Posted by
Ed Lilly on Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:33:30 AM
I only ask because that's who I was reminded of when I read this post at Hot Air:
The chief justice of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals[,] ... Alex Kozinski[,] stored sexually explicit photos and videos on his personal web site, stating later that he thought no one could access the materials.
As George asked when caught when confronted with his own inappropriate sexual behavior, "Was that wrong? Should I have not done that? I tell you I gotta plead ignorance on this thing because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing was frowned upon, you know, cause I've worked in a lot of offices and I tell you people do that all the time."
At the risk of improperly mixing pop culture references, I think this could really put the Marv Albert phenomenon to the test. Many people thought Albert was done as a broadcaster after his hotel assault on a woman while wearing ladies’ underwear and having his wig pulled off in the tussle. Seems like a pretty difficult thing to live down.
But, Albert had the benefit of being a public figure in the age of Bill Clinton. I predicted at the time of Albert’s fall that he would be back in broadcasting after a short time to let things simmer down. Guys I worked with thought I was nuts and that Albert’s career was so clearly over it was laughable to think otherwise.
Turned out, Albert was gone from network tv for about 2 years, then was hired back as NBC’s prime NBA announcer, and is now doing Nets play-by-play on the Yes Network. Who’s laughing now?
If Kozinski were one of the 9th Circuit liberals who are continually getting overruled by the Supreme Court, my guess is he would have a decent shot at still getting the call for a Supreme Court seat in an Obama administration. But as a Reagan appointee, even if McCain wins in November, no chance in the world the media would let him survive a nomination for the Supreme Court.