The most inexcusable, disgusting, inexplicable failure of any political party in American History has been the Republican Party’s failure to appoint Conservative Supreme Court justices when it had the chance too.
Without a fight they ceded control of this country to the left. The left has been able to rule this country from the bench for the last twenty years because of this travesty.
The only way the citizens have to address the abuses of the court is to elect Presidents who will appoint honest judges. Bush one, Ford and even Reagan betrayed the voters of this country.
I can never have an ounce of respect for Bush the elder. The damage he did by carelessly nominating Souter is incalculable. In many ways Clinton did less damage to this country in 8 years than Bush did with this criminally stupid nomination. (It is immaterial if he was 'mislead' it is his job not to be mislead.)
If the President or the Republican party surrender to the Democrats and nominate a "moderate" to the Supreme Court. They will never get my vote again. I have made it clear to my Republican Senator this fact also.
That's what scares me the most... it doesn't seem to matter who we elect any more. We are on our own.