More of the Same from the Left

Another week, another example of incomprehensibly silly remarks from a leading Democrat.

The latest is this incredibly inane and mind-boggling statement from Democratic Party head Howard Dean regarding President Bush, the Supreme Court, and the recent Kelo decision. The exact quote:

"The president and his right-wing Supreme Court think it is 'okay' to have the government take your house if they feel like putting a hotel where your house is. We think that eminent domain does not belong in the private sector. It is for public use only."

There's no other way to put this - either Dean is incredibly stupid and uninformed, or he believes the rest of us are. First, how did the court that made the Kelo decision become "his" (President Bush's) court? He didn't appoint any of the nine justices involved in the decision. Second, where in the world does Dean get the idea that the Kelo decision constituted a "right wing" okay to the government's taking of property? The five justices who voted in favor of the notion that it's "okay to have the government take your house" were Breyer, Stevens, Ginsburg, Souter, and Kennedy. There's not a right-winger among that group, and, in fact, it includes all of the liberal contingent of the court. The justices who believed it was NOT "okay for the government to take your house if they feel like putting a hotel where your house is" were the "right-wingers"! - Rehnquist, Thomas, and Scalia - plus O'Connor.

Either Dean is an outright liar, deliberately sowing complete untruths as the truth - or he's so out of touch with reality as to be certifiably insane. And this is the official spokesperson for the Democratic Party?!!!

We CANNOT allow people like this to hold positions of power. In a dangerous and uncertain age, there is too much at stake.