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From Mediocrity to Murder

Richard Nixon once tried to nominate G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court.  There was some evidence that Judge Carswell might not be up to par, intellectually, for the job.  In fact, the Senate refused to confirm him, but not before Senator Roman Hruska, something of an intellectual enigma himself, had fought for Carswell's appointment:

"Even if he is mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers, and they are entitled to a little representation, aren't they? We can't have all Brandeises and Cardozos and Frankfurters and stuff like that."

Harrold Carswell and Roman Hruska may simply have shown up too early in history.  They would be right at home in the Tea Party. 
 
Want to keep government out of Medicare? 
Want to keep government out of the postal business?
Want to keep government out of Congress? 
Want to argue that Congress is not a place to take votes? 
 
I know that we can't have all Brandeises and Cardozos and Frankfurters and stuff like that but, as someone posted on a Bob Cesca blog, "When did the United States become one enormous fifth grade class?"

I know it is an insult to call them "Tea Baggers", but that is what they called themselves while wearing tea bags on their hats (which is somehow the point of this comment about the lack of intelligence), but it is not a sign of much intelligence, or elementary civility, for that matter, when the Tea Baggers spit on members of Congress, suggested guns as a way to straighten out Congress, and called Congressmen "N-gg--s" and "F-gg--s". 

Cannot even a fifth grader understand that if you legalize carrying concealed weapons, and allow people like that to carry them, that somebody is going to get killed?  

This isn't simply about ignorance, or rage.  It is about getting somebody killed. 

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