ANYONE BELIEVE THIS? – AT 2:56 P.M. ET:  The president has pronounced on the manner in which he will nominate the next Supreme Court justice.  From The Hill:

Abortion will not be a “litmus test” for a Supreme Court nominee, whom President Barack Obama said would be named by the end of May.

And the tooth fairy will help Mr. Obama make the choice.

The president emphasized Tuesday during a meeting with Senate leaders that he would pick someone who keeps women's-rights issues in mind when considering cases.

Obama said his nominee would be someone who interprets “our Constitution in a way that takes into account individual rights, and that includes women's rights.”

Earth to the Oval Office:  In the women's movement, critical to your candidacy, women's rights absolutely and unequivocally include abortion rights, so your statement makes no sense whatsoever.  Not the first time.

“And that's going to be something that’s very important to me,” Obama said.
Obama made the comments at a meeting with Senate leaders from both parties in the Oval Office on Wednesday to discuss his second nomination to the high court.

COMMENT:  The administration also said today that we can protect the U.S. against an Iranian ICBM strike.

These are not serious people.  Well, maybe they are, but in the wrong way.  They regard the truth as just another "narrative," no better than any other.

April 21, 2010