Mehlman: Dems need activist judges for 'victories they can't win at ballot box'

[truthpusher]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Mehlman_Dems_need_activist_judges_for_1106.html

Mehlman: Dems need activist judges for 'victories they can't win at ballot box'

11/06/2006 @ 9:31 pm

Filed by RAW STORY

In an op-ed column in today's edition of USA Today, Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman said that given their electoral impotence, Democrats need the help of activist judges.

"Democrats ... vocally fought - and then voted against - Justices Roberts and Alito. Why? Because they depend on activist judges to hand them the victories they can't win at the ballot box," wrote Mehlman.

Mehlman repeats Republican themes heard often in the closing days of the mid-term election season, touching on the "war on terror" and tax cuts, along with typical cutdowns of the Democratic Party, seen as having the upper hand in the most recent polls.

"Americans will have the opportunity to choose between a party that wants to use every tool to keep us safe, or one that would take those tools away; between a party that wants to let you keep more of your own hard-earned money, or one that believes that money belongs to Washington; between a party that understands judicial restraint, or one that wants activist judges to fight its battles," Mehlman says in the op-ed.

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[AlCzervik]

1. "Who is the asshole in charge of the RNC Alex?"

[Art_from_Ark]

2. He's actually thinking of his boy bu$h,

who went running to Cheney's hunting buddy on the Supreme Court to prevent the counting of legal votes, because he knew he wouldn't be able to "win" otherwise.

[jaysunb]

3. This REALLY pisses me off !

This clown is now trying to aid and abet the election theft by pre-emptively claiming Dems as sore losers.
We now can see why they are soooo smug about not "losing" the Congress.:grr:

[spag68]

5. old saying "better to be pissed off, then pissed on."

But who knows with these rethugs, maybe they like the latter..

[spag68]

4. Isn't this activist judge thing getting a little old??????

Hey kenny boy, come up with something new.

[LiberalFighter]

12. Rebutt the white ass

Demand he name the activist judges he is talking about.

[treestar]

33. Yeah, too bad "activist" judges are needed to declare the

unconstitutionality of the rethug legislated police state "tools."

[Gregorian]

6. That's your opinion, Mehlman.

And it's the way the system works.

However, your party doesn't even follow the rule of law.

Call a judge whatever you want. But when you don't play by the rules, sooner or later you will be removed from the game. I have a feeling it's game-over for you criminal clowns.

[ShortnFiery]

14. If we win the House, I shudder to think ...

of this mean-spirited GOP mouthpiece becoming creepier.

But he will. ewe! :puke: :scared:

[Mythsaje]

7. And 2000 was, what, Kenny? eom

[dchill]

23. Yeah.

Like THOSE weren't activist judges. They practically re-wrote reality with that equal-protection for George-W.-Bush-and-nobody-else ruling. Mehlman has that one critical qualification to head hte RNC - he's a load.

[NanceGreggs]

8. What Mehlman MEANT to say:

"Americans will have the opportunity to choose between a party that wants to use every tool to keep us safe, or tools running the country; between a party that wants to give more of your hard-earned money to Halliburton, or one that believes that money should be spent on our own country; between a party that wants activist judges to declare an idiot 'president', or judges who follow the rule of law."

That's okay, Mel - you can send me a 'thank you' note in the morning!

[FernBell]

9. Get ready to lose at the ballot box, Kenny!!

[LynnTheDem]

10. "activist judges" ... rotfl!!!

Mehlman always cracks me up. Stupid assholes who say stupid things in public are great for laughing at!

[NastyRiffraff]

11. So now, when the Dems win...

..it's the "activist Judges'" fault? Spare me. I'm getting really REALLY tired of Ken. I can't stand even listening to him.

[AndyTiedye]

13. Only Because the Ballot Boxes aren't Ballot Boxes Anymore, They're MACHINEZ

DIEBOLD REPUBLICAN ELECTING MACHINEZ!


We make democracy die!

[IndianaGreen]

15. Scalia is the most activist judge in decades

He even trumped states' rights in order to select Bush as President.

Mehlman needs to get together with his friends at the Log Cabin Society.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

40. He protest too much

and seems to forget Scalia's role in history.

[Downtown Hound]

16. That whole constitutional checks and balances thing really is a bummer eh

Kenny? Why don't you just get rid of it? Oh yeah, already did that, never mind.

[truthisfreedom]

17. we can't win at the ballot box because of lawless rethugs stealing the vote

and supressing the vote illegally. the thugs bring the judgements down on their own heads.

[NVMojo]

18. aw, poor loser!

