GOP Whining

Bob Ewegen has an entertaining piece on the Post's Editorial page today.

His excuse for appealing Monday's Colorado Supreme Court decision striking down last May's notorious "midnight gerrymander" was as follows: "The issue is whether the people of Colorado will live under laws made by their elected representatives or by unelected judges. We're asking the federal court to clear this up."

OK. Look at that statement again again, then treat it with the respect it deserves. Ready? All together now:

Tee hee. Ha ha ha. Ho ho ho. Har de har har! Ho hoo, har ho, he hee, haargh!

His larger point is that the Republicans didn't really need the gerrymander to hold onto their advantage in the state, but it's the illustrations of Republican hypocritical whinings that I found most amusing. After pointing out that Colorado judges stand for retention in elections after 2 years and that the whiner-in-question above - Senate President John Andrews - was was not elected, but was appointed to fill a empty seat after his predecessor was elected state treasurer, he sums up the situation with this:

So we have an unelected state senator denouncing elected state judges as unelected tyrants. If that's not enough of a knee-slapper, please note that Andrews wants the federal courts to overturn this decision by our elected state judges.

I don't know how to tell you this, Senator, but federal judges ain't elected. They're appointed for life.

Hee.