Comments on: Meg Whitman’s reversal

By: Nathaniel

Nathaniel — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:23:08 +0000

To be fair, the quote provided about pushing Prop 8 through the court system doesn’t seem mean-spirited. Rather, sitting here in the future, looking at the possibility the SCOTUS will punt by saying the defenders don’t have the right to defend (rather than being bold and declaring all such amendments invalid), her statement seems fairly prescient.

By: johnson

johnson — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:23:06 +0000

Amen, Andrew. Couldn’t have summed this woman up any better!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:22:34 +0000

What a load of bull. Her thinking hasn’t evolved. Public opinion has, and she’s scurrying to be on the right side of history. Sorry, Meg, you had your moment of courage. That ship sailed, and you weren’t on it.

By: Sandhorse

Sandhorse — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:12:52 +0000

Ben, I think you know as well as I do that this case is basically a free paycheck for Scalia. If he even bothers to listen it would be purely for the purposes of his next book deal. Beyond that he’ll be too busy manipulating the argument to budget any mental real-estate to actually understand the argument.

Besides, he knows he doesn’t have to since the constitution never mentions gays.

By: customartist

customartist — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:26:07 +0000

This is just All Too Convenient for the Conservative Politically-Hopefulls.

Why are they not expressing their changes of heart to their Party, and not SCOTUS?

By: Ben In Oakland

Ben In Oakland — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:10:53 +0000

“And let’s hope it is as effective on Kennedy and Roberts (and possibly even Alito or Thomas) as it was on Whitman.”

Ya mean it won’t mean a thing to Ol’ Scaley? Has thomas ever voted differently than he?