Supreme Court Justice Souter has advised he is going to retire when the Supreme Court recesses for the summer.  The media is buzzing with speculation as to how President Obama is going to fill this vacancy, though it is acknowledged that any replacement for left-leaning Souter may not shake up the makeup of the current bench, unless Obama’s choice is from the far-left wingnut camp. 

A hint of what may be coming in terms of nominees can be found in previous statements made by the President during his pre-election campaigning:

“I want people on the bench who have enough empathy, enough feeling, for what ordinary people are going through.”  (March 2008, in Ohio)

“I will look for those judges who have an outstanding judicial record, who have the intellect, and who hopefully have a sense of what real-world folks are going through.” (October 2008 presidential debate in New York)

My question is:  exactly how does President Obama think he will recognize such people?  These statements were made by someone who has absolutely NO clue about what it means to be an “ordinary person”.  With no experience in business, no real-world use of his law degree, his only adult experience that of being tucked deeply inside the enclaves of left-wing radicals (translation:  homeland terrorists; at best one could perhaps call them merely divisive) and self-serving politicians, and now with a laundry list of tax cheats chosen for his cabinet nominees, President Obama’s choice to replace Justice Souter on the Supreme Court promises to be as bad for the future of this country as was his own election.