Lies, Damn Lies, and Michigan’s Supreme Court Election
October 7, 2008
Once again, the blogosphere has caught the mainstream media asleep at the switch. RightMichigan.com does a devastating dissection of the lies being peddled by opponents of Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Cliff Taylor. A left wing group has taken out billboard ads on the side of busses across the state claiming that a University of Chicago study ranks Chief Justice Taylor’s court as the worst in the nation.
The charge is outrageously false – even by today’s rock bottom campaign standards. But even more outrageous: Michigan’s media, which fancies itself a vigilant truth squad against campaign falsehoods, has yet to call them on it.
As RightMichigan points out, the reference to the Michigan concerned the 1998-2000 Supreme Court. That court was controlled by Democrat Conrad Mallet and liberal Betty Weaver. It was a Democrat court, NOT a Taylor court. The four justices that now make up the Republican majority on today’s court (Justices Taylor, Markman, Young and Corrigan) were not even on the court for 60% of the time the study covered.
Oh, and the “study” is unfinished and has never been “published” by the University of Chicago. It’s just a working draft.
In a shameful act, the League of Women Voters plans to promote these lies at an upcoming forum featuring Michigan Democratic Party hacks and other groups that don’t care how low they have to stoop to defeat Chief Justice Taylor. Guess who’s footing the bill? None other than the Open Society Institute – the political arm of hedge fund billionaire George Soros.
As readers of American Courthouse well know, Mr. Soros is financing a multi-million dollar campaign in states across America to try to abolish democratic judicial elections. The network of groups sponsored by the Open Society Institute always pose as non-partisan, good government organizations, aided of course by a gullible (or collusive) media. By joining in the gutter campaign to defeat Chief Justice Taylor, these groups have demonstrated once and for all that they have no problems with partisan courts – as long as they’re controlled by partisans who support their political agenda.
Posted by Dan Pero in the categories: Judicial Elections, Michigan, State Battlegrounds
2 Responses to “Lies, Damn Lies, and Michigan’s Supreme Court Election”
The silence on the part of the MSM on this one really has been deafening. They’re more interested in reporting on who has how much in which bank account than they are about the money being laundered through these liberal front groups to promote outright LIES. Not distortions, not spin, not exaggerations… LIES.
And better yet, they have and will continue to treat Rich Robinson like some sort of sacred, non-partisan watchdog when he A) refuses to demand his own organization open their books and reveal their finances (while he demands that of everyone else) and B) counts the Joyce Foundation as a supporter… the same Joyce Foundation that bosts one Barack Obama as a notable alumn.
Yep. He’s VEEEERY fair and impartial. And the media isn’t biased at all.
–Nick
http://www.RightMichigan.com
I don’t need a political spin machine to tell me that Taylor is a terrible justice. His legal “reasoning” and the alleged methods he employs in deciding cases reveal him as a hypocrite. Also, there is no need to peruse his bank statements to see that he is merely a puppet to the interests he serves. Unfortunately for the the citizens of this state, justice is not one of those interests.