Reply #6: Thank You.

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We're told Pres. Obama needs to pick a liberal for the vacant Supreme Court post. But liberal by whose definition?

The obsession with the term (but certainly not the actions of) "liberalism" on this site is ridiculous. I too keep reading from some of the most shrill posters here "why can't Obama pick a REAL liberal for the court??!" with nothing even resembling a definition of what that means. As an independent, I could give less than a damn whether the person chosen considers his or herself a 'liberal' as much as I'm concerned with the whether they are intelligent, fair, pragmatic and concerned with the welfare and rights of all Americans, not just those who share their political ideology. I saw enough of that foolishness under Bush.

I just read a poll that said that 27% of Americans want Obama to pick a liberal for the court, compared with over 40% who don't want a liberal. Of course, these numbers mean absolutely nothing to those here and in the blogosphere who will scream at WHOEVER his choice is, particularly if the person chosen is center-left as opposed to a liberal. There are those who still haven't gotten it into their heads that Obama is the president of EVERYBODY and not just those 10% on the left who scream that he's betrayed them every chance they get while still hollering that they are his "base."