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Vote Bush in '04: The Supreme Court is too imporant!
vanity | 1/29/04 | vanity

Posted on 01/29/2004 11:36:08 AM PST by votelife

On thread after thread I see people talk about abandoning Bush over immigration or spending or gun control or some other issue. I feel many conservatives are missing the big picture. Look at the ages of these justices:

William H. Rehnquist, 80 John Paul Stevens, 84 Sandra Day O'Connor, Ariz., 74 Antonin Scalia, 68 DC Anthony M. Kennedy, 68 David H. Souter, 65 Clarence Thomas, 56 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 71 Stephen G. Breyer, Mass. 66

Rehnquist wants to retire. O'Connor did LAST time (but I think she felt bad about telegraphing it). Stevens is 84. Eighty-four. At 71 Ginsburg is no spring chicken either.

Now add 4 more to the ages of all these justices. You think Stevens will stay until 88? Rehnquist till 84? With his bad back? O'Connor already wants to go.

Lots of important cases are decided 5-4. Need I remind you Bush Gore was 5-4. (I know part of it was 7-2)...

Freepers have been getting all over Bush for not being conservative enough. But remember, without a conservative court, almost any legislation or act by Bush can be overturned by an unelected robe.

Let's review some recent rulings by the 9th Circuit Court and the USSC: pledge unconstitutional constitutional right to sodomy in the interest of diversity, affirmative action constitutional right to partial birth abortion the CA recall is suspsended (later overturned)

Future courts will decide the following: 2nd amendment cases right to life cases affirmative action cases immigration cases war on terror cases

President Bush has done a great job on the war and judges in my opinion. He campaigned hard on judges in '02 and it helped Coleman, Chambliss, and Talent win. That made Daschle powerless (besides the filibuster). Without that, Estrada would have never gotten a vote. Of course when Hillary et all are bent on denying any minority conservative judge, it's still tough getting conservatives confirmed. But let's see how the American public reacts when the Dems want to filibuster a qualified SC nominee. I'm giving Bush the benefit of the doubt. He talked about activist judges in his SOTU speech. All indications are to a more conservative Senate in 2004, which means if Bush is elected, we'll get a better Supreme Court.

Rehnquist wants to retire, let's give him President Bush and a conservative Senate to confirm his replacement.

O'Connor wants to retire. Stevens needs to retire soon. Any other justice may want or need to retire. 4 more years is a long time.

Freepers, do we stand for we the people, or we the judges? Get active in '04. Call Congress about your significant issues. But when you vote in 2004, think about who you want to nominate Justices and who you want as the Commander in Chief.

President Bush has to be the front man on these judicial fights and he will get slaughtered in the mainstream press for these decisions. We need to let him now in clear terms that we strongly support his decision to put conservatives like Miguel Estrada and Charles Pickering on the court...

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Freepers, do we stand for we the people, or we the judges? Get active in '04. Call Congress about your significant issues. But when you vote in 2004, think about who you want to nominate Justices and who you want as the Commander in Chief.

"We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail." President Bush, September 20, 2001 speech to Congress


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KEYWORDS: 2004; bush; dean; election; gwb2004; kerry; supremecourt
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To: wadeintothem
>>>Good republicans will vote for bush.. there are MANY issues where he is dead on.. important issues... war, abortion, marriage - you think a dem is going to protect 2nd amendment or any of these?


ahem,

we should support the fuhrer like good germans?

He hasn't protected diddly, like his daddy he turned tail and ran with open arms to the gunbanning crew.

I thought he was a 2nd ammendment defender/constitutionalist type after his performance here in Tx but in DC he's been another RINO disaster from a 2nd, and 1st ammendment perspective.

not to mentiont the civil rights disaster called the 'patriot act'

I've *never* been a good german and it's way too late to start.

He doesn't get his act together and start cleaning up he's fired, and I wrote and told him so. and told my misrep that that voted for the patriot act the same thing.

r
241 posted on 01/30/2004 12:50:42 PM PST by woerm (student of history)
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To: Texas Federalist
Gonzales is about as likely to be GWB's first SCOTUS nominee as Judge Ito.
242 posted on 01/30/2004 10:29:13 PM PST by Kryptonite
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To: Kryptonite
Gonzales is about as likely to be GWB's first SCOTUS nominee as Judge Ito.

Why do you say that?

243 posted on 01/31/2004 1:42:15 PM PST by Texas Federalist
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