August 20, 2010
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My new favorite conservative
I was already leaning in his direction but this one cinches it for me:
Recall that this is the guy who fought for Gay Marriage in court and showed definitively that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional. Judge Walker agreed and struck it down.
He’s also the guy who said this when pressed to defend his actions:
And here’s another clip from him on the same issue:
Dude. Ted Olson is pretty awesome. If I ever said or thought a bad thing about him in the past or was ever tempted to, I take it all back. If most of the Republican party were where he is, I might be tempted to be a Republican.
Comments (3)
He is also partly responsible for Bush v. Gore, though.
@schallerbrandon - I was never strongly against the decision in Bush v Gore. I wish Gore had won the presidency and I wish it hadn’t gone to the supreme court at all and was settled in a better way. But the logic of the decision never struck me as egregiously wrong. The fault never really lay with the supreme court or the lawyers who argued that case. The State of Florida’s Supreme Court and Al Gore’s stupid campaign staffers screwed us in that one.
But really it should never have been that close in the first place. Many mistakes were made during the campaign, and the existence of Ralph Nader’s campaign also hurt things a lot.
@schallerbrandon - But who knows. Maybe he saw the last eight years as partially his fault and is now trying to make amends. If that were the case I’d like him even more.