Beyond Parody, Frivolity- Brian at

Beyond Parody, Frivolity- Brian at Boviosity says:

I struggle, when trying to convince people to change their minds, or at least when trying to make my views plain, not to engage in name-calling and hand-waving. I don't always succeed, as anyone who has argued with me will surely attest.

That said, I hope I'm not supposed to take these people seriously:

Blacks say Bush played race card with court pick [...] Prominent blacks charged President Bush deliberately chose a conservative black woman so it would be harder for senators to vote against her

Brian's referring to an article in the Atlanta Journal/Constitution:

Prominent blacks charged President Bush deliberately chose a conservative black woman so it would be harder for senators to vote against her. Her defenders responded that liberal ideology was blinding the African-American leaders.

The 11-member Republican majority on the committee is expected to recommend today that the Senate confirm Brown for the D.C. Circuit. The court hears many appeals concerning federal agencies and regulations, and it often serves as a training ground for Supreme Court justices.

African-Americans from many of the 78 national and California groups opposed to Brown's confirmation gathered in the Capitol on Wednesday to ask senators to kill the nomination, either in the committee or on the Senate floor.

I wonder - how much of the racially-based opposition to Bush happens merely because the opposition feels it's supposed to, no matter what?

Posted by Mitch at November 6, 2003 01:04 PM