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05.06.2009 by David Murray // 9 Comments

If, as expected, President Obama names me as the next raging liberal activist judge on the U.S. Supreme Court, I will immediately push for a new "Mulligan Law," which would give every first-time fuck-up a second chance.

What's got me thinking about this is the story about an April 29 incident where a Russian-born British art-world socialite named Galina Rusanova became "incoherent and disruptive" on a United Airlines flight from L.A. to London. According to the Chicago Tribune, she was "apparently woozy from a
combination of pills, alcohol and lavatory hand soap, allegedly tried
to bite a flight attendant in the leg."

Who among us, at one time or another, hasn't overdone it with the hand soap?

And look at the picture of the woman! You're going to give her 20 years?

"What wasn't disclosed through the affidavit is that Ms. Rusanova is a
very intelligent, charming woman," said her attorney, Matthew Erickson.
"This comes as a shock to her. … Her mistake was to mix prescription drugs with alcohol. After that, all bets were off."

Isn't it punishment enough to poor Galina that for the foreseeable eternity, any booze, pill, soap-induced ankle biting incident will be referred to as "doing the Rusanova"?

I say, let her off. (Even if you have to pry her.)

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  1. Steve C. says

    May 6, 2009 at 11:13 am

    David:
    I’m sorry to be the one to tell you . . . but you can’t be the next Supreme Court Justice. You are not a woman. President Obama has already ruled out anybody with a penis.
    I’m sorry. I think you would have done a fine job. These damned penises . . . they can be a bit of a nuisance at times, can’t they?
    Steve C.

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  2. Steve C. says

    May 6, 2009 at 11:13 am

    David:
    I’m sorry to be the one to tell you . . . but you can’t be the next Supreme Court Justice. You are not a woman. President Obama has already ruled out anybody with a penis.
    I’m sorry. I think you would have done a fine job. These damned penises . . . they can be a bit of a nuisance at times, can’t they?
    Steve C.

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  3. Kristen says

    May 6, 2009 at 12:09 pm

    Because yeah, there are SOOOO many women on that Supreme Court, it would be a HORRIBLE thing to add to the ENORMOUS current tally (of ONE) of women on that court.
    And, of course, none of the women he is considering are AT ALL competent.
    Whatever would we do without your even-keel, low key, and completely objective reviews of President Obamas decisions, Steve??
    You, Mr. Crescenzo, are a true humanitarian, and we thank you for your diligence in keeping us abreast (get it?) of developments.

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  4. Kristen says

    May 6, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    And David – how long did it take you after reading that article, to figure out how you could get a blog entry out of it???
    I gotta give you props for working that into something. Well done!

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  5. David Murray says

    May 6, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    Kristen:
    Quicker’n you can chug a bottle of hand soap.
    David

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  6. Steve C. says

    May 6, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    My dearest Kristen.
    I wasn’t saying it was a BAD idea to select a woman. As David Brooks wrote in today’s New York Times,
    “In a world where women out number men among college and law grads, it’s kind of weird to have an 8 to 1 ratio on the high court.”
    I’m all for a little affirmative action, and there certainly are plenty of qualified women to choose from.
    My point was only that David, being a male, would never be picked by this administration. The fact that he is not a lawyer might come into play as well, but Obama might be willing to overlook that fact.
    He did, after all, appoint Leon Panetta to oversee our entire intelligence network . . . and Panetta has never worked in intelligence in his entire life.
    Steve C.

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  7. Steve C. says

    May 6, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    My dearest Kristen.
    I wasn’t saying it was a BAD idea to select a woman. As David Brooks wrote in today’s New York Times,
    “In a world where women out number men among college and law grads, it’s kind of weird to have an 8 to 1 ratio on the high court.”
    I’m all for a little affirmative action, and there certainly are plenty of qualified women to choose from.
    My point was only that David, being a male, would never be picked by this administration. The fact that he is not a lawyer might come into play as well, but Obama might be willing to overlook that fact.
    He did, after all, appoint Leon Panetta to oversee our entire intelligence network . . . and Panetta has never worked in intelligence in his entire life.
    Steve C.

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  8. Kristen says

    May 6, 2009 at 2:15 pm

    Steve: Whew! I’m very glad to hear you have no issues with another woman on the big bench!
    And as to Panetta, I don’t know, but, it seems to me, that someone who was Clinton’s Chief of Staff HAS to be considered as having had some sort of covert ops experience, what with the apparent “goings” and “comings” in the Oval during that administration.
    And, anyway, this seems less problematic to me than our pal George hiring that guy to handle the Hurricane Katrina horrific aftermath. You know, the one who’s only experience was running dog shows?

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  9. k bosch says

    May 8, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    this is the best line in the article: “she remembers little about the flight, aside from fighting with a flight attendant over seating and the quality of United’s red wine.”

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