You may have read G. Gordon Liddy’s thoughtful comments on the chances that 54-year-old Sonia Sotomayor will so crazed by menstruation as to be incapable of functioning on the Supreme Court.
Anyone who has read Liddy’s fascinating autobiography, Will, understands that he is deeply disturbed, and will not be surprised by the substance of his comments. But their style was striking. He stumbles and mumbles. Both his words and his thoughts wander. He seems to have crossed the line from simple nuttiness into incapacity. He is a husk of his former husk.
Will, shmill. I learned what I need to know about Liddy (i.e. he's fucking nuts) from Nightmare, the Underside of the Nixon Years by J. Anthony Lukas. And it was all brought back to me as I recently read Rick Perlstein's Nixonland.
Posted by: Roddy McCorley on May 30, 2009 3:26 PMG. Gordon doesn't know that 54-year-old women (even appellate judges) don't get PMS. So why would I value his opinion on any other topic?
And Roddy, those sound like some interesting books I should be reading.
Posted by: Joyful Alternative on June 1, 2009 2:13 PM