Posted on 07/20/2005 7:27:31 AM PDT by CHARLITE
Before President George W. Bush could grasp his next breath following his announcement of Justice John G. Roberts for the U.S. Supreme Court, Democrat Senators Chuck Schumer and Patrick Leahy stumbled to the minority party reaction podium for a quick precursor to the upcoming litmus test they have planned for the new nominee.
They don’t even attempt to deny it anymore.
“All questions are legitimate,” New York Democrat and Judiciary Committee member Charles E. Schumer said earlier this month. “What is your view on Roe vs. Wade? What is your view on gay marriage?” Schumer took great pains to be sure everyone listening understood clearly. The nominee must have the right stuff: Democratic National Committee-issued socialist liberal mindset, in Chucky Schumer’s opinion.
According to a piece by Washington Bureau Chief Paul Johnson over at 365Gay.com, “Other Democrats on the Judiciary Committee agree that all issues, including same-sex marriage, should be put to a nominee for the high court. They include Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, Joseph Biden of Delaware.”
Can you imagine? The boys of “no litmus test” announcing a gearing-up of their litmus test? Did anyone see this coming? Forget what the Constitution says, for it’s outdated. How do you feel about these things?
Bush’s choice of nominee may be the perfect choice, confounding the socialist left Democrats and the far right-wing conservatives, both of whom had their litmus tests prepared long ago.
Conservative talk show host Tucker Carlson tried his best to insist that Bush should pick a nominee that is patently anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, anti-affirmative action, and pro-First and Second Amendment. Democrats of course, demand just the opposite. Both were seeking their own style of activist for O’Connor’s replacement on the high court. Both are disappointed.
Aside from his solid qualifications, Bush’s nominee seems otherwise neither Democrat nor Republican. Instead, Bush chose the man on the basis of his great character, great credentials, and an overt love and respect for the Constitution as written. USA Today says “Rarely does a new justice bring that much direct experience as an advocate to the Supreme Court.”
The nominee is a well-known Washington conservative, but he is no right-wing ideologue. He is a man that can be counted on to simply uphold the law and the Constitution of these United States, which is good since that will be his most important obligation under his oath to the bench. It is an obligation those extreme politicos on the far left and the far right often choose to overlook.
You can bet the going will get tough in the confirmation process. Senator Leahy was out of breath just describing how long, complicated, and arduous the confirmation process must be. He made it sound like this could take months, if not years. After all, a litmus test is full of twists and turns, complexities the average American just can’t comprehend.
Yes, the nominee has been chosen, and his name, like a big colorful target with a please kick me sign hanging over it, is officially pasted to his chest. The nominee, along with his wife, his family, and his friends, is now in danger of imminent attack from bloodthirsty liberals desperate to salvage the one branch of government they still control.
Let the litmus test begin! But let’s at least call it what it is: WRONG!
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Char :)
Just ANOTHER half-vast left-wing conspiracy.
Well, we know what the wingnuts did to Robert Bork. Now it looks like they want to Bork Roberts.
Drudge says Ann Coulter is not happy with the pick....I wonder if that helps or hurts
Liberal checklist (feel free to add):
Abortion
Gay marriage
Affirmative action
IMMEDIATELY if not sooner, email the Senators from your state. I emailed my TWO DEMOCRAT SENATORS...BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA this morning the told them, Hillary Koolaid Drinkers that they both are, that I expected they were as elated as I about President Bush's nominee, Justice Roberts, to the Supreme Court. I also told them I would watch with interest when their votes were recorded. DO IT NOW!!
Nobody is going to listen to their fake "wolf" cries now.
But keep flapping your gums, Chuckie, and just maybe we might be able to put you out to pasture the way we did with Tom Thumb Daschle.
It's very early in the game but I think that Frist may have to end up using the nuclear (or constitutional) option.
With the exception of Ben Nelson of Nebraska, I can't picture any Dems voting for Roberts. Maybe Bill Nelson of Florida will vote for Roberts but he'll feel pressed to vote No and give his base some red meat.
I see the GOP losing Chaffee's vote (although that's a given) and possibly Snowe or Collins. OTOH, Snowe and Collins are not as far to the left as Chaffee and may stay with the other GOP senators.
Another reason I thank God I'm a Texan.
HERE HERE!! I love Texas...and lived there for thirty five years..Job took me to the left coast, which has nice living and excellent weather, but oh, the socialistic atomsphere here and the far left people in both Oregon and Washington really put a negative feel on these states. We would die for a Governor like California has....but up here, we don't count votes...we manufacture them, a la Christine Gregoire!!! BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
HERE HERE!! I love Texas...and lived there for thirty five years..Job took me to the left coast, which has nice living and excellent weather, but oh, the socialistic atomsphere here and the far left people in both Oregon and Washington really put a negative feel on these states. We would die for a Governor like California has....but up here, we don't count votes...we manufacture them, a la Christine Gregoire!!! BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
The Dakotas senators, Landrieu (she's learned her lesson about straying too far left, I think), one or both Arkansas senators, maybe even some folks like Dianne Feinstein -- yeah, for real.
President Bush nominated DC Circuit Court Judge John Roberts to the US Supreme Court. The Feminist Majority, the National Organization for Women, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and the National Abortion Federation all immediately announced their intentions to oppose Roberts for the position.
“I am extremely disappointed that the President did not appoint a centrist woman to fill Sandra Day O’Connor’s seat on the Supreme Court,” said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority. “We are now going back to tokenism for women on the highest court in the land.”
“Everything we know about Judge Roberts’ record thus far indicates that he will be a solid vote against women’s rights and Roe v. Wade,” Smeal continued. “If he is to be confirmed by senators who support women’s rights, he must say where he stands on Roe and the right to privacy. The burden is on him.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1446803/posts
Abortion
Gay marriage
Affirmative action
Any policy that strengthens government at the expense of us, their ostensible employers, and flies in the face of the BOR, like Kelo. (Exception: if the behavior has been viewed for millenia as a sexual perversion or murder, the government must respect our Constitutional right to privacy.)
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