Literally, it's the most inane piece of twaddle I've read since the days when erstwhile pop star Jewel penned poetry. I'm talkin' about O.J. Simpson-expert and CNN talking head Jeffrey Toobin's suggestion in a post for The New Yorker online that ex-Arizona guv and DHS honch-ess Janet Napolitano would be a gee-whiz-swell replacement for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. That's assuming the ailing septuagenarian Supreme croaks from the pancreatic cancer she's now hospitalized for.
Writes Toobin: "Janet Napolitano, the former governor, attorney general, and U.S.
Attorney of Arizona, and the recently installed Secretary of Homeland
Security, would seem to have the ideal background if Obama decides to
go the non-judge route. (And in private practice, Napolitano helped
represent Anita Hill--which might make for lively lunchtime conversation
with Clarence Thomas.)"
Despite these retarded remarks, Toobin's no dunce when it comes to the Supreme Court. In fact, his most recently published tome is The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. But he apparently is not as well versed in the Napster's political history as we are here in Sand Land. If Toobin knew anything about Nappy, he'd know she's a gutless, careerist cipher, who left Arizona with a billion dollar deficit, a rock-bottom ranking in education, and a legacy of hate and intolerance spearheaded by nativist pols such as state Senator Russell Pearce and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whom she never really took on during her six year tenure.
In fact, since Toobin needs schoolin' on Nappy's many negatives, I'd
suggest he study Village Voice Media Executive Editor Mike Lacey's
November cover story, Janet Napolitano's Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security Secretary. See, that "sorry service" also argues against any appointment higher than the one Nappy has now.
This
speculation on the Napster's suitability for filling out a black robe
seems particularly premature considering that she's just taken the helm
at DHS, and has yet to prove that she can do the job. In fact, the New York Times' editorial board recently criticized Napolitano regarding her thuggish political ally Sheriff Joe, and urged her to rein him in on his 287(g) authority.
Toobin
does mention other possibilities to replace Ginsburg, such as Michigan
Governor Jennifer Granholm and federal appeals court Judge Sonia
Sotomayor. But he gives the skunk-coifed Nappy practically a whole
paragraph in his online musing. I guess now Nappy owes him
lunch, or something.
I will say one thing, if Nappy were to
ascend to highest court in the land, it would be historic. In Arizona,
she was, and is, widely assumed to be a closeted lesbian. (She has
denied being so in the past, and has been no pal to gay rights in this
state.) Still, if she is gay, she'd be the first ever alt-lifestyle
lady appointed to the court. Um, that we know of, anyway.
