Pat Buchanan: Too Many Jews On The Supreme Court [UPDATE]

Okay, so, filed under "Kagan, Elena; reasons she would be the Supreme Court's greatest monster," I have: secret lesbian, Ivy League, friend of Obama, played softball (cf. secret lesbian), no children (cf. secret lesbian, also see "Cohen, Richard, worst columnist in English language), wrote thesis on socialism in New York, hiring practices, treatment of military recruiters, no paper trail, no judicial experience, reminds everyone of that time President George W. Bush tried to nominate Harriet Miers on some sort of dare, and secret lesbian.

Am I leaving anything out? Oh, hey, MSNBC contributor Pat Buchanan! You wanted to add something?

Indeed, of the last seven justices nominated by Democrats JFK, LBJ, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, one was black, Marshall; one was Puerto Rican, Sonia Sotomayor. The other five were Jews: Arthur Goldberg, Abe Fortas, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan.

If Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, will have 33 percent of the Supreme Court seats.

Is this the Democrats' idea of diversity?

But while leaders in the black community may be upset, the folks who look more like the real targets of liberal bias are white Protestants and Catholics, who still constitute well over half of the U.S. population.

Oh, well, there you go. Pat Buchanan has counted up the Jews on the Supreme Court (no doubt with the help of current Bob McDonnell crony/former Nixon White House "Jew-counter" Fred Malek) and has discovered that there is just not enough Protestantism on the Supreme Court, thus continuing America's rich tradition of only letting Protestants do just about everything else in American society.

Remember the last time we had a fresh-faced Supreme Court nominee to obsess over? Back then, Pat Buchanan was all worked up about Sonia Sotomayor successfully learning English and going to Princeton, and how awful she was for doing so -- or something! It did not make sense. Later, Buchanan got together with a bunch of fellow travelers and talked about Sotomayor's Hispanicity at some sort of conference. Oh, wait! I'm sorry. At a "CONFERENECE".

Anyway, this is a crushing blow to the American Jesus. The end.

UPDATE: Per Media Matters:

A commenter on the post looked a little deeper at the religious background of ALL Supreme Court Justices to show how ridiculous Buchanan's column was on its face:

Overall, Jews represent 6.4% of ALL SCOTUS justices over the years (7 Jews have sat on the bench, total). By contrast, over 32% of justices have been Episcopalians, when only 1.7% of the country is within that religion.

The comment is accurate according to this breakdown of Justices by their faith.

More here.

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Buchanan complains that with Kagan, Supreme Court will have too many Jews [Media Matters]

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Comments

[theerrantsoul]

01:23 PM on 05/20/2010

Oh, no! We're also obviously discriminating against Asians, Buddhists, and Hindus. There's none on the Supreme Court, right? And what about Jedi?

[BlackTantalus]

10:58 AM on 05/18/2010

Pat Buchanan said: "If Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, will have 33 percent of the Supreme Court seats. Is this the Democrats' idea of diversity?"

Somebody needs to call out Pat Buchanan on the tacit assumption that six Papists on the Supreme Court is unworthy of notice or comment? That's sixty-six and two-thirds of the Court. The Vatican has been controlling the direction of the court. IS THAT THE REPUBLICANS' IDEA OF DIVERSITY?

[cocoricot]

01:27 PM on 05/18/2010

Let's not forget the annual mass they (all but Clarence Thomas) attended with the Arch Bishop of DC. We have all seen the Church present its homophobic and anti-abortion policies front and center ( ashame the Catholic Church doesn't put that much energy into child rape issues). You don't hear about them going to Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur services.

There doesn't seem to be a huge difference between the theocrats here and in the Middleast. We have Buchanan , the Jew counter and Palin stating that our laws should be based on biblical scripture. What's next? Sharia law in the US??

[joeyfoto]

10:24 AM on 05/18/2010

Dear Pat: How many Roman Catholics are on the US Supreme Court? Who nominated them? How has their religion affected the judicial judgment of these Conservative Catholic Justices?

