describe a couple more.
I’d expect anyone who grew up in the US to be able to name more than me – and anyone involved in politics to be able to name 3 or 4 times as many as me. I’d expect someone running for vice president to name a dozen, right off the top of their head.
And for that matter, when asked to name a newspaper or magazine that you read, you should be able to name several on the spot, or explain how else you get your information.

By: MrBadAxe

MrBadAxe — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:31:32 +0000

@arensb: Morse v. Frederick, Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (?), Hein v. FFRF.
Here’s a few I think Sarah might have been against, based on her record, but didn’t want to say so: Lawrence v. Texas, Lemon v. Kurtzman, Lee v. Weisman, Griswold v. Connecticut…

By: markmier

markmier — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:40:42 +0000

Excellent post, Greta.
The corporations Supreme case you’re thinking of is Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad (1886).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_v._Southern_Pacific_Railroad

By: arensb

arensb — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:29:45 +0000

I don’t remember the names, but in more recent memory there’s the “Bong Hits for Jesus” case that I disagree with. And the one where the SCOTUS weaseled out of deciding whether “under God” in the pledge was constitutional, on a technicality.
Oh, and the one where the SCOTUS told the FFRF that taxpayers don’t have standing to sue over whether funding faith-based initiatives with taxpayer money is legal.

By: Paul Crowley

Paul Crowley — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:28:11 +0000

As a Brit, I have to confess that off the top of my head I can only name twice as many Supreme Court cases as Sarah Palin, and Dred Scott is the other one…