DeLay: "Research on the Internet? That is just incredibly outrageous"

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html?blog=/politics/war_room/2005/04/20/delay/index.html

OK, so we know that Tom DeLay isn't all that fond of crazy activist judges like, say, the seven Republican appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court who went along with the "murder" of Terri Schiavo. And we know that DeLay is particularly unhappy with Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy for his votes to uphold Roe v. Wade, to end the execution of juveniles and to overturn laws banning private, consensual sex among men.

But what we didn't know is that DeLay was outraged by the fact that Kennedy uses . . . the internet. As the Associated Press notes, DeLay said during a TV interview Tuesday: "We've got Justice Kennedy writing decisions based upon international law, not the Constitution of the United States? That's just outrageous. And not only that, but he said in session that he does his own research on the Internet? That is just incredibly outrageous."

We're not sure we understand what's got the Hammer all hot and bothered. Maybe he thinks Kennedy is spending time at certain kinds of Web sites that aren't exactly Westlaw. Or maybe it's an objection to the internet more generally: When you and your political allies want to roll back the cultural clock to some earlier, darker day, the World Wide Web probably isn't something that sits right with you. If that's the case, we've got a tip for the house majority leader, and it's something he'll want to get on right away. We hear that, when Sandra Day O'Connor does her legal research, she actually reads under the light of an incandescent bulb.

-- Tim Grieve

09:14 EDT, April 20, 2005

Maybe that's why he hasn't tried to censor it as of yet.

There is a song from Avenue Q on Broadway called the internet is for porn. Delay really fits that song.

is done online these days. That is if you can afford Lexis, which I'm sure the Supreme Court can.

Lexis and/or Westlaw are now critical tools of the profession.

What an ignoramus that man is! Of course, he probably restricts his internet usage to OVER 18 ONLY, credit card required sites!

which may result in intelligent response to outrageous partisan politics. I'm suprised that they haven't tried to eliminate it yet, in the interest of "what you are not aware of, might as well not exist."

Sort of like their "no protest" zones. Look honey, everyone is for Bush! (Back, and to the left please.)

that everything on the Internet is a lie. And she believes him. :(

and she claims she doesn't listen to OxyRush any more.

She believes everything on TV, but nothing on the Internet. Figure that one out.

who has America's best interests in mind all the time.

Obviously that was a lie.

buncha fly-by-nighters they are...

:evilfrown:

no judgmental legal nut could pass his litmus test, besides..when did supply-side bribery become a crime?

Some of the radio talkers today were quoting Tommy Boy to the
effect that DeLay said "there's nothing on the internet(s) but
pornography..." Sooo, *that's* what TD looks at. Or is he actually as out of touch as Chimpy? He has to be brain-damaged from
those years spraying bug poison; IQ in single digits. Not to
say one can't be a ruthless-politician-asshole with these impediments, D.C. is full of them...

He's talking to people that he hopes are stupid. The subtext (I know, one o' them egghead words) is that of a carnival barker shouting "Hey Rube!" DeLay knows that the internet is an invaluable research tool, chock full of all sorts of information from subscriber services like Westlaw and Lexis/Nexus.

The people for whose benefit DeLay is mouthing this nonsense are the folks who don't have internet access or who know only that there's a lot of pornography or junk on the internet, the casual users. He's hoping that the unsophisticated will take his comment about Justice Kennedy doing "research" (wink, wink) on the Internet and draw exactly the wrong conclusion.

It's pandering demagoguery by one of the masters.

How dare they try to make a just decision and actually have the GAUL to looka t the internet or compare things to international laws and treaties along with the laws of the US when making a decision.

How dare they make an informed decision and not fall into line?
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How dare Delay show his face in public!

is BugBoy upset because:

1) Kennedy uses the Web?

2) Kennedy does research?

3) Kennedy does his *own* research?

4) Delay is fucky?

It's bad enough that he fails to correctly assess that Justice Kennedy actually rules according to U.S. laws, some of which ARE based upon European laws, and ascertaining the intent behind those laws properly includes a review of how the countries which originated those laws, applied them.

But, to go an additional step stupidER he condems the Justice for doing independent research on the internet.

What a freakin' dumbass!!!

How the hell did he ever enjoy so much success? Oh, nevermind,...he's a corrupt, deceptive, manipulative puke!!! :grr:

Delay is...

He's a fuckhead...!

Of course "internet" research is not complete if you're only looking at web pages--and someone has no doubt told him that. He's referring to web pages. But is he also including internet access to research databases as access to library databases--those that will point to print sources, interviews, primary research, etc.?

Doubtful. He has no idea.