Once again, Pat, with charm and wit, you continue to confuse what it means to be an American, with what it is to be a nativist bigot.

PS. Why would anyone with a history of defending Nazis (google: 'Pat Buchanan,' 'Ukraine' or 'John Demjanjuk'), as you clearly have, put himself in the position of "Jew counter," unless he considered being called an "anti-semite a badge of honor for a Conservative "culture warrior?"

[MissVirginiaVoter]

11:09 PM on 05/17/2010

He's a proud son of the Confederacy....nuff said there....pleaz........and MSNBC welcomes him with open arms EVERY DAY!!!

[MIKEinNYC]

10:46 PM on 05/17/2010

Maybe Pat needs to be reminded that the originators of the Christian faith were all Jews.

[BlackTantalus]

10:59 AM on 05/18/2010

Even Jesus was born and died a Jew (actually, because he was a Jew).

[MIKEinNYC]

10:45 PM on 05/17/2010

Between Pat and Bay there are too many Buchanans in the media.

[BlackTantalus]

11:32 AM on 05/18/2010

Remember when Bay and Ann disputed the intellect of Winky Palin? And Bay "The President Is Dumbing Down The Supreme Court" Buchanan insisted that Winky was the most qualified VP nominee since Dick Cheney? And your brain began to hurt with realization that Coulter was not the most psychotic woman in America. Oh! the cognitive dissonance.

[robeson]

09:09 PM on 05/17/2010

Jews, Italians, and Blacks, when will we get a real American Pat?

[MIKEinNYC]

07:13 PM on 05/17/2010

Pat Buchanan is expected to take certain predictable positions on certain issues. This position is totally expected. If he did not take this position he wouldn't be Pat Buchanan.

[DiogenesOfAlaska]

04:04 PM on 05/17/2010

Has Pat Buchanan ever fretted about the fact that 66% of the bible are not christian? And that close to 100% of the bible were written by jews?

33% in greek by the way.

And finally: what does Pat Buchanan think about the fact that Jesus was a Jew?

I guess we're all jews now. (except that maybe some jews might object to that notion).

[Dr. Judith Rich]

04:10 PM on 05/17/2010

DOA,

I'm with you, except does that mean we all have to be Arizonans, too? Sarah thinks so. I pass on that invitation.

[DiogenesOfAlaska]

04:18 PM on 05/17/2010

yep! We're all Arizonans now.

And it pays. Because then there's a chance that there are enough REASONABLE Arizonans.

:-)

(and again, quite a few Arizonans might object against that, too)

[LynnW49]

03:55 PM on 05/17/2010

Buchanan did not seem to mind when SCROTUS (Supreme Court Republicans of the US) had a disproportionate amount of white males on it and did not even come close to representing the population (as it will not when another woman is confirmed). But let us not let facts disturb our arrogant, hypocritical, whinging, eh Mr B as in Bigot.

[Peter Bury]

02:16 PM on 05/17/2010

Pat is on the slate for tomorrow morning on Morning Joe. Guess it's time to start boycotting Starbucks, their most visible sponsor...

[Athena123]

12:37 PM on 05/17/2010

I wonder how long crazy people like Buchanan, Palin, Beck, Limbaugh, et al will get centre stage. I know the truth comes out eventually - especially with ready access info on the internet. Don't these people read? Or do they just listen to right-wing christian radio? Something's definitely missing here....

[newtom]

10:16 AM on 05/17/2010

Once again, someone for whom nobody has cast a vote in some time is rendering a useless, meaningles opinion. Pat -- nobody really cares what you think.

[cindyw]

09:30 AM on 05/17/2010

I've never heard Pat complain about the underrepresentation of women on the court. Half this country has always been female.

[Peter Bury]

08:25 AM on 05/17/2010

Noticed he wasn't on Morning Joe this morning. Must be hanging out at Starbucks catching up on Facebook....