Prior to being elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1994 (Karl Rove served as her $250,000 campaign consultant), Owen practiced commercial litigation in Houston for 17 years, arguing one federal appellate case and one state appellate case and writing the briefs for one other state court appeal. According to the Texas Lawyer newspaper, Owen had toiled in "legal obscurity."
"She was a second-tier oil and gas litigator," McDonald says.
Well, a second-tier lawyer nominated by a third-rate intellect with the attention span of a puppy in a spring breeze is no surprise.
If the republicans manage to detonate the "nuclear option" to get their own way, it may be their "bridge too far". Most Americans who pay attention on both sides of the spectrum don't like it, and since they pay attention they vote. It might bode well for the mid-terms if they try and throw that tantrum. Those who pay attention, also tend to remember what they were paying attention to.
Listen...that muffled sound you hear is the republicans self-destructing in Hubris, USA, located somewhere in the Lynchburg - Colorado Spring - DC triangle.
posted by Jo Fish on 05.04.05 at 06:35 PM
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Yes, it's those people that pay attention and actually have an attention span, if only we could increase their numbers ..... we could start building a country we are proud of again.
posted by: Bill on 05.04.05 at 10:41 PM [permalink]