[Zynx]

19. Oh, go suck on it.

He can kiss my ass.

[Guaranteed]

20. Mehlman: Minority groups should have ZERO rights.

We should vote on every single thing, and whatever wins is the way it is, right Ken?

[krkaufman]

21. Mehlman's got it backwards... based on NY Times 2005 study of the issue.

So Who Are the Activists?
By PAUL GEWIRTZ and CHAD GOLDER
Published: July 6, 2005

We found that justices vary widely in their inclination to strike down Congressional laws. Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by President George H. W. Bush, was the most inclined, voting to invalidate 65.63 percent of those laws; Justice Stephen Breyer, appointed by President Bill Clinton, was the least, voting to invalidate 28.13 percent. The tally for all the justices appears below.


Thomas 65.63 %
Kennedy 64.06 %
Scalia 56.25 %
Rehnquist 46.88 %
O’Connor 46.77 %
Souter 42.19 %
Stevens 39.34 %
Ginsburg 39.06 %
Breyer 28.13 %

[HuffleClaw]

22. you'd need a calculator to count the lies in that dreck.

really.

[TomClash]

24. Hey, Ken watch this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axJ67DOHpXQ

[City Lights]

25. Oh, like the USSC in 2000?

Go phuc yourself.

[rodeodance]

26. Bush needs his signing statrements for bills Congress will not pass

[rodeodance]

27. take your tools and shove them where the sun does not shine!

[sendero]

28. More projection..

... the Repugs plans for abortions rights are squarely against the majority's view. They'd have no chance of getting the legislation they want so they have packed the SCOTUS instead.

Hypocrites.

[Vinca]

29. I truly hope this slime ball has the opportunity to blab from behind bars. nt

[Jawja]

30. Here is sample of GOP projection:

THEY can't win at the ballot box so they have to lie, cheat and steal to suppress the vote and manipulate vote totals.

[leftofcool]

31. Come out of the closet, Mehlman..........

Rev Ted finally did and you should too. And while you are at it, just shut the fuck up!

Left of Cool

[treestar]

32. Since the Dems are likely to win that means most people are

voting for them so this idiot moran just insulted a majority.

[Joe Bacon]

34. Out Of The Closet Kenny® has a BIG SURPRISE for You!

Yeah, another dose of that GOP Activist Judge thang with Scalia, Slappy Thomas, KKKennedy, Alito and Roberts overturning this election and reinstating the current Congress... :puke:

[The Count]

35. Like Scalia, maybe - only not RW?

[Fermezlabush]

36. Sigh...More projection...Or a threat?

[The Backlash Cometh]

37. What a hoot. The whole property rights movements relies on

small battles won in the courts. And Democrats who run for office and win should get very smart fast. Because the first people who will run to support them are going to be the ones who hope to seduce them into a third party perspective. The perspective which likes to confuse people into believing that individual property rights is the same thing as the public interest.

Listen people, if you're a Democrat, then you'll support the public interest over individual rights, unless there is some ulterior reason to do otherwise. And there may well be local factors, like when the City has been run by Republicans for so long that it acts like its own development corporation.

[w4rma]

38. Projection from the Rethugs. (nt)

[Javaman]

39. Let the spinning begin!!!

When the Dems take control of the house and hopefully the senate, be prepared for at least 2 years of whining from the repukes.

So this time when they scream about how crappy the electronic voting machines are, let's hold their feet to the fire and get rid of the damn pieces of crap.

[williesgirl]

41. Thanks Ken for firing up Dems on election day, you asshole. recommended

[Evergreen Emerald]

42. they are filling the courts with activist judges--at risk is our democracy

They are attacking the third branch of our government--the one designed in the system of checks and balances to be neutral politically--to follow the law--as the other two branches attempt to gain political power by subverting the law (as the neocons have done time and again since Bu*h election).

It is so reprehensible and so against anything our country stands for to attack the judiciary in this way. They are lying. They are attempting the downfall of our democracy as they attack this extremely important branch of government.

[Cha]

43. Is this melhman clinging to

the edge of the precipice with his dirty fingernails getting bloody from holding on too TIGHT?

[Arkana]

44. ACTIVIST JUDGES ACTIVIST JUDGES ACTIVIST JUDGES

WAAAAHHHHH WHY ISN'T ANYONE LISTENING ANYMORE

Please. If this is all they have left, I don't care what kind of tricks they play today--they're goin down.

[Mr. Mojo Risin]

45. Here's some crow A-hole

Eat it and like it. America can't stand your ruling class arrogance.

We the people are going to speak very loudly today.

FU

[FSogol]

46. Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Spinning! n/t