Raging Steele On…

I don’t need some judge sitting up there feeling bad for my opponent because of their life circumstances or their condition. And short changing me and my opportunity to get fair treatment under the law. Crazy nonsense empathetic. I’ll give you empathy. Empathize right on your behind. Craziness.

Thank you Michael Steele, for helping us laugh at love. Again.

Never mind all the other qualities and qualifications that Obama asks for in a justice, the right wing has latched onto empathy. Damn straight! Who wants empathy? When you curl up with your weepy movie and carton of ice cream, sure, maybe empathy is good; fun even. But not when doing the hard work of judging. That’s tough stuff. That requires something more – I don’t know – manly. As Steele reminds us:

Come on, Chairman, you know it's not about being against empathy, it's about applying the rule of law and having jurisprudence that you can trust, not a judge who may have a bad day or be overly sensitive to my condition.

Right. Who could trust someone who’s over-sensitive, you know what I mean fellas? Who among us hasn’t been judged unfairly just because of a “bad day?” Hell, might even be a bad “time of the month” and that’s just too unfair. Unless you’re Michael Steele of course, in which case you simply threaten to beat the woman into submission.

Wait, did I say woman? I meant hypothetical Supreme Court nominee.

- jack*