Posted on 01/30/2006 6:48:20 AM PST by SunSetSam01
In the game of poker it is called “Tilting”. This is when constant losing has finally gotten the better of a player. At this point they abandon every instinct towards strategy and good play in favor of being really, really mad. Usually tilting results in betting the mortgage when all you are packing is a lousy pair of 5’s and a big chip on your shoulder. Back in the glory days of liberal politics, Democrats would openly deny that there was a litmus test for the Supreme court while making the confirmation hearings about fictional claims of racism, class warfare, the general crabbiness of the nominee, and places where errant pubic hairs may come to rest (presumably Justice Thomas would have been off the hook if Anita Hill produced a semen stained dress). In fact it was about anything but the qualifications of the nominee. Over the past few years though, liberals have been consistently pinned to the mat by George W. Bush. Not only can they not score a meaningful victory against the man, they can barely compete. This has sent them into “Tilt” mode and gotten in the way of their strategy.
Strategy in the world of the liberal means that you need to lie your butt off and try to trick the American people into seeing things your way. So when a liberal goes “Tilt” the truth comes tumbling out from between their lips. During the Senate debate about Justice Alito, Senator Diane Feinstein’s anger got the better of her and she accidentally had a bitter little moment of public honesty. She admitted that liberals have an abortion “litmus test” for the Supreme Court.
"If one is pro-choice in this day and age, in this structure," Feinstein said, "one can't vote for Judge Alito. It is simply that simple." These are the words that have finally exposed the specific criteria that liberals have long denied the existence of. In other words, once again they have been caught in a lie.
She and other Democrats went on to not only continue their attacks on Judge Alito, (whose only real sin in life is probably dressing up like Jar Jar Binks at a Sci-Fi convention), but they went on to lament the appointment of Chief Justice Roberts. Feinstein noted that in the recent Supreme Court decision Gonzales v. Oregon, involving an Oregon statute that allowed doctor-assisted suicide, Roberts sided with Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, in finding that the Bush administration had the legal authority to use a controlled-substances law to block the statute. In other words, she was complaining that they had voted to uphold existing law. Maybe next she will complain that it isn’t fair for Barry Bonds to swing at so many fastballs.
Seeing as the liberal litmus test for Supreme Court nominees is now out in the open, one has to wonder why this it is so important to them that only pro-choice justices ascend to the bench. When Roe v. Wade is overturned, it will not mean that state police will show up at abortion clinics and drag the women away, kicking and screaming, to Babies R’ Us. The reversal of this flawed piece of judicial activism will just free the states to make abortion a ballot issue. It will simply become legal in some states, and illegal in others. I’m sure that anyone who wants to murder a baby will still always be able to legally do this in CA or MA.
To satisfy the loony left, justices will have to swear to uphold Roe v. Wade during the confirmation period. This flies in the face of the idea that justices should be objective, because now they have telegraphed their ruling on cases that have not reached the Supreme Court. To make such a promise during the confirmation process would be the equivalent of Judge Ito wearing a throwback O.J. Simpson jersey openly in court during his double murder trial. At least he had the decency to keep it under his robes and give the illusion of impartiality. The absurd stance that anyone who wants to sit on the high court must swear loyalty to abortion denies the American people their right to a fair and impartial judiciary. This violation of a citizen’s civil rights is one liberals are happy to endorse.
Some of the nastier gangs in the United States require that members commit a murder to show their loyalty to the gang. The liberals irrational obsession with death can lead one to believe that membership in their club requires that one must snuff out a baby to show their devotion.
With Judge Alito, President Bush has scored another pin-fall over the beaten and humiliated leftists in this country. While still in full “Tilt” mode, Feinstein let out one other rare pearl of “Progressive” truth. She explained the civil treatment of Ginsberg and Breyer by conservatives with the words "It's a very different day and time" than during the Clinton administration's nominations”. She is right, times are not the same. The difference is that they are out of power. They can’t win elections, and they can’t drive public policy, and they can’t stop nominations anymore. Just wait until President Bush gets a third Supreme Court pick. There will be some serious tilting.
Ditto.
Proving once again that the Democratic Party has become the party of murder, treason, and socialism.
Only Republican Senators are stupid enough to think that the Democrats don't have a litmus test.
The overturning of Roe is going to present huge - hopefully insurmountable - problems for the abortionists and their lobby. Instead of just having to "support" (i.e., bribe and/or blackmail) enough Senators to control the Supreme Court, they will have to spread out to various state legislatures and try to set up a whole critical series of individual legislators. And those legislators will no longer be able to hide behind Roe and "settled law", but will be accountable to voters who are actually their neighbors. A logistical and financial challenge with very limited chances of political success. After 30+ years of a free ride, during which Americans have seen the grisly results of this barbaric lie, their chances for legislative success may be even worse today than they would have been if they'd tried the legislative approach back in the late 60s/early 70s.
Pointing out what all of us here have known for years.
You're right about the lies, etc., but the fact that we now have all these years of empirical evidence to counter those lies will, I hope, show those falsehoods for what they are. The advances in medical technology also prove that the whole vague issue of life, upon which most of Roe was sold, is not so.
"If it's not a baby, then you're not pregnant"
Roe was also sold to us as a rape case. It has not mushroomed into abortion on demand at any point in the pregnancy for any reason.
Whatever happened to the "I'm against abortion personally but I don't want to foist my beliefs upon the country" Dems? Some of the most virulent baby-killers (Kennedy, Durbin, Kerry,e.g.) come from this wing of the party. I'm sure the Pope understands.
The Dems would probably go the way of the Whigs if Roe was overturned.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Thomas Jefferson: "The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."
"Pro-Choice," as an advocacy position and litmus test for Justices, destroys the constitution's intended security for the life and "Blessings of Liberty" for those most susceptible to the "hand of force."
Today's technology is quickly revealing the life and activities of the little person growing in the womb, complete with his/her own DNA (indicating it is not just a part of the mother's body).
When will those who advocate destroying the future "Blessings of Liberty" for that developing American citizen under the guises of "privacy" and the woman's "right to choose what is done with her own body" be willing to expose their dark philosophy to the light of modern technology and medical understanding?
One of the best moments of the Presidential debates. When Kerry was his usual verbose self, saying everything, and nothing at the same time, and GWB stood up, said "He has a litmus test. I don't" and sat back down.
It was beautiful.
When I started reading your post I was expecting to see more emphasis on "our Posterity". Some forty-million of "our Posterity" are not today enjoying the Blessings of Liberty".
Maybe if we have a court that enforces the Constitution, they will start enjoying liberty again.
The overturning of Roe is going to present huge - hopefully insurmountable - problems for the abortionists and their lobby. Instead of just having to "support" (i.e., bribe and/or blackmail) enough Senators to control the Supreme Court, they will have to spread out to various state legislatures and try to set up a whole critical series of individual legislators. And those legislators will no longer be able to hide behind Roe and "settled law", but will be accountable to voters who are actually their neighbors. A logistical and financial challenge with very limited chances of political success. After 30+ years of a free ride, during which Americans have seen the grisly results of this barbaric lie, their chances for legislative success may be even worse today than they would have been if they'd tried the legislative approach back in the late 60s/early 70s.
Therein lies the problem with the 17th amendment..before that they were senators appointed by state legislatures and answerable to them and in order to corrupt the choice you had to bribe a majority of the legislators in a majority of states..now you only have to bribe 2 people per state.
Thought about that while writing. I don't know why it was not included, but you're correct in your observation. The "hand of force" (Jefferson) destroyed their Creator-endowed right to enjoy both life and liberty at the same time.
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