The truth is somewhere in the middle

Post #101,038 by johnu 5/9/03 8:53:06 AM Reply	The truth is somewhere in the middle From the looks of things, Judical Selection has a rather ideological orientation also. As does the Independent Judiciary (just take a look at their Coalition Partners list). I think the reality is that Judge Owens is a moderate judge with right leaning tendencies and you will find that most of the Bush nominees are the same. It was the same for Clinton; most of his nominees were moderate judges with left leaning tendencies. Regards, John
Post #101,237 by Ashton 5/10/03 9:41:28 PM Reply	Just calibrate your abscissa, is all.. In today's environment: "left leaning" describes a moderate view (WTF ANY of these discredited buzz words might actually mean anymore) "right leaning" means quite far-Right from what "right" once tried to indicate. Actual 'Left' today, would signify to the custodians of slogan reeducation: some anarchist with a bomb, a poor understanding of Marx and.. a beard. We don't see many of those, but some see them under every bed. (And besides, that Marx dream morphed into State Corporatism pretty instantly: so was the USSR 'Left' or 'Right' ? I get so confused about these things. But hate to spoil the fun.) Then there are the qualifiers, social- financial- religio- and the ever-amusing trying-to-be ameliorating.. compassionate- Hmm, what were those before the new-spin - Genghis Khan Wing? Oops.. almost forgot the Btand-new 'neo-' thingie.. Gawd Knows what that's supposed to signify, cause the rheotoric is unchanged from My Gramma's time. See what I mean about confusion? Wonder why nobody dares run simply as a 'Moderate' anymore. Not exciting enough? never mind, Ashton
Post #101,243 by rcareaga 5/10/03 10:18:10 PM Reply	Re: The truth is somewhere in the middle Puts me in mind of the late (and now largely forgotten) novelist Peter De Vries, in his novel The Blood of the Lamb--narrator as a twentysomething speaking to Young Female Prospect: "Sometimes I think this leg is the most beautiful thing in the world, and sometimes the other. I suppose the truth lies somewhere in between." I thought this terrifically clever when I encountered it at twelve, but when I first felt confident enough to deliver the line to a sweet young thing three years later it fell unaccountably short of the desired effect, greatly to my puzzlement at the time. cordially, "Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist."
Post #101,281 by Simon_Jester 5/11/03 11:22:55 AM Reply	ROTFLMAO
Post #101,295 by deSitter 5/11/03 2:52:23 PM Reply	Re: The truth is somewhere in the middle (new thread) Created as new thread #101294 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=101294\|Re: The truth is somewhere in the middle] -drl

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