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Scalia on Bush v. Gore - “Get Over It” — by Catherine Morgan (cross-posted at the Care2 Election Blog)

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This is absolutely unbelievable. Scalia really has some nerve. But I guess when you are given a job for life, that can never be taken from you, it’s easy to be glib. Here is what other bloggers are saying about the Scalia comments…

From Think Progress…

This Sunday, CBS’s 60 Minutes will air an interview with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who discards his usual disdain for the press to hawks his new book, “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.” When reporter Leslie Stahl asks about the infamous Bush v. Gore decision, Scalia lashes out, “Get over it. It’s so old by now.”

From Shakesville…

Of course a conservative Supreme Court Justice is going to tell us Gore v. Bush is old news. Roe v. Wade is old news too, but others aren’t “getting over it.”

From Wonkette…

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia would like all you Sad Sallies who are still sore over the 2000 election (which he personally decided, on a bet) to hike up your panties and get over it. “That was like so ten minutes ago,” he tells 60 Minutes’ Leslie Stahl in an interview to be aired this weekend. Scalia explains that he is great friends with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and other known liberals whom he has had the graciousness not to murder or even jail in their many years on the Supreme Court. And then he lets loose with a shocking revelation!

From The Carpetbagger Report…

He said the notion that the decision was politically motivated is “nonsense,” and proceeded to blame Al Gore for filing suit in the first place. “It was Al Gore who made it a judicial question…. We didn’t go looking for trouble. It was he who said, ‘I want this to be decided by the courts,’” Scalia said.

Actually, as I recall, Gore didn’t have much of a choice — Florida was led by his opponent’s brother and a Secretary of State who was the co-chair of his opponent’s campaign, both of whom had decided to cut short the vote-counting process. Gore didn’t want to make it a “judicial question”; he needed to try to bring some integrity to the Florida system.

Regardless, I’m struck by this notion that Democrats should just “get over it.”

It’s become a fairly common refrain, hasn’t it? The right does something offensive, the left gets mad when there are no consequences, time elapses, and the right, annoyed by lingering resentment, tells the left to “get over it.”

That’s easier said than done.

It’s possible that I’m just petty. I have a hard time forgiving and forgetting. But every time I hear conservatives argue that we should “get over it,” I’m reminded of why I continue to harbor grudges.

Republicans threw the political world into turmoil in 1998 by launching an impeachment crusade against Bill Clinton. It was an absurd and painful exercise. Those of us who are still annoyed by the fight are supposed to “get over it.”

In 2000, Republicans orchestrated a massive fraud in Florida, and, with the help of the Supreme Court, delivered the presidency to the candidate who came in second. Those of us who harbor resentment are told we should “get over it.”

Bush failed to take the terrorist threat seriously before 9/11? “Get over it.” Bush launched a disastrous war? “Get over it.” Bush is rewarding Swiftboat liars who helped smear a war hero with a vicious lie? “Get over it.”

It’s not enough for the GOP and its allies to engage in offensive conduct; they also insist, after a short while, that we stop being bothered by it.

Here is what I think: After what that decision has cost this country over the last eight years…the destruction of our constitution, two wars, a failing economy, a healthcare crisis, and a gas crisis (just to mention a few)…I think it is going to take a lot more than a few rude words by Justice Scalia, for many Americans to just “get over it.”

What do you think?

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