It's more than ironic that in the middle of Washington's biggest ethics scandal in 100 years, a Republican ethics scandal, a White House that's had such major ethical problems it's had to send its staff to ethics camp is now nominating a Supreme Court justice who himself has major ethical baggage. At this point in history shouldn't someone appointed to the Supreme Court be clean as a whistle in terms of his ethics?
Remember Bush's words at the beginning of his adminstration:
Let me say a few words about important values we must demonstrate while all of us serve in government. First, we must always maintain the highest ethical standards. We must always ask ourselves not only what is legal, but what is right. There is no goal of government worth accomplishing if it cannot be accomplished with integrity.Yet now we have Republican members of Congress, themselves facing intense criticism, and jail time, because of ethics violations (aka felonies) sitting in Washington lecturing us about how great Judge Alito's ethics really are.
Wouldn't it be great if President Bush could finally find one candidate for a job who doesn't have an ethical cloud hanging over their head? But hey, it's just the Supreme Court.
