Scalia: Gore to blame for 2000 decision

[RamboLiberal]

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has claimed, in a recent interview with the UK newspaper Telegraph, that then Vice President Al Gore was to blame for George W. Bush being declared the victor of the 2000 presidential election.

"Richard Nixon, when he lost to Kennedy thought that the election had been stolen in Chicago, which was very likely true with the system at the time," said Scalia. "But he did not even think about bringing a court challenge. That was his prerogative. So you know if you don't like it, don't blame it on me."

Recently, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean claimed the 2000 election was stolen by 'five intellectually bankrupt judges.' Sclia, on the other hand, argued that if a critic wanted "to look for partisan decisions," the Florida supreme court's ruling on the 2000 elections would be a prime candidate.

Scalia continued, claiming that 'of course' he regretted the Supreme Court becoming involved with the 2000 presidential election. "But I don't know how we could have avoided it," he said. "Could we have declined to accept the case on the basis that it wasn't important enough? ... I think our decision in the case was absolutely right. But if you ask me 'Am I sorry it all happened?' Of course I am sorry it happened, there was no way that we were going to come out of it smelling like a rose."

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Scalia_Gore_to_blame_for_2000_0626.html

Scalia you're a fat bastard!

[bunkerbuster1]

1. Could you please die soon, Scalia?

Maybe, say, first week of February?

[Uncle Joe]

2. I would suggest for anyone to read post 9 on this thread, Bush was the first one

in going to any court. Once again impeachment deprived Scalia is wrong.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3370226

[malaise]

8. That is 100% correct

Fugg Scalia. He is lying.

[asjr]

3. I wonder if he is a direct

descendant of Al Capone?

[ET Awful]

4. Hey Scalia, just in case you forgot, the title of the case you're discussing was

BUSH v. Gore, not the other way around.

[AZ Criminal JD]

7. You apparently are not aware of the federal courts

In a Supreme Court case the first party named is the petitioner and the second party is the person who was successful at the lower level. Gore when to the Florida state courts first and then it was appealed into the federal system.

[Runcible Spoon]

5. oh what the fuck is that marinated cadaver fucking spewing now?

God I hate that man. I really really do. This has me seething!

[Drunken Irishman]

6. How many fucking times does it need to be said: NIXON DID NOT LOSE THE ELECTION BECAUSE OF CHICAGO!

Had he received enough votes to win Illinois, he still would have lost the electoral college!

In 1960, Kennedy needed 269 electoral votes to win the presidency. He won the electoral college with 303 electoral votes to Nixon's 219. Even if you take away Illinois' 27 votes, Kennedy still wins the presidency with 276 EV votes -- 6 more than the 269 needed to claim victory.

Of course, this also ignores the fact down-state saw a lot of vote rigging, as much as up-state and so it probably was a wash, anyway, in Illinois.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

12. Exactly, the ballot boxes were being stuffed in Cook County for

Kennedy, meanwhile, the Pukes downstate stuffed them for Nixon. I agree, it was a wash.

[AZ Criminal JD]

14. There were two states in issue in 1960

Illinois and Texas. There were allegations of vote fraud in both states. Johnson made sure Texas went to JFK.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. My message to Scalia...

[Oregone]

10. "there was no way that we were going to come out of it smelling like a rose"

Come on now...thats 100% true.

Scalia is an ass, but some of these statements are the least controversial/shitty things he is responsible for. His friend Dick would of just told the interviewer to fuck off.

[bean fidhleir]

11. Every time he opens his mouth, he gives new evidence of mental disorder

I'm just amazed. It makes me wonder whether he isn't intentionally baiting us to show how dull and cowardly we are, as GHWBush once did.

[underpants]

13. 1. JFK won by more than the Ill. electoral college votes 2. They rejected the main principle...

of judicial review that is that it must be precedent. This is a safe guard (an assurance of a CONSERVATIVE decision) that halts the process. And you can't say "the law is X for this guy by Y for this guy (or everyone else)" which is exactly what they did in stating that the Bush v. Gore decision was a one-timer and could not be precedent.

Christ can I be a Justice now EVEN I KNOW THIS MUCH

but then Scalia is a whack job.

[HughMoran]

15. Scalia is a shit-stain on the fabric of America

What a self-righteous blowhard - he's so easy to despise since he has no scruples.

[mdmc]

16. Did Scalia mention Nader?