[dirtboy]

But no, our Fearless Leader said, ‘To hell with the Constitution!’

You know, I'm getting sick of this crap from both sides.

Bush said nothing of the sort.

He instead says she is an originalist - which means he says that she will faithfully interpret the Constitution.

There is nothing wrong with a sound and reasoned debate as to whether Bush's judgement is sound in that regard, whether Miers is a indeed an orginalist, whether someone who hasn't been a judge is fit to be on SCOTUS, or whether she is the right person for the job.

But we need to return this debate into some level of civility and intellect, because right now, for all the name-calling and piss-poor logic, I can't tell FR from some of the left-wing forums I've posted on.

[samadams2000]

He had little capital with the conservatives.There is only so many times one can be bludgeoned over the head by big government. We have his back but are ready to walk. The pick was disrespectful to the base. We dont want Ouiji Board picks.

Im a bystander now. Bringing it down a few notches and will to let the history books write that he was tone deaf like his father or a middle to great placeholder President. Which is just sad considering the possibilities.

[Texas Federalist]

But no, our Fearless Leader said, ‘To hell with the Constitution!’ ... Bush said nothing of the sort.

Um . . . it's a metaphor (and an accurate one).

[wideawake]

You have to realize that the author, Nicholas Stix (not his real name), is not an actual conservative.

He runs with that whole Lew Rockwell/Joe Sobran/Paul Craig Roberts/Justin Raimondo/Alexander Cockburn/Patrick Buchanan/Charley Reese crew.

Depending on who they're talking to or posing as on a given day they are conservatives, or palaeoconservatives, or libertarians, or palaeolibertarians, or "market anarchists", or Old Rightists, or Copperheads, or Constitutionalists or what have you.

Stix and his buddies have one goal - to destroy the conservative movement with their carping since they cannot gain control of it.

[indcons]

You need to blame Pres. Bush for this nomination that has split his base and Laura Bush for turning this debate into name-calling (as she did by agreeing with Matt Lauer's loaded suggestion yesterday).

[catmanblack.]

but FR only debates amongst its members they don't riot and burn things-they don't march on washington(they should)-when people like clinton speak they talk for hours and never say anything(worth a s--t) freepers do what GOD intended them to(and the founding fathers) use their brains and if they say something we don't like we can debate it-not like the demos and others

[Cboldt]

He instead says she is an originalist - which means he says that she will faithfully interpret the Constitution.

Ginsberg says she is faithfully interpreting the Constitution.

My point is we need more detail than a couple buzzwords that mean whatever each hearer wants it to mean.

[longtermmemmory]

I think much of the "outrage" is just trolling for dissent. We have a Senate that goes along to get along, we have the cowardly cabal of RINOs.

I think those who are "outraged" are just jockeying for position for the next presidential race.

[Shalom Israel]

He instead says she is an originalist - which means he says that she will faithfully interpret the Constitution.

The article happens to answer that point very well: the one thing we know for darn sure is that Bush is no originalist. He said she's an originalist... and he also said she shares his views. Both of those statements can't be true at the same time.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

If you want a return to a civil debate, you should apologize for your role in enflaming the debate and set an example.