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Race to the Bottom, Round 2, Game 3: Bush v. SCOTUS Federalist Four

Submitted by christine on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 9:40am.

Welcome to Round Two, Game Three, of BuzzFlash's Republican Race to the Bottom. Here's how to play: Vote for the worse of the two contenders on the left. Vote by marking the circle next to the contender you dislike more, and click "Vote." A winner will be declared at midnight tonight. (If you can't see the poll, please upgrade to Internet Explorer 8, or try Firefox)

The winner will advance to the third round of the Sour Sixteen (as one of our Fallen Four), with a chance to become this year's worst conservative. Click here for more about the Race to the Bottom. Click here to see the full bracket, which you can fill out to play along at home.

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George "The Decider" Bush v. The SCOTUS "Federalist Foursome" (Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Scalia)

It doesn't get much more exciting than this match up, in which the country's worst "Decider" in history confronts the nefarious black-robed team -- weighing in from the bench, admittedly, but for life -- the powerhouse team whose own Bush v. Gore decision actually gave the "Decider" the highest office of the land as his play lot in the first place.

In Round One, Bush put up 81 points against Sen. Mitch McConnell's disappointing 19. Thanks to repeated slamdunks by #43, unrestrained by checks or balances or an aggressive Fourth Estate, it was "Mission Accomplished" almost from the first jump ball, leaving a heckuva legacy for future players to clean up. After littering the court with a warming globe, terrorists afoot, world economic meltdown, and extreme international diminishment, the player wearing jersey #43 won't soon be forgotten, or forgiven. 

And yet, the four most dangerous names in "justice," Roberts, Alito, Thomas, and Scalia, are poised to change the game's fundamental rules going forward. They're young and could dominate the big leagues for decades. If that doesn't make them fearsome, what would?

The SCOTUS Federalist Foursome already knocked out what one fan called the man "who singlehandedly established and controlled the most corrupt Congress in U. S. history," aka Tom DeLay, in a 73-27 blowout. Team Captain Roberts, aka The Chief, is best known for faking to the center, then going right, but Scalia and Thomas were at the far right side of the court already. While playing along and also inclined to dribble right, Sam Alito famously claimed he could be an impartial referee (don't give him a whistle and striped shirt if you want an honest game, however).

The SCOTUS Federalist Foursome have stood firmly together in support of torturing their opposition. Soon we'll see who's got the real staying power. Can Bush #43 take the bruising the Federalist Four favor dishing out, or will The Decider dominate the Federal Foursome in Round 2? Your votes decide!

March 31st Results: Yesterday, Dick Cheney Trounced Bill O'Reilly 88% to 12%.

 

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Bush was only a stooge.

Submitted by EricArthurBlair on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 4:09pm.
The SCOTUS four were the enablers (even though Roberts wasn't involved in Shrub v. Gore).
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The Federalist Four RATS

Submitted by ethanallen on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 12:47pm.
Wouldn't it be just as accurate to call the RATS the Opus Dei Four? Not PC? Oh yes, I forgot. Opus believes in "privacy."
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Unconstitutional Ruling

Submitted by elder693 on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 12:43pm.

As anyone who has ever had a civics class surely knows, it is not the job of the Supremes to rule on any one case. Their job is to rule on the law as it will apply uniformly to any like case in the future. Yet in the written ruling of the Supremes, it was stated that the ruling on the 2000 (s)election was a ruling on that case and that case alone, making the ruling, itself, unconstitutional and, therefore, the Bush presidency illegitimate.

Nevertheless, it was Bush and Cheney Inc., who actually deceived the nation into an illegal, unjust war; a war of aggression, the mother of all war crimes, made torture U.S. policy and committed more violations of international law and crimes against the Constitution and the American people that make the Nixon gang look like choirboys by comparison.

Nevertheless, we cannot forget that we, the people, allowed an illegitimate administration to sit with not much more than a peep of protest. I can only hope we have learned our lesson, as we have seen what happens when people steal power in a democracy. The Bush administration believed they were answerable to no one and they acted accordingly.

Seems they still are immune to investigations and trials. If that continues, I will leave this country I love. I, like many others of my independent pals, have waited over 7 years for accountability. If this administration intends to protect the former president and vice-president, as Jonathan Turley said was well-known to be true in D.C., I will have no choice but to leave, after years of civil disobedience (like refusal to pay taxes for illegal wars and torture) until the criminals in the last administration are held accountable.

We, Americans, need to grow up and take responsibility for what out government does. As I watch what's happening in London today, a protest against greed, I find myself wishing I was there, as Americans don't seem to have the intestinal fortitude to stand on grounds of morality and conscious.

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Constitutional Vermin?

Submitted by Andy Swamp on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 9:53am.
Did Buzz intentionally list these four ideologues in this order ( Roberts, Alito, Thomas, and Scalia)so that in the future we can just refer to them by their acronym, RATS?
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RATS it is

Submitted by Chad on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 11:26am.
Yes, it's not accidental. RATS seems to fit quite nicely.
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