Chief Justice William Rehnquist has died.
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I fear my last remaining civil rights will be buried along with him.
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:22 pmI remember the day I was standing on the front steps of a residence on East Capitol Street in the spring of 1973. It was across the street from the US Supreme Court Building. Justice Rhenquist was there visiting with the group of people I was with at the time.
Sorry to see him go.
Now, the Bush bashers can become Rhenquist bashers, too. woo hoo
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:28 pmoops, sorry for the incorrect spelling. Rehnquist
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:29 pmGod help us all now….
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:36 pmRon, why would we need to wait for him to die to criticize him? Usually people have less criticism for the dead than the living anyway…lets have a little reason in our statements, please?
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:36 pmYAY! WE CAN APPOINT PAT ROBERTSON NOW! PRAISE THE LORD!
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:38 pmRacism & The Hurricane? — how long will it take President Bush to respond to Rehnquist’s death? Will he act faster or slower than he did when thousands were dying and tens of thousands suffering? What would that tell us about his priorities?
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:40 pmAnd… Jimmy Swaggart, too. Fill the Supreme Court with God-fearing, whore-loving, downhome Christian good ol’ boys.
Jimmy Baker, too. Jessica Hahn could be there, right by his side.
Am I irreverent enough, yet?
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:41 pmI remember the day I was standing on the front steps of a residence on East Capitol Street in the spring of 1973. It was across the street from the US Supreme Court Building. Justice Rhenquist was there visiting with the group of people I was with at the time.
Sorry to see him go.
Now, the Bush bashers can become Rhenquist bashers, too. woo hoo
Comment by Ron — September 3, 2005 @ 11:28 pm
You are joking, right? If not, take your fvcking racist ass out of here and go back to hell, you POS.
http://www.badattitudes.com/Rehnquis.pdf
And have a look at this you piece of garbage. You are the problem. You need to be dealt with too.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_09/007042.php
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:42 pmDie bitch! You and your whole family.
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:43 pmSiriusA, I agree with you. Our rights will be significantly affected by this for many years to come. I’m afraid it’s gonna get a lot worse before it gets better.
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:44 pmShame on all of you.
We should be remembering Rehnquist, not bashing him.
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:45 pmI’LL REMEMBER HIM SUFFERING AND HAVE A PARTY!
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:48 pmThe passing of Chief Justice William Rehquist marks the climax of a very momentous week in American history, and at age 76 I have been here for much of it.
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:49 pmAND AS SOON AS THEY PLANT THAT FREAK, WHAT I DO ON HIS GRAVE WON’T PASS FOR FLOWERS.
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:49 pmSimmer down, Ron the clown, I knew nothing about the man at that time. I met him once.
Now, I have to burn in hell for meeting another human being at a point of time in my life. geesh
get a grip
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:52 pmAm I irreverent enough, yet?
NO, RON, YOU ARE FVCKING JOKE. TAKE YOUR FVCKING BIBLE AND YER GOODY TWO SHOES ACT ON THE ROAD. IT AIN’T PLAYING TO THIS CROWD.
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:53 pmThe survivors of Katrina are now relegated to the back burner.
September 3rd, 2005 at 11:57 pmYet another opportunity for BushCo mayhem. Poor Dubya hasn’t even had time to parcel out what’s left of Nola to his pals. That boy’s plate is full, yessiree.
September 4th, 2005 at 12:12 amI knew nothing about the man at that time. I met him once.
Like I said, you are a fvcking joke. You know nothing. There are criminal fvcks in every level and office of our government and you don’t want to know it and you don’t want us to talk about it. You are the problem, you and people like you. You are like the woman whose husband molests the kids and she see no evil, hears no evil and speaks no evil. I think you are a troll and the shit is out of control and you are trying desperately to stop it because you are a GOPstapo agent. Die bitch, and suffer too.
September 4th, 2005 at 12:13 amIf you don’t hate Bush or Rehnquist or people like them I sure as hell don’t trust you because there is something very wrong with you.
September 4th, 2005 at 12:22 amAre you sure, Ron the clown?
Maybe you are the agent provocateur.
You are welcome to say anything you please about anybody. Have at it.
I have also stood right next to Muhammad Ali. Are you going to condemn me for that, too?
Come on man, you’re taking leave of your senses.
