Zombie analysis of Supreme Court nominees is my topic today.
Iconic radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has often said that liberals “always let us know who they fear” through their unhinged attacks. Among all the potential nominees mentioned a little over a week ago, Amy Coney Barrett immediately attracted the most flak from the left.
And so, of course, the preferred nominee of Doug Mainwaring at brain-dead website LifeSiteNews.com, is Amy Coney Barrett. Not because dispassionate conservative analysis commends her (a topic entirely ignored), but because she triggers the enemy:
- NARAL
- Planned Parenthood
- Seasoned Democrat politicians
- Dick Durbin
- Chuck Shumer
- New York Times
- MSNBC
- Ruth Marcus
- Chris Cillizza
- Slate.com
- Washington Post
- Ivy League law school hegemony
I am not making this up or exaggerating. Literally the first ten reasons given for supporting her are the identies of ten opponents. The last two are my interpretations of less straightforwardly identified bogeymen.
The article, by the way, bears the unironic title “12 reasons Amy Coney Barrett should be on the Supreme Court.”
I have nothing against Amy Coney Barrett except that this kind of trolling is the commonest artument for her. That’s not her fault. It’s just the times we live in.
And it’s contemptible. It doesn’t even do justice to the qualifications of Judge Barrett, who is reduced to a piece of red meat.
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