Now I Know Why Accountability Matters

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia refuses to recuse himself from the case against Dick Cheney. Dick Cheney refuses to release his records from his meetings with Enron CEO Ken Lay and other corporate bigwigs when he set the energy policy.

As many of you may know, Scalia and Cheney went duck hunting together in January and Democratic politicians and editorial boards across the country are crying foul (no pun intended). And rightly so.

I don't get it. As a person who usually votes Democrat, I was embarassed by Clinton's sexcapades.

What is it going to take for Republicans to become embarassed about the behaviors of the Bush administration? Isn't this snug (and smug) Cheney/Scalia arrangement enough to cause embarassment?

And if that's not enough, check out this quote from Scalia (from the Washington Post):

According to the Associated Press, the justice told an audience of about 600 that Cheney is being sued in his official role and so their personal friendship is not relevant.

"It did not involve a lawsuit against Dick Cheney as a private individual," Scalia said. "This was a government issue. It's acceptable practice to socialize with executive branch officials when there are not personal claims against them. That's all I'm going to say for now. Quack, quack."

"That's all I'm going to say for now. Quack, quack."?!?!?!?

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A Supreme Court Justice is actually talking shit like a 7th grade school boy on the playground. Unbelievable. Is this some juvenile taunt? How much more arrogance can this country take before we collectively say ENOUGH? I imagine if Scalia had to be re-elected, we'd see a different public persona. But Bush and Cheney are up for re-election, and this is just one more example why we need to vote these guys out of office. Then Cheney can go duck hunting with whomever he wants, 24/7, for all I care.