I’m just a regular bloke just gettin’ by in the world. Nothing else
September 4th, 2005 at 12:22 am“It’s time to jump ship, Mr. _________.
Bush played guitar, ate cake, gave speeches while people died.
FEMA failed. Homeland Security was exposed.
There is no confidence in this gov’t.”
This is what I email Republicans in Congress
September 4th, 2005 at 12:30 amWhat is Cheney going to do, his buddy has passed. Did they win the case they were working on together during the last year hunting trip.?
September 4th, 2005 at 12:41 amRehnquist has died
As if to place a punctuation mark on all of the other recent deaths, it has just been announced that Chief Justice Rehnquist has just passed away. For all the things he has done that I have cursed him for, he at least has been a rational thinker and a fi
September 4th, 2005 at 12:42 amand bush breathes a sigh of relief that the nation’s short attention span will now switch to another ring on the circus floor. katrina is sooooo yesterday.
‘impeach, HELL; get a rope!’
September 4th, 2005 at 1:38 amThe architect of Bush’s stoeln 2000′ election is dead. No tears shed in our household — not a one. Now John Roberts can be confirmed 100-0 with no questions asked. Watch DINOs become whimpering idiots during the confirmation process.
September 4th, 2005 at 1:45 amRon’s a GOP troll
September 4th, 2005 at 5:06 amHey Ron, I agree how awsome it is to stand in the presence of someone like Rehnquist’s greatness, even from across the street. And I mean, Muhammad Ali must have really blown you away.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but when I saw Bush’s helicopter fly over a few weeks ago, I didn’t feel the same way. He looked so small and aloof way up there, really, and not very involved. But of course I might have felt different and overwhelmed if I had seen his actual skin.
September 4th, 2005 at 8:35 amRon likes to play good cop/bad cop here, or should I say fence sitter/Bush apologist. Hard right trolls no longer cut it on this site it seems.
September 4th, 2005 at 10:02 amI’m in a sad mood today, Ron. Boise State got its ass kicked last night by Georgia.
September 4th, 2005 at 10:18 amNow Bush has another chance to put it to the people of this country. He has already announced that he will waste no time in appointing someone to the court.
Its hard work Bush, but just ask you corporate friends, I am sure they will recommend someone. I am also sure that the next person you name to the court will be an inexperienced judge who has little or no feeling for anything but the republican way.
September 4th, 2005 at 10:48 amRon the clown, you re and uber moron… go f**k yourself, you c**ks***ing SOB.
I’ll p*** on your grave, mother****er.
respect the dead, and shut the f****
September 4th, 2005 at 10:54 amMore good fortune for Bushie -the feckless frat-boy. More sorrow for the rest of us. More loss of civil rights and freedoms.
September 4th, 2005 at 11:07 amI have seen the documentary “Unconstitutional” twice this week, and it is frightening. I urge all Americans to see this one-hour film about the Patriot Act, the undercover work of our government — they put Herbert Hoover to shame, Nixon looks like a piker in comparison.
We are going backward, folks — “1984″ is here.
Marie – I thought that Herbert was a pretty decent sort, did you mean J. Edgar?
September 4th, 2005 at 11:28 amI’m agreeing with the folks who say that the displaced American’s will now be on the backburner.
Selecting a nominee who will deny Americans the right to be American will be Bushie’s priority.
Nick, there is no law that says we have to respect the dead. It’s obvious with all the bodies floating around NO.
votetoimpeach.org
September 4th, 2005 at 12:12 pmBush has the chance to appoint another conservative. I hope liberals understand that any attempt to smear Roberts or the Chief’s replacement will be met with force.
September 4th, 2005 at 1:11 pmAtta boy Nick at #33, nice choice of words for these *****ing ****er ****s liberals! I really liked that puking on the grave thing. That was original. But what I like the best was turning around and talking in the end about “respect” and such.
But correct me if I’m wrong here, but don’t you think that b**** Susan at #36 has a point about the bodies floating around in New Orleans? I mean, don’t get me wrong as I’m on yourside and glad I can back you up.
September 4th, 2005 at 1:15 pmGreat, now the chimp gets to appoint not one but TWO right-wing racist nuts. Time for the revolution to start…
September 4th, 2005 at 2:14 pmchief justy croaking is almost as good as finding a whole danged nuke in a bagdad garage, as far as changing the channel from NoLa goes… convenient timing, too. i wonder whose footprint will be found on rehnquist’s oxygen line?
