We're all DOOMED!
Posted on 05/25/2005 12:12:22 PM PDT by Bob Ireland
President George Bush has not distinguished himself by fighting for his judicial nominees. Indeed, the way he treated Miguel Estrada, he is arguably worse than the Democrats in the Senate.
Now seven Senators have made a deal to run the Senate, and they claim that it would be best for the President to get in his Presidential Yugo and drive down to the Senate Building carrying his hat in his hand to get his judicial nominees pre-approved.
If President George Bush accedes to this power grab, he will go down as the worst President in history.
The United States Senate gave up its legislative power to the federal courts; now the Senate proposes to usurp Presidential powers. Where is our Constitutional Republic in all this?
Previous Presidents have called Senators over to the White House and 'jawboned' them with political goodies to get them to support their agenda. George Bush, instead, called Ted Kennedy over to the White House and allowed him to write the Education Bill. Kennedy responded by saying that Bush had woefully underfunded education, and iced it by calling the President a murderer and a war criminal. Bush does not jawbone Olympia Snowe or Lincoln Chaffee; instead, he closes military bases in Trent Lott's Senatorial District.
It is impossible to be a Republican today because as a voter you send representatives to Washington who BETRAY you repeatedly. Even when the majority of the country votes for Republicans and traditional values, 'Republicans' tell us that it is important to let the minority rule the country, and traditional values are trashed.
I AM NOT A REPUBLICAN
Well, I used to be a Republican. I have been betrayed so many times I have lost count. The Republican Party of Florida re-districted me out of the Congressional District in West Orlando [where I live] and placed me in WEST JACKSONVILLE - nearly 100 miles away. There are three Congressional Districts in West Orlando, but I am assigned to West Jacksonville... a district so gerrymandered that some portions are only as wide as the center line in the middle of the highway.
There is no good reason for me to be a Republican; there is no good reason for me to vote any longer. All my votes, all my campaigning for traditional values, all my fighting against the Democratic oligarchy siezing power in this country has resulted in my own people disenfranchising me by gerrymandering me out of representation in Washington [Well, true, I have Bill Nelson... I remember Bill Nelson: about 1983 he said on local radio that Christians should not be allowed to vote since they are incapable of thinking for themselves, that they must be told how to think.]
Yep - that is what all my voting for 40 years has netted me.
If I voted for Joseph Stalin, at least I would get exactly what I expected. At least if the Democraps win, we know they will finalize the overthrow of the Constitution and set up their socialist tyrannical dictatorship. If that does not motivate Americans to do what is necessary to re-establish freedom, then what have I been fighting for anyway?
>:-[
Agreed. There may have been a bit of an overreaction to Mr.
Ireland's post.There are more than enough bona fide trolls for us to zot.
Well, I think he deserves a good heckling, reagardless! :)
:-D Howdy!
BINGO !!!!
You see: you are unable to read and are in away over your head.
This from the genius who contends that George Bush is now going to seek pre-approval for court nominations from the Democrats, because Robert Byrd, Joe Lieberman, and John McCain told him so.
At least Murry Mom shares your intellectual wavelength.
Bob is NOT just reacting to the current situation.
It just does not seem to matter which party is in control - things continue to deteriorate. Let's see over the last 20 years:
First Amendment:
1) Hate speech laws, PC run amok threaten/weaken/destroy the First Amendment.
2) Anti free speech in the passed campaign finance laws. New FEC laws proposed to regulate/fine internet sites that are involved in politics (See Redstate.org).
3) Anti free speech laws regarding abortion (special laws governing how close protestors can get to an abortion clinic, among others).
4) Anti religious groups and judges ruling against the First Amendment (Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof). Note that there seem to be many laws that have been passed that disregard the second part "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" of this amendment.
Education/Government:
1) Education system that is collapsing due to government/union controls. Parents have no say anymore. Those that have the gold (government/unions) control the agenda…
2) Big government spending continues at an ever increasing pace threatening economic collapse. Guess the Republicans decided to grab some of the gold for themselves.
There are many other things that could be added, but you get the point. Don’t be surprised that these patterns eventually cause some negativity in an otherwise optimistic outlook. Sometimes it seems that we go back two steps for every step forward…
Don't know. There wasn't the overzealous Zot/troll/newbie cliques when I signed on.
"What a NICE FAMILY! They're so NICE. Too bad Harry Reid and Schmuck Schumer are not. Reid wants to "rush" a vote on the stem cell bill, but it takes 4 years to confirm Prescilla Owen. But Bush wants to GET ALONG with everyone and make up pet names for them and pat them on the back. He can't very well play hard ball with them over judges. That would be RUDE."
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Don't we all? Once in a while, anyway. ;)
During the election, he talked about good judges. So I believe that in his own way, and own time, he will get conservative nominees confirmed. I don't think he is going to bend much on those. I don't remember him talking about border issues much. So while I am a disappointed he didn't, those who expected him to do something amazing just weren't listening and I worked to get him elected despite that.
I've quit arguing about GWB with my friends. Some hate him because he is too conservative, some hate him because of Iraq, some even still think he is stupid and others that he is way too liberal. It doesn't matter now. I get to sit back and see how much of what I believe in will be accomplished. I hope for more. I remember hearing these same arguments during the Reagan years...especially right after he was reelected. Funny, as a liberal then, I was sure that the Republican party was going to break in a bajillion pieces and soon! Little did I know that if you can't beat them, join them.
I've decided to put my political energies into discussing conservative principles with my friends and eventually perhaps they'll embrace them. Then we'll have a better opportunity for more conservatives to be elected and these other things will get done.
IMO, we've got to quit freaking out over the little bumps that are right in front of us and concentrate on getting over the mountains we're gonna have to climb miles down the road.
/intravanity vanity post
I'm loving the new keywords! :P
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Oh nooo Jimmy Carter has that honor.
Fine. Then you have no right to complain anymore.
Hi ya' ol' scalliwag!
'two choices'? When will control of my screen be returned to me?!
There also wasn't an open declaration of online warfare on this website from the lefties when you or I joined. I'm sure Meek can attest to that.
You can pretend to have control anytime you wish.
Now THAT's funny.
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I just added one...
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