Posted on 05/25/2005 4:07:48 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Conditions were perfect for a showdown in the Senate over the judicial appointment process.
Democrats had managed to convince half the population that the filibuster is some sort of constitutional right endowed by our Creator, and that Bill Frist and those evil Republicans were fixin’ to “nuke” the constitution by ending the misuse of the filibuster, used here only to block the confirmation of qualified nominees on the sole basis of the DNC litmus test. Too bad this half of the population has never read the constitution. A shame they don’t know that their litmus test is a litmus test.
Meanwhile, Republicans who seemed finally to muster the backbone to protect the constitutional process as it was written stood ready to end these obstructionists’ tactics once and for all by pulling the trigger on what they call the “constitutional option.” Imagine, they were actually prepared to insist that the process for confirmation defined in the constitution be followed. Then along came Johnny “on the spot” McCain! Apparently, McCain has not read the Constitution either.
In the eleventh hour, on the day somebody was supposed to get out of town by sundown, in rides Johnny-on-the-Spot on his silver steed, with seven Democrats and six Republicans in tow, as he once again saved the day. Too bad Johnny is more concerned with appeasing his friends on the left than upholding the Constitution. Johnny is fast becoming the unelected leader of what can only be called the RINO party.
Isn’t this the same guy who broke ranks with his party leadership on campaign finance reform, making it possible for one angry America-bashing Hungarian socialist to nearly single-handedly buy the White House in the months that followed?
Isn’t this the guy who stood silent as Bush’s Guard service was “nuked,” then stood in defense of those who attacked Bush as hundreds of veterans and POWs called the nations most liberal senator “a traitor” for his fraudulent testimony before Congress that lead to further torture of our POWs?
The Chicken Little old media had nearly everyone convinced that the sky was falling, that this impasse would be the end of civilization as we know it. But the truth is that it would have only been the end of an illegitimate means of advancing socialist policies that no Congress would ever legislate.
On the morning that was to be a showdown, we instead watch none other than the hero himself, John McCain, as he sheepishly searches for words to explain what the hell just happened to conservatives across this country who are right now wondering why they worked so hard to guarantee conservative control of Washington.
We get to watch Harry Reid and Teddy Kennedy claim victory over those evil Republican fools they have tricked once again. And we get to listen to a few real conservatives mumble in disgust at what can only be described as ''a joke of an agreement.''
Isn’t McCain from Arizona, where his constituents are currently forced to stand guard on their own border with Mexico because their senator has done absolutely nothing to secure that border? Seems he should be too busy with real problems for this kind of grandstanding. Doesn’t it?
I know this is the John McCain who once spent years as a POW in Vietnam. I sure can respect that, but what has he done for his country lately? Or should I say, to his country?
McCain worked with the left to fix campaign funding problems and his fix immediately led to the worst abuse of campaign finance laws in the history of this nation. Now he defects to fix the disagreement over the misuse of the filibuster and his fix is to ignore the constitutional process? In fact, his negotiated fix reads almost verbatim like Harry Reid’s first offer from weeks ago.
Here is the “deal” in a nutshell: Democrats get to handpick three nominees they will wave through their road block, as long as McCain and his fellow Republicans agree to throw their other nominees under the bus. In return, Democrats agree to only use the filibuster under extreme situations. But, of course, “extreme” has already been defined by Democrats as anyone who does not share their lust for a progressive socialist society. Republicans have agreed not to challenge the filibuster for at least another two years. And they call this “a deal”?
We are now worse off than we started: three nominees ahead temporarily, but with the blood of the other nominees splattered under the bus; McCain proclaiming himself a hero again' Reid rightfully feeling a winner; the old media crankin’ up the ole spin machine; Lanny Davis gloating over yet another windfall legal maneuver; and conservatives across this country wondering if they can establish a real conservative party by 2006.
Frist is left feeling like the beleaguered star of ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' as McCain yanks the carpet out from under yet another party “leader” and good ole Dubya is beginning to think life on the farm looks pretty laid back, as he plans his future checking out fishing lures online.
McCain and his six Republicans will search high and low for a way to put this one in the win column, as losers always do. But the winner of this round is clear. The party dependent upon the bench to legislate an agenda that would otherwise be DOA is the clear victor here. Not even an old war hero turned moderate can successfully paint it any other way.
