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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Why? I mean, I wish Rehnquist a speedy recovery, but I don't think it's inappropriate to use his hospitalization as an illustration that in the next four years it is very likely that one or more Supreme Court Justices will have to be replaced and whoever wins next week (plus the month of bickering over results) will be the one to do the replacing (plus the three months of bickering in the Senate).
I have heard that Chile is a very nice place to visit at this time of year, though.
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Summary for you, SS and Coltrane: Supreme Court replacements as a general topic: fair game. Raising it in the context of someone's current illness: not a good idea for either side, too many people will view it as extremely tacky or desperate or whatever. OTOH: if you raise it benignly as an illustration that the next President is always likely to have a hand in the next Supreme Court (for example, some Justices even now are ill), than I guess I wouldn't flinch. I'd flinch more at the idea of anyone using him in a very issue-specific context (If Kerry picks Rehnquist's replacement, we'll never see Roe overturned!).
Maybe another way to put this is, the more shrill the voice raising this is, the more I'll flinch at it as being tacky.
Chile': Far and away the country I like the most (after the U.S.) in the Americas. Its seen huge strides in the last 50 years, and I believe it will continue to make more. And yup, I don't care if they lean towards Democrats more than Republicans, they are still good people.
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ETA: and, just for the sake of anyone else reading this, I reiterate that single-issue abortion voters are 2 or 3 times more likely to be pro-Life than pro-choice according to studies. That's why I'm suggesting that its way more likely that the Reps will be tacky and raise a shrill voice here. If the Dems do it, they'll both look shrill and be raising an issue that galvanizes more pro-Life votes than pro-choice. No upside to it, at least for the abortion question. All of this said, I think some pro-Life group or another is gonna jump the ropes on this one and start screaming.
