It looks like o'connor will go down as the justice who

[still_one]

broke the gender bias in the supreme court, and will also go down as the justice who helped destroy women's civil rights

ironic if you ask me

[ewagner]

1. I don't blame her

as a matter of fact, she did state when Roberts was first nominated, that she was disappointed that the nominee wasn't a woman.....she has no control over who the "boy-king" will appoint.

[montanacowboy]

2. Don't forget she put the

boy king in power in the first place - she knew what she was doing then, and she knows what she is doing now

[still_one]

19. That IS the point

it was her vote that gave bush the election

screw her

[China_cat]

4. Yes she does.

She has the power to rescind her resignation and since the appointment is for life unless the appointee resigns, King George couldn't do diddly about it.

[Yupster]

13. Agree ewagner

A person has a right to retire.

[still_one]

20. but she gave the election to bush in bush v gore

[robbedvoter]

3. Don't forget: her vote put W in office! No small "accomplishment"

[FreedomAngel82]

16. And that brought us the destruction of women's rights

*sigh* An Unconstitutional president who doesn't give a damn about anyone else but himself.

[MsUnderstood]

5. You can't blame o'connor

It is like blaming the woman for getting raped.

O'Connor has a right to retire. Bush has the responsibility to nominate a good person in her place and Senate has the responsibility to decide if Bush did a good thing.

[Crunchy Frog]

6. Retiring was a voluntary act on her part

and you can't convince me that she's not smart enough to know what sort of person Bush is likely to appoint and how unlikely it would be for that appointment to be voted down by a Republican Senate.

When you couple that with the responsibility she bears for Bush being in office in the first place, I think we're quite within our rights to hold her to a certain level of culpability.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

7. You could just as easily blame Rehnquist

After all, Roberts was set to step into O'Connor's shoes until Old Bill went boots up. If someone had just hooked him up to a Schiavo-matic for a few weeks, Roberts would have replaced O'Connor as everyone originally intended.

[Crunchy Frog]

9. Except Rehnquist wasn't percieved as a moderating influence

the way that O'Connor was. Some people think that she actually cared about the right to choose and civil liberties, and nobody thinks that Rehnquist cares about those things. My guess is that that's why people tend to hold her a bit more culpable. Higher expectations.

[still_one]

22. Not at all, rehnquist was never a swing vote, she was

[NaturalHigh]

12. How old is she?

She's in her late 70s, I believe. I certainly hope to be able to retire by the time I'm her age.

[FreedomAngel82]

17. Good luck with Bush

:hug:

[still_one]

23. I would say yes, if she hadn't given the election to bush

in the first place

now she has screwed it not only for women, but for civil rights in this country

here comes the age of the corporations

[KyuzoGator]

8. She sided with Bush in Bush v. Gore. I blame her all day long.

No sympathy from me.

[still_one]

21. no, it is not her right to retire, but that she helped make bush president

This was clearly a states issue, and even their decision said it should NOT be taken as a precident

I do BLAME HER

[applegrove]

10. Don't forget her husband is sick. Wants to be with him. And she is

getting on. Not up to her to save the world. Up to people.

[still_one]

24. to late for that thanks to her in 2000

[MikeH]

11. She voted to install * in 2000

Whatever else may be said about Sandra Day O'Connor, either to her credit or blame, she carries the stigma and the responsibility of having voted in 2000 to shut down the Florida recount, and thereby to help steal the election for *.

[Little Star]

14. Yep! I have not been able to stand her since 2000

I don't understand why anyone would think she is on our side. She's republican first and always. I believe she is perfectly happy with her self. Good Riddance to her!

[FreedomAngel82]

18. Exactly

Didn't she once say she wanted to retire during a republican president so he could appoint the replacement? She knows damn well and doesn't give a damn about us. The republican party doesn't care about anyone. Not even the women in their own family and/or party. I'm sorry her husband is sick but I'm even more sorry we're all going to suffer for years to come if Alito gets through. Say hello to a dictaroship people. That's what Alito wants the REPUBLICAN president to have. Say goodbye to us ever getting the White House again.

[Bethany Rockafella]

15. She helped put that killer in office.

I have no respect for her or any of the other justices that voted for Bush.

[Little Star]

25. You sing it Sista!! n/t

[Malikshah]

26. Anyone who voted to install * in office

can rot in hell for all eternity after suffering a painful lingering death.

Five individuals helped changed the world for the worse. They should sleep with that. They've effectively wiped out any good they might have done prior to that vote.

[pearl]

27. Her entire legacy

Will be the death and destruction of the Bush Years. Period.
Too Bad.