Obama Overcomes Yet Another False Choice

Obama wants court pick to have 'empathy' - Washington Times:

"'I will seek someone who understands that justice isn't about some abstract legal theory or footnote in a casebook; it is also about how our laws affect the daily realities of people's lives, whether they can make a living and care for their families, whether they feel safe in their homes and welcome in their own nation,' Mr. Obama said.

Still, he also said he will look for someone who 'who respects the integrity of the judicial process and the appropriate limits of the judicial role.'"

We don't have to make the false choice of someone who respects the law and seeks to interpret it faithfully vs someone who legislates from the bench. When you are Obama, you can have both at the same time!

FALSE CHOICE ALERT - Obama's verbal tick

Mark Steyn: Government's grasp goes global | government, global, geithner, obama, economy - Opinion - OCRegister.com: "

In their first two months, Obama and Geithner have done nothing but vaporize your wealth, and your children's future. What began as an economic crisis is now principally a political usurpation. And, to return to the president's 'false choice,' that 'chaotic and unforgiving capitalism' is exactly what we need right now. It's the quickest, cheapest, fairest, most efficient route to economic stabilization and renewal. A regimented and eternally forgiving global command economy with no moral hazard will destroy us all."

I linked to this Mark Steyn paragraph because it so succinctly states what is going on. But it also gives us the opportunity to call a FALSE CHOICE alert. Whenever you hear FALSE CHOICE in an Obama speech you know you are being served up a STRAW MAN.