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Looking better all the time Sandra Day Nostalgia?By Rick Horowitz At a Capitol Hill watering hole. (Note: Water is not the only liquid on the menu.) "It's like -- I don't know what it's like." "I'll tell you what it's like: It's like a death in the family, that's what. Just this big emptiness, and nothing to fill it." "I didn't even see it coming -- did you see it coming? Rehnquist I was expecting, but not her. Not now." "Yeah, well..." "I mean it -- did you see it coming? Forget the Fourth of July part -- I mean in general." "Plenty of holiday weekends down the tube, that's for sure. All of a sudden, everybody's gearing up for -- nah, I didn't see it either. Caught me totally by surprise." "See what I mean? I -- " "You gents need a refill?" "Sure. Thanks, Mac." "Me, too. Why not? Anyway, what was I saying?" "Caught you totally by surprise." "No, that's what you were saying." "Whatever. You saying you weren't surprised?" "Of course I was surprised. Stunned. It's like she's been there forever, and now she's -- I don't know..." "Gone?" "Exactly." "So what'll -- " "Exactly!" "Got it. So what'll you remember most?" "I don't know. I guess the whole cowgirl thing. Open skies, way out west. Horses. I -- thanks, Mac -- I always kind of liked her outdoorsiness. Is that a word?" "Close enough." "And you?" "Aside from her decisions?" "Some of her decisions." "Some of her decisions. Sure. Just a good, solid conservative, that's what I'll remember. She could drive you crazy sometimes -- not too much this way, not too much that way..." "'Let's be reasonable.' 'Let's find the middle ground.'" "She drove Scalia crazy, that's for sure. He'd say the most insulting things about her, right there in his opinions!" "She was in his way, that's all. He couldn't control her, and it drove him nuts." "And she always kept her dignity -- that was the amazing thing. All these shots she was taking from him all the time, and she always kept her dignity." "A real lady." "A real lady deserves a toast. Mac? A round for the house! Here's to Sandra Day O'Connor! A lady -- " "A cowgirl lady!" "To Sandra Day O'Connor -- a cowgirl lady, a good conservative, and a distinguished American. We won't see her kind again." "That's for sure." "That's for sure." "I thought you gents were Democrats." "We are Democrats." Posted 7/5/05. You
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Rick Horowitz
