Posted on 07/12/2005 6:04:01 PM PDT by NeoCaveman
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There was a breakfast meeting at the White House today, and the president came out and discussed it. His meeting was with -- Let's see, who did he meet? -- Arlen Specter, Harry Reid, Patrick Leahy and Bill Frist. Yeah. So he met with Specter, Leahy, Frist and Senator Harry Reid about the current vacancy and what might be an up-coming one.
Just to set this up: last week, the president sort of smacked down some conservatives for daring to suggest that the attorney general, Alberto Gonzales, would be an unacceptable Supreme Court nominee because of substantive issues. One was an opinion he wrote in a Texas parental-notification case when he was on the Texas Supreme Court, and the other was his role as White House counsel in watering down the administration's brief against reverse discrimination in admissions policies at the University of Michigan.
Now, the conservatives didn't attack Gonzales personally; they were very respectful, but they nevertheless said publicly they had problems with him, and the president slapped them down -- and today has a meeting with his enemies, along with Frist and Specter. I don't even know that you'd call Specter a friend in this fight, and it just seems that on occasion the administration here is far more friendly to its enemies than it is to its friends. It does appear that way. I don't know why he's meeting with these people. It's not going to change what the Democrats say about him. It's not going to change how they act in the Senate. It's not going to change a thing -- unless, of course, they gave him a list of names and he names one of them, in which case, you know... I can't imagine that. So we'll just have to wait and see, but we do have these audio sound bites. There's some public opinion out there that does not look good for the Democrats, and you'd think the administration could capitalize on it.
There you've got it - like so many have forgotten. WE employ THEM. WE are the BOSSES of these cretins, not their subjects.
It's high time that the public remembers that little known fact, and starts putting it to use.
Well now, that is the question, isn't it?
Again, that is why I am anti-incumbent when it comes to the Senate. Vote out the spineless conservatives in the Senate, vote in new conservatives that actually have an idea how to lead!
Keep your friends close, Keep your enemies closer is true in this case as it is in any other.So you think Specter is a friend to the party and the President?
Worse yet, Ol' Sparky, what will happen to the WOT? Bush has done so much to contradict his stand on that, most notably his open borders advocacy.
His recent White House guests have been detrimental to our position in the WOT.
What does that mean to me? It means that our troops are left in the lurch and facing the consequences of wishy-washy politics.
Actually, I believe more and more of the peeples know this. The bigger problem is the Republicans in the Senate are still acting like they are in the minority, probably because so many of them have been there way to long and have no idea how to act like winners and leaders.
Specter couldn't pass a simple situational awareness test - he's beyond senile.
We've got Senators that qualify for seconds in some Hollywood zombie movie - that need removal - yet their constituents keep sending the b@stards back due to the pork they get into the budget.
We would have gotten rid of Specter in 2004 primary if it hadn't been for outside interference.....(you know who's)
Part of the problem as well is the rules of the Senate. They get so damned involved with the Senate Rules that they forget their oath of office. Combine that with the way they insulate themselves from the very laws they create, and you've got a tyranny on your hands.
They need to see the masses marching on the senate with torches and pitchforks, along with some tar and feathers. Like the "old days". Some public "attitude adjustment" is well past due. Their ego is out of control.
Yeah, I know.
But look at cases like Byrd. (I know he's not one of ours, but then again I don't think any of them in that chamber are actually conservatives.)
you also seem to forget that RWR use to have Tip O neil to the WH all the time.For good reason. Tip O'Neill wasn't just a Congressman, he was Speaker Of The House...
Tom Coburn IS and Jim DeMint probably is.
Better Tip O'Niel than Yasser Arafat - as Clinton so often did.
We would have gotten rid of Specter in 2004 primary if it hadn't been for outside interference.....(you know who's)His "friend" in the White House?
Absolutely the best way to put the Dems back in control.
Third Party = President H.R. Clinton - it makes frustrated people feel better, but is not a realistic option in our system.
I noticed that the Dems are not complaining too loudly over the idea of Gonzalez as a possible Supreme. They'll agree to support him for an O'Connor part of a "compromise", then push for a "consensus" candidate top replace Renquist. The Repub. senators better be prepared to resist.
I think the frustration involved with this thread is due to a large number of issues that the administration has conveniently betrayed the right on.
1. The border. 'nuff said.
2. Campaign finance reform.
3. Lack of comments regarding imminent domain most recently.
4. Failure to prosecute obvious treason by the 'toons, and others since.
5. Foreign policy that has shifted back to helping the frickin UN and bending over backwards for the EU, Mexico, and especially China.
We on the right played a big part in getting this president elected - twice - and our repayment has been betrayal. That's the root cause of all this. We've been suckered - we actually fell for the good old American way of thinking.
We thought it was going to be as we believe America should be, not as it was. Some wake up call this second term has been.......
I ain't happy right now either.You may have a lot of company.
Am I the only one who's noticed it's taking an exceptionally long time to meet the "Freepathon" goal?
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