By FITSNews || Let’s be honest, regardless of her political stripes or ideological leanings, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is not “comely among the maidens.” In fact, to quote one of the soldiers from Saving Private Ryan, she “took a nose dive off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.”
Obviously, that’s completely irrelevant to us as we attempt to ascertain her qualifications (or lack thereof) to become the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. And besides, we’re not trying to “Bork her” (that would be certain Congressional Republicans), we’re just trying to figure out how left-of-center she is so that we can determine how vocally we want to oppose her nomination (which, by the way, is all but assured and isn’t going to have any impact on the ideological composition of the Court).
Unfortunately, our efforts to get to the bottom of Kagan’s background keep stumbling into serious discussions of her sexual orientation – including a recent report on The Politico.
From the story:
The rumor about Kagan has circulated for months on gay blogs and became a matter of controversy when it was cited as fact by a conservative blogger on the website of CBS News, drawing a sharp White House rebuttal. It has, since, been a source of particular fascination in some socially conservative circles and particularly among gay and lesbian political observers, some of whom objected volubly Tuesday to a Wall Street Journal cover image of Kagan playing softball, which they perceived as a jab at a stereotype of lesbians.
Wait … CBS News? The Wall Street Journal? The Politico?
That’s some pretty hefty exposure for such a politically-incorrect facet of this debate, isn’t it?
Hmmmm …is it just our conspiratorial imaginations at work or could it be that the administration of Barack Obama (for all its moral outrage at the rantings of a conservative blogger) is secretly hoping for a fight over Kagan’s sexual ambiguity? In fact, behind closed doors do they really relish the “It’s Pat” debate that’s currently taking place over the former Harvard Law School dean?
Don’t get us wrong – we love gay jokes (almost as much as we love straight jokes). And there’s nothing wrong with one white Southern male emailing another and saying something along the lines of “what a liberal lesbian mule” (editor’s note: from an actual email we received this week). But as we’ve said all along, there’s a big difference between enjoying a good laugh and judging someone based on race, gender or sexual orientation.
Kagan should be opposed not because she’s a “lesbian mule,” she should be opposed because she’s obviously passed muster in the eyes of a socialist like Obama.
That, in and of itself, is enough to make her unacceptable in our eyes – no matter what she looks like.
By WorkingTommyC May 12, 2010 at 1:46 pm
This “woman” needs a mathematical expression to accurately express, to the nth degree, her level of ugliness.
But, yeah, you have a point. It’s almost as if there is another distraction game going on such as the one where the progressives are juggling immigration and cap and trade keeping us guessing which one they’re going to throw at us next.
By OhNoNotAgain May 12, 2010 at 2:20 pm
I’ve heard gay jokes. Bi jokes, though not many of ‘em.
Most jokes are “asexual,” meaning be they about men or women, they have little to nothing to do with sexual orientation.
But for the life of me, I’ve never heard a “straight joke.”
I mean, what is that?
“These two straight guys walk into a bar and …”
Doesn’t ring a bell.
Tell us a couple of straight jokes, Will.
By WorkingTommyC May 12, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Ha! Rush Limbaugh is talking about her “It’s Pat Syndrome” now.
By Anonymous May 12, 2010 at 4:18 pm
I don’t think she’s all that ugly.
By PalmettoPatriot May 12, 2010 at 4:22 pm
El Rushbo should be careful about commenting on people’s appearances, glass houses and all.
By James the Foot Soldier May 12, 2010 at 4:35 pm
s/he is the demon spawn of Janet Reno and Janet Incompetano…..
By Deacon Frost May 12, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I loved her on “King of Queens”.
By mike May 12, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Good one Deacon Frost
By No Way! May 12, 2010 at 9:21 pm
I’m guessing she is a “Dancing Queen”!
By Jean Toal May 13, 2010 at 12:26 am
I’d do her…
By MOHANNA May 13, 2010 at 4:46 am
I have tried to write an answer to this article but God People this article is so mean spirited, petty and distasteful. Normally reading this Blog is fun and I forward it to alot of people. What’s up Mr. Folks?
By MOHANNA May 13, 2010 at 4:49 am
Oh and Congress is Hollywood for ugly people.
By WorkingTommyC May 13, 2010 at 6:03 am
Anonymous:
Rush was talking about the Politico.com story regarding her sexuality. I did not hear him commenting on her looks–though he might have for all I know. I did not catch it all.
By WorkingTommyC May 13, 2010 at 6:03 am
Sorry–I should have addressed PalmettoPatriot with my last comment.
By Jeffy May 13, 2010 at 9:43 am
So this guy is really a girl? Wow I didn’t see that coming.
By darby May 13, 2010 at 11:28 am
i understand kagan actively shielded saudi arabia from lawsuits by victims of the 9/11 terror attacks…
seems she has misplaced loyalties…
By Hmmmmm May 13, 2010 at 12:34 pm
She’s got a great mustache! :-) Beyond that and other than her stand where she thinks First Amendment Rights should only apply to “certain” people she’d be a good judge (for the Price is Right maybe!).
The only kind of judge she’s been was one of Bad Judge for clothes and character.
By Scooter May 13, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Simply rude and uncalled for, buddy. Who cares how she looks, or her sexual orientation?
By angryvoter May 16, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Does anyone else think she looks like Dick Morris?
By dmd May 18, 2010 at 2:01 pm
http://infidelsarecool.com/elena-kagan-thesis.pdf
“This babe is hot for socialism.” Rush Limbaugh