Whether it was Laura Ingraham or Mr. Baldwin, I agree wholeheartedly. The White House needs to listen to its friends -- us. If it keeps spitting at us like this, it will find itself friendless.
Bwaaaaah!
Right you are. Bush's chastising of the ones who brung him to the dance really bothered me when I heard it yesterday. Some nerve. This is where my constant nagging feeling that Bush is long on compassion, and short on conservatism comes to the forefront. He's now not running again, and probably feels he can do as he pleases, and he can. However, what he does will shape how conservatives treat their position in the Republican party for years to come. They can stay home if peeved enough. It happened before, with Bush Sr. You'd think Bush Jr. would have that figured out. Maybe he does, and will appoint a true conservative to the court.
If he doesn't, he will have broken a trust with the largest voting block of people in the Pub party, and those conservatives will be wary of ever trusting a Pub politician for years to come. If Bush truly wants to stand on conservative principles, then now is the time to show that. If he wants to be Reaganesque, he should prove it. Let's see your true conservative colors, Mr. President, on an issue of enormous importance, not only to the Pub party, but to the very philosophical shape of our nation for years to come. Here is where you will make your imprint. Will it be a wimpy one, or a strong one.
I am maintaining a wait and see attitude, and I wouldn't be totally shocked if Bush disappoints; after all his father did w/Souter. Let's see if Bush repeats his father's mistake or rectify's the situation in his father's name. Bush Sr. got snookered by Souter; let's see Bush vindicate his father with a good choice, not a poor one. He did it with Iraq, now do it with the Supreme Court.
If this type of language is rhetoric from 'friends', I doubt he'll listen - and who could blame him? When people start a campaign to destroy the character of one of his cabinet members when there is no indication he'll be appointed, that lessens their credibility. It's doubtful these groups will have any pull with the President in the future with regard to policy or appointments due to their over-the-top tactics in this instance. Once again, the conservative movement's proponents are their own worst enemy.