The Fake SCOTUS War Has Begun!
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in General Politics, Supreme CourtAhh, the memedia. How I loathe/love thee…
I’m starting to notice that before the nominee has even been announced and either side has really had their say, articles like this from the NY Times are trying to stir up trouble.
…the armies of ideological activists from both sides who had massed in anticipation of a battle over replacing the chief justice, a reliable conservative, quickly pivoted to what they agreed was an even greater struggle for control of a seat that could alter the court’s balance on an array of polarizing topics.
Oh, and don’t forget The Washington Post:
After preparing for months for a battle to replace Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, conservative and liberal groups were caught by surprise yesterday and immediately began reworking their strategies for a fight that they believe will be even more ferocious and carry higher stakes.
And then again from the NY Times:
Advocates on the left and the right, who had prepared for this moment since the last Supreme Court vacancy was filled 11 years ago, agreed that the ideological balance of the court was up for grabs. Advocacy groups bought advertising on television and the Internet, and issued millions of e-mail alerts, waves of direct-mail fund-raising appeals and pre-emptive blasts at those viewed by the groups as either obstructionist Democrats or extremist Republicans.
True, MoveOn PAC and conservative groups are sending out emails and running TV ads, but the verbiage the MSM are using is alarming. They’re calling people who are working for both sides “troops”. Troops? No, those are the men and women in the Armed Forces, not extremists on polar ends of the ideological spectrum.
Newsflash for the memedia. This isn’t a war. We’re not troops. Quit trying to polarize us even further. There will be many voices in the blogosphere and beyond talking about how this is war, but you need to be a reasonable voices who give us the facts, and spare us the fiction.
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