In his weekly radio address, Bush said his eventual nominee will be a "fair-minded individual who represents the mainstream of American law and American values."
http://rightalk.net/mainstream.asx
marked ... to watch the responses ..........
Well that's just super-duper. No need to buck the trend, just make sure they're a popular pick.
Mainstream? I think that means Gonzales.
Can't you just smell the stench of sellout coming right up?
These are hints?
Would the AP think it was a "hint" if Bush said he'd pick a carbon-based lifeform?
We know what this means, since everybody knows conservatives are "extremists" who are out of the "mainstream."
We all believe that conservative ideas are mainstream, and that it is the left that is extreme. I think that the President probably believes this too. So, what is wrong with his words?
Boy, that tells us alot.
Sounds like a cut and paste of his campaign slogans from 2000 and 2004.
"Hint" to me offers actual clues as to who the person is.
What a waste of a story.
Part of his job description is just saying yada yada yada BS at certain events and certain times, and then just doing what he's going to do anyway.
Still, he might appoint Gonzales ... Janice Rogers Brown, Luttig ... who the heck has the crystal ball ???
Oh gee, what a surprise. I think he said this very thing during the 2000 campaign and I believe I heard it a time or two during the 2004 campaign.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
What's entertaining about this thread is how the slobbering Bush haters are crawling out of their holes to slam him, based on what amounts to the President saying he's going to select a human being for the Supreme Court.
I don't see anything here, so I'll wait to criticize him until after he nominates someone that we don't like.
Of course, if that happens, then at that time he will have written off the party's majority in 06, so I'm hoping for the best.
NO matter who he picks the carping on both sides will be intense.
Sounds good so far.
Hint? What hint? Mainstream is one of those "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" terms. Mainstream to the democrats is not mainstream to the conservatives.
If Bush nominates Gonzalez, his entire political ediface will come crashing down in flames, and the conservative cause will take maybe 10 or 15 years to recover from the damage. The Republicans will lose all the momentum they have picked up over the past three elections.
IF.
On the other hand, there's nothing wrong with taking back the word "mainstream" from its liberal kidnappers. What do Freepers want him to say, "I'm going to nominate an extreme conservative"?
There's nothing wrong with anything Bush said. It's a nice, calming, confidence building statement. The acid test will come when we see what he does.
I'm betting GW will thumb his nose at his conservative base and nominate Alberto Gonzales.
The radical Dems have already more-or-less indicated that they would approve Gonzales fairly easily (also thumbing their noses at the conservative).
A win for GW. He doesn't have to face re-election.
A win for Gonzales. He could very will be in line then for Chief Justice position.
A win for the radical Dems.
So who loses?