So, you think you need to nominate a broad to the Supreme Court, do you...

...Why don't you nominate a broad who knows we're at war out here?

Laura Ingraham provides the following link to a speech by Justice Janice Rogers Brown from 2000. Mr. President, this is what we mean when we say we want conservatives on the court. Dump La Miers and give us a chance at restoring freedom in America.

"A Whiter Shade of Pale": Sense and Nonsense — The Pursuit of Perfection in Law and Politics

Here's a sample:

There are so few true conservatives left in America that we probably should be included on the endangered species list. That would serve two purposes: Demonstrating the great compassion of our government and relegating us to some remote wetlands habitat where — out of sight and out of mind — we will cease being a dissonance in collectivist concerto of the liberal body politic.

In truth, they need not banish us to the gulag. We are not much of a threat, lacking even a coherent language in which to state our premise. [I should pause here to explain the source of the title to this discussion. Unless you are a very old law student, you probably never heard of "A Whiter Shade of Pale."] "A Whiter Shade of Pale" is an old (circa 1967) Procol Harum song, full of nonsensical lyrics, but powerfully evocative nonetheless. Here's a sample:

"We skipped the light fandango turned cartwheels cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick but the crowd called out for more.
The room was humming harder as the ceiling flew away. When we called out for another drink the waiter brought a tray."

There is something about this that forcibly reminds me of our current political circus. The last verse is even better.
"If music be the food of love then laughter is its queen and likewise if behind is in front then dirt in truth is clean...."

Sound familiar? Of course Procol Harum had an excuse. These were the 60's after all, and the lyrics were probably drug induced. What's our excuse?

If Harriet Miers could quote from Procol Harum and use the word "gulag" sarcastically in the same day, I'd eat my hat!

This speech to The Federalist Society (Oh, my. Aren't they like the Klan?) shows real conservatives what might have been if the prez had a pair.