Posted on 10/30/2014 6:08:03 AM PDT by marktwain
The federal judge who dismissed lawsuits by Tea Party groups against the Internal Revenue Service was nominated by President George W. Bush. The media is making sure everyone knows that.
Judge Reggie Walton was “a Republican-appointed federal judge,” Politico tells us. “Walton [was] a President George W. Bush-appointee.”
“Walton was nominated as a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, by President George W. Bush in 2001,” USA Today chimed in. That background was also noted in stories appearing in “conservative” sites, creating the impression that, even if the decision may be unpopular in some circles, at least it reflects a spirit of bipartisanship, and what we can do when we put aside oue differences and work together.
What it actually reflects is the destructive effect of Stupid Party compromises, the “kinder, gentler” and “compassionate conservatism” that’s been at the squishy RINO core of the Bush family political dynasty, beginning with old man. And this isn't the first time Walton has shown the stuff he’s made of.
The guy has proven time and again, oath to the Constitution be damned, his true allegiance is to unrestrained government. As presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, BuzzFeed noted, Walton “dramatically expanded the ability of the federal government to use controversial techniques to gather intelligence on Americans both at home and abroad that have outraged civil libertarians.”
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SSDD.
Stay out the Bushes!
Walton was first appointed a judge (of the D.C. Superior Court) by Ronald Reagan. Bush elevated him to the U.S. District Court. His reputation as a judge is that he is a tough sentencer in criminal cases. So he is not a liberal, but rather a “law and order” conservative (but certainly no libertarian).
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