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?
>:-[
List whatever you want for his accomplishments, his stance on illegal immigration and the damage it's doing to this country far outweighs any positives from his time in office. Thanks to him and his crowd of open border / free trade at all costs this country will pay a heavy price in the not too distant future.
Sorry, President Bush can't be the worst Prez in history. That title has already been taken by his predecessor . . .
I'll enjoy it if I can one day tell my Great-Grandchildren about the Democratic Party and they snicker asking "you can't be serious!?"
I'll enjoy it if I can one day tell my Great-Grandchildren about the Republican Party and they snicker asking "Oh you mean like Halloween, when we all pretend to be something that we're not?"
Well said.
oh yeah? Well I remember the one and only Bill Nelson, guitar player extraordinaire of the 70's band Bebop Deluxe, and you are not fit to utter the name Bill Nelson.
***do you know that from Estrada or are you just guessing?***
'Just guessing'... I suppose; I put myself in his position... what did he get from the whole process? ...trashed... Bush did not even defend him.
Welcome to the club. 'Pod
Very thorough.
Study the separation of powers...
If you followed your own sage advice, you would learn why it is completely irrelevant that 14 senators got together and decided to decree that the executive branch needs to gain pre-approval for judges before sending their nominations to the Senate for advice and consent.
It is about as significant as 14 senators getting together and declaring that rain must flow uphill.
Name one
The boys will have some fun... ;-)
My gosh, talk about a drama queen. Relax.
We can not lead if we are too far out front of the population. Leadership is meeting people where they are and slowly but surely taking them in the right direction.
Arguably we haven't done well as well in fiscal areas and with border security...but in others I think it's amazing. Just look at the abortion polls now compared with 15 or 20 years ago.
I'll certainly try to keep that in mind.
I put myself in Estrada's position and if my personal relationship with the President was intact...I would be willing to take flak for him. It's a risk I would be willing to take if I wanted the job. Just like if I was a soldier, I would have to accept the fact I could be killed defending my country.
Now, if I was Estrada's wife or mother...that'd be another story.
Yes, we do.
NOT TO WORRY!! He would have to go a ways to beat clinton and carter!
Bravo Bob Ireland-- I am not a Republican, either, and never have been-- probably never will be, for many of the same reasons.
But not voting is a loser solution. I vote for the best candidate available-- that sometimes means voting for a RINO, but it also means voting for quality people in primaries and third parties when necessary.
There will never be an optimal voting solution for true conservatives.
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