News Flash: U.S. Cities Scarier Than African Jungles

Seems as though West Virginia's Democratic Senator, Robert Byrd likes the President’s pick for Supreme Court:

"One's life is probably in no greater danger in the jungles of deepest Africa than in the jungles of America's large cities," writes Senatro Byrd. "In my judgment, much of the problem has been brought about by the mollycoddling of criminals by some of the liberal judges who have been placed on the nation's courts in recent years."

Mr. Byrd essentially endorsed Mr. Bush's primary stated strategy for picking Judge Roberts and other judicial nominees. "The high court's share of the responsibility for our increasing lawlessness lies in two areas -- its zeal for bringing about precipitous social change, and its overconcern for the rights of criminals and its underconcern for the rights and safety of society," he writes.

I wonder why Byrd thinks the jungles of Africa and America’s cities are so dangerous? In case you missed the connection, here is a picture of Sen. Byrd in his more youthful days of indiscretion.

Make sense now?