...was my first thought upon reading the news of Sandra O'Connor's impending resignation. As a virtual walk down memory lane, here's Ralph during the 2000 election campaign (
source):
Nader said he did not think there would be much difference between the justices Gore would choose and those Bush would appoint. After all, Democrats had helped confirm Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, hadn’t they? Besides, “You can’t really predict how Supreme Court justices will behave.” And he called the possibility that a court packed with Republican appointees could overturn Roe v. Wade a “scare tactic.” Nader said that even if Roe v. Wade was overturned, the issue “would just revert to the states.“... [Nader] described the party’s opposition to abortion as just for show, ”just for Pat Robertson.(source) “
And, just to continue the stroll, here's Michael Moore writing on the eve of the 2000 election:
This is their mantra: "IF BUSH IS ELECTED, HE WILL APPOINT JUSTICES TO THE SUPREME COURT AND THEY WILL DECLARE ABORTION ILLEGAL!" Well, I've fallen for this before and I ain't fallin' for it again. In fact, I will go so far as to say that George W. Bush, if for some reason he is magically elected, will NEVER do ANYTHING to make abortion illegal.
(I know, I know, I should really just let this go, given that it was two elections ago and all. I know this. It's not like I don't know this. Plus, it's not like I didn't rant about Nader enough before the last election--here and even more annoyedly here. I know, I know.)
