"Henry Kissinger, singular US diplomat, dead at 100".
"Sandra Day O'Connor Has Died".
Sometimes I agreed with Kissinger, sometimes I didn't. I think he probably considered himself a 20th-century Metternich, and maybe he was, but I was always dogged by the suspicion that he was too clever by half. Still, when one considers some of his successors - Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, the current imbecile - it's clear that in terms of intellectual wattage, he was way ahead of them.
I don't recall much about Sandra Day O'Connor, except that she was occasionally a bit of a squish, sort of a John Roberts with more testosterone. But my recollections may be faulty. Feel free to put me straight in the comments section if I'm wrong.
Well, you can argue that Metternich was a bit of a hit-or-miss as well.
ReplyDeleteBut... one of Kissinger's greatest accomplishments? Getting Egypt to detach from the USSR. Which, naturally, Preznint Mushmouth Obumbles reversed.
Yes, he had some indisputable achievements, for a fact.
ReplyDeleteWasn't O'Connor the one who said that we needed affirmative action for 25 more years to balance things out?
ReplyDeleteI tried to find that in the Constitution, but my copy must have a truncated Interstate Commerce Clause and fewer penumbras.
You (accidentally, of course) bought the truncated Constitution at the gift shop or wherever. Accuracy costs more.
DeleteYeah, she (and her colleagues) messed us up with that one.
ReplyDeleteWell Deborah, Veeshir only wanted that copy to cover for him sneaking the real one out of the National Archives. Don't bother him, he's in a hurry because Sean Bean's on his tail.
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