It used to be that only hard-core liberals looked at surrender as the best means of settling every dispute. Clearly, McCain has picked up some bad habits from hanging out at too many DNC dinner parties. He seems to have the ole white flag maneuver down perfectly.
Fear not, the old media will champion McCain as the one level-headed moderate Republican who cares about minorities in America. This old fool will be their poster-boy for false bi-partisanship before sundown.
People with a general sense of right and wrong, who have at one time or another in their lives actually read the constitution, will see McCain and this “deal” for what it really is.
McCain has once again allowed himself to be tricked into playing patsy for his friends on the left at the expense of those who elected him on the right. Once again, political expediency trumps both the will of the majority and this time, a constitutional process.
If McCain spent half as much energy protecting the border of his own state as he has undermining the agenda of his own party, Minutemen would be at home with their families where they belong.
McCain, a hero? Only at DNC cocktail parties these days!
Don’t get me wrong. There are many issues with room for real compromise, but this just isn’t one of them. Liberals for years have believed that they can improve upon the work of the founders. Apparently, we now have at least seven Republicans who agree.
Here’s a list of those sure to be on every DNC party list this season. Give them a call and let them know just how much you appreciate their negotiating away the power you gave them. I’m sure they will be glad to have the opportunity to solicit a contribution for their upcoming campaigns.
Mike DeWine (Ohio) 202-224-2315
Susan Collins (Maine) 202-224-2523
Lindsey Graham (SC) 202-224-5972
Lincoln Chaffee (RI) 202-224-2921
John McCain (AZ) 202-224-2235
John Warner (VA) 202-224-2023
Olympia Snow (Maine) 202-224-5344
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McCain, a hero? Only at DNC cocktail parties these days!
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Send him back to the Hanoi Hilton. That way he cannot HURT America and its institutions.
CFR was despicable enough!
McCain is the lowest and most destructive person in our government right now. He is a very sick man!
Yeah, you should see them bailing now. "Oh no this wasn't a political closing." Open your eyes susan, dig your head out of olympia's... well anyway, sue don't let the door smack ya on the way out. Same for you snowe.
Did anyone see Byrd this morning waving (Well he was trying to wave it , but he was actually shaking it)his copy of the Constitution and proclaiming Thank God we have preserved the Senate. What an old windbag.
I'm beginning to think that McCain is an agent for another government the way he acts. He is a totally destructive "man".
Bush signed it because he didn't want bad PR and figured that any court worth its salt would strike it down on First Amendment grounds. The trouble is, our court system is not worth its salt.
The whole CFR business was a bungled political calculation.
If I were Frist, I would pull the chairmanship that any of these traitors had and put them all on a new committee. The "Let's see how we can sellout our party today" committee.
P.S. Seriously, there ought to be severe repercussions for this.
McCain's already started on the celebrity tour. He's on Conan O'Brien's NBC show late tonight.
Yes, and I'm perplexed also as to why he signed CFR which
clearly violates the First Amendment. I'm also perplexed
about the Prescription Drug bill which is the biggest
boondoggle since LBJ and which will cost us trillions
after it starts to kick in in '06. Look - it's politics
and payback time. McCain is still sore about 2000 and
Trent Lott (who also praised the 'gang of fourteen') is
getting Bush for failing to defend him after the Strom
Thurmond debacle and supporting Frist for Majority
Leader. Even that old boob from Virginia, Warner, has
joined the 'gang of fourteen' and decided that in his
dotage he should support filibusters rather than the
Constitution. He even said tonight he'll probably run
again. He'll be like a justice of the Supreme Court and
hang around until he has to be transported to work
on a gurney.
Thanks for pong.
I can not tell how tired I, and many people I know, are with the subterranean RINO bastidges that were elected in good faith by us, the fools who believe these power hungry marxists, power at any cost a-holes. They care nothing about U.S. All they do, and I include all of both parties, is give away OUR farm to keep their "position". Mark my words.
I'm not going to post what's on my homepage again. I'll leave it at CW II.
It will happen...just don't know when.
FMCFH(BITS)
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