Oh, God. Save us from ourselves.

I never really thought much about who George W. Bush would nominate for supreme court justice (or chief justice?) until I looked at a NY Times article about tapes of his early conversations. Four to five years ago, he appears to have said, "John Ashcroft would make a fine supreme court justice."

John Ashcroft. Supreme court. First thought: is this possible? Second thought: why not? Third thought: oh, Lord, no!