September 4th, 2005 at 2:51 pmbush this morning could not utter even a few words about what this nation is confronting in addition to justice rehnquist’s death.
September 4th, 2005 at 3:05 pm#40 – LOL!! You really believe that, don’t you? I have to disagree – if Bush was going to actually kill a Supreme Court justice to change the headline, he would have went for the 85 year old liberal John Paul Stevens.
September 4th, 2005 at 3:54 pmdon’t forget 5 of thoes shamefull jerks ‘fixed’ the 2000 election.
September 4th, 2005 at 4:18 pm#43 – The Supreme Court stopped Al Gore from stealing the election. Thank God they did – he would never be able to handle the challenges Bush has faced.
September 4th, 2005 at 4:34 pmRhenquist has always been a beacon of integrity. Hope we can find someone with half the moral strength he has demonstrated during his lifetime.
September 4th, 2005 at 5:02 pm#44 – yer right… gore would NEVER have been able to keep up the frantic pace of vacationing that bush has. ya know what? as soon as he’s done nominating a man who thinks torture is ok to be a supreme, bush should take some time off and rest from all that resting. mebbee play a lil’ guitar………….
September 4th, 2005 at 5:02 pmjudge for yourself about Rhenquest: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/rehnquist
September 4th, 2005 at 7:05 pm#44 many people prayed for god to help them…he was a NO SHOW
September 4th, 2005 at 7:07 pmRehnquist couldn’t have died at a worse time. Bush will now nominate a person so controversial to replace him we won’t even be talking about the Katrina disaster in a week. Or Iraq. Or Karl Rove, Tom DeLay, gas, or anything else.
Once again, Rehnquist bails out George’s ass.
September 4th, 2005 at 7:33 pmBush didn’t kill Rehnquist, Scalia and THomas did, they are members of Opus Dei and Rehnquist was part of a secret blood ritual.
September 4th, 2005 at 8:33 pmSatire overdose!on this site. It only packs a comic punch if used occasionally, and it needs reality and observation to play off of or it becomes tiresome to listen to or read. Comic rule
September 4th, 2005 at 9:39 pmI guess Pat Robertson has one of his prays answered.
September 5th, 2005 at 12:45 amOMFG I cannot believe that Bush has fast-tracked Roberts to replace Rhenquist. It must scare the bejesus out of the administration that a black man has a 50/50 chance of ascending to such a position.
September 5th, 2005 at 10:05 amBe careful what you wish for. If the Left had not kicked up such a fuss over the Roberts nomination, he would have been confirmed as an Associate Justice by now, and the President would be looking for someone else to be Chief Justice. Now it’s going to be Chief Justice Roberts, and there’s nothing the Left can do about it without really ticking off the American people.
My guess is that Roberts will soon be joined on the Court by Judge Edward Garza. I hope the Left goes bonkers over him, too.
The great thing about the Left is that there is no point in trying to please them. They can’t win elections, and they never will be satisfied with what the majority does anyway. They literally are mere pimples on the GOP elephant’s butt.
September 5th, 2005 at 1:55 pmMore conservative humor from Scrappleface:
“Just hours after the death of William H. Rehnquist, Senate Democrats demanded that President George Bush nominate a replacement whose ideology and judicial philosophy match that of the late Supreme Court justice.
” ‘When Sandra Day O’Connor retired, we insisted Bush appoint a centrist to replace her and maintain the balance on the court,’ said one unnamed Senator. ‘Now, we demand that the president name a right-wing, conservative, originalist to replace Rehnquist for that same reason.’ ”
“The Senator explained that balance is the most important feature of the high court, trumping ideology, logic and the intent of the framers of the constitution.
” ‘As much as we’d like to have another lefty like [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg, we must maintain balance,’ the anonymous legislator intoned. ‘Even if it means overturning Roe v. Wade, we Democrats shall remain true to our principles.’ “
September 5th, 2005 at 1:58 pmI can hear Robertson now — “God has answered my prayers.”
September 5th, 2005 at 5:08 pm#35 EEEKS! My very BAD.
September 5th, 2005 at 6:22 pmOf course I meant J. Edgar! What a slip-up. Thanks for the catch.
Another ’80s-era revelation for the Supreme Court nominee…
September 5th, 2005 at 10:51 pmhttp://hmpl.home.att.net/john_roberts_rocks.html