Monday, September 19, 2005
Our Newest Op Ed
The way Supreme Court confirmations should be
- By Michael M. Bates
It was 1962 and everything wasn't magical in Camelot.
John F. Kennedy had presided over the failed Cuban Bay of Pigs invasion a year earlier. Deciding the new American leader was a weakling, the Soviets boldly built the Berlin Wall. The President was hastily increasing the number of U.S. troops in someplace called Vietnam. At home, he received harsh criticism for not taking decisive action on civil rights, something he'd promised to do.
Despite all this, President Kennedy remained popular with much of the electorate. This was at a time when there was still a modicum of civility in the political world. Bipartisanship was more than a hypocritical talking point.
It was also a time when members of the Senate provided little advice and quick consent of the President's nominee to the Supreme Court....................
Click HERE To Read On
- By Michael M. Bates
It was 1962 and everything wasn't magical in Camelot.
John F. Kennedy had presided over the failed Cuban Bay of Pigs invasion a year earlier. Deciding the new American leader was a weakling, the Soviets boldly built the Berlin Wall. The President was hastily increasing the number of U.S. troops in someplace called Vietnam. At home, he received harsh criticism for not taking decisive action on civil rights, something he'd promised to do.
Despite all this, President Kennedy remained popular with much of the electorate. This was at a time when there was still a modicum of civility in the political world. Bipartisanship was more than a hypocritical talking point.
It was also a time when members of the Senate provided little advice and quick consent of the President's nominee to the Supreme Court....................
Click HERE To Read On
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