Posted on 09/21/2005 4:54:29 PM PDT by goldstategop
Perhaps President Bush has inadvertently nominated a true conservative to the court with this Roberts fellow. I remain skeptical based on the following facts:
Anita Hill has not stepped forward to accuse Roberts of sexual harassment.
The Democrats did not accuse Roberts of having a secret life as a racist.
We have no idea what kind of videos he rents.
Also, I'm still steamed that Bush has now dashed my dreams of an all-black Supreme Court composed of eight more Clarence Thomases. Incidentally, eight more Clarence Thomases is the only form of human cloning I would ever support.
As liberal Hendrik Hertzberg wrote in the New Yorker, Roberts was a scared choice. After Hurricane Katrina, Bush was even more scared. So when he had to pick a chief justice, he renominated the Rorschach blot.
For Christians, it's "What Would Jesus Do?" For Republicans, it's "What Would Reagan Do?" Bush doesn't have to be Reagan; he just has to consult his WWRD bracelet. If Bush had followed the WWRD guidelines, he would have nominated Antonin Scalia for the chief justiceship.
As proof, I refer you to the evidence. When Reagan had an opening for chief justice, he nominated Associate Justice William Rehnquist. While liberals were preoccupied staging die-ins against Rehnquist and accusing him of chasing black people away from the polls with a stick – something they did not accuse Roberts of – Reagan slipped Scalia onto the court.
That's what Reaganesque presidents with a five-vote margin in the Senate typically do. Apart from toppling the Soviet Empire, Scalia remains Reagan's greatest triumph.
Scalia deserved the chief justiceship. He's the best man for the job. He has suffered lo these many years with Justices Souter, Kennedy and O'Connor. He believes in a sedentary judiciary. He's for judicial passivism. Scalia also would have been the first cigar-smoking, hot-blooded Italian chief justice, which I note the diversity crowd never mentions.
But most important, if Bush had nominated Scalia, liberals would have responded with their usual understated screams of genocide, and Bush could have nominated absolutely anyone to fill Justice O'Connor's seat. He also could have cut taxes, invaded Syria, and bombed North Korea and Cuba just for laughs. He could even have done something totally nuts, like enforce the immigration laws.
Even if Roberts turns out to be another Rehnquist (too much to hope for another Scalia!), we don't know that, Bush doesn't know that, and Bush has blown a golden opportunity to make Chuck Schumer the public face of the Democratic Party. A few weeks of Schumer as their spokesman, and normal Democrats would be clamoring for Howard Dean to get back on the stick. Teddy Kennedy would start showing up at hearings actually holding a double scotch.
Inasmuch as Bush must still choose a replacement for O'Connor, it's important to remember the "Sandra Day O'Connor bylaw" to the WWRD guidelines: Never appoint anyone like Sandra Day O'Connor to any court at any level.
Reagan had made a campaign promise to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court. He didn't say anything about appointing a ninny. But back in 1981, it was slim pickings for experienced female judges. O'Connor was a terrible mistake and will forever mar Reagan's record, but at least he did it only once.
Bush has already fulfilled all his campaign promises to liberals – and then some! He said he'd be a "compassionate conservative," which liberals interpreted to mean that he would bend to their will, enact massive spending programs, and be nice to liberals. When Bush won the election, that sealed the deal. It meant the Democrats won.
Consequently, Bush has enacted massive new spending programs, obstinately refused to deal with illegal immigration, opposed all conservative Republicans in their primary races, and invited Teddy Kennedy over for movie night. He's even sent his own father to socialize with aging porn star Bill Clinton.
(Sidebar on the aging porn star: Idiot Republicans fraternizing with the Clintons has not harmed the decadent buffoon's reputation abroad. A Chinese condom manufacturer recently named one of its condoms the "Clinton," a fitting tribute to the man who had Monica Lewinsky perform oral sex on him in the Oval Office on Easter Sunday. Their advertising slogans are: "Always wear a 'Clinton' when you're getting a 'Lewinsky'!"; "I still believe in a place called the G-spot"; "Extra-thin skinned!"; "For when you really, really want to feel her pain." Note to Bush: This isn't Walter Mondale. How about sending Pops on the road with Joey Buttafuoco?)
According to my WWRD wristwatch, it's time for Bush to invade Grenada, bomb Libya, fire the air traffic controllers, and joke about launching a first strike against the Soviet Union. In lieu of that, how about nominating a conservative to O'Connor's seat on the court? It would be a bold gesture.
He is the gold standard in what he said.
Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy to the Supreme Court, neither of which have been reliable conservative votes.
Reagan did absolutely nothing in the pro-life area. Oh, he talked a good game, but he never proposed, or did, anything. Bush signed the PBA ban, and instituted a sensible embryonic stem cell policy.
Reagan cut taxes, but then raised taxes in 1982, when Democrats proposed a sham "we'll cut two dollars in spending for every dollar in tax cuts." He got snookered. Bush has never raised taxes, and has never even come close to raising taxes.
Reagan cut and run when 241 Marines were killed in Lebanon. Bush attacked Afghanistan and defeated the Taliban when America was attacked on 9/11.
Make no mistake. Ronald Reagan was a great president. He gave us hope after the miserable Carter years, and laid the groundwork for the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
But he didn't come close to actually doing as much as George W. Bush has.
Ann's already written on that. It's titled Reagan's biggest mistake!
Interesting human dynamic, for all their bluster against the left and their media, some here cannot resist jumping on their bandwagon.
LOL, thank god they are not in my foxhole, when the going gets rough the right jumps ship!
Hilarious.
I certainly don't grant Reagan sainthood. I detested his wife and his poof son Ronnie. If Bush "Jr." --now does that make you happy--is conservative, he's got me fooled. Has he vetoed any spending bills? Has he cracked down on illegal immigration? Has he put a lot of political cronies in jobs where they were in over their heads-- and I'm not talking Brown here. Has he stood up to his critics? Has he given us a press secretary who is not just a MSM punching bag? Has he said we will pay for hurricane relief by cutting foolish pork barrel spending? Has he faced down Dingy Harry Reid and the DUmmycrats by giving us a tried and true SCOTUS nominee? Has he pointed out that Islam is not a religion of peace, or has he continued to invite jerks from CAIR into the White House for touchy-feely sessions? If that's conservatism, I'm not with the program regardless of what the guy "Southhack" has to say.
I'm skeptical about those Widepedia life spans. It wouldn't surprise me if they included things like infant mortality, childhood disease deaths, and mothers in childbirth deaths in that average of 49. I'll have to Google to verify, though.
Remembering that the Constitution doesn't allow for the office of president to be held before age 35, think I'm remembering right.
How was Ronald Reagan conservative? Raised taxes, cut and run in Lebanon, did nothing for pro-lifers, ran up a huge deficit, and granted a huge amnesty to illegal aliens.
Other than facing down Gorbachev, I can't see where Reagan was anywhere close to Bush in terms of conservatism.
I've never seen a more gullible bunch, roses. They fall for the leftist line every time!
Good thing most of us are smarter than that, and know a good thing..........that would be a GOOD MAN...........when we see one.
Funny thing is, these blusterers will most likely be talking about how wonderful and conservative W was in about 20 years, just like they're saying about Reagan now.
Short, short memories, I guess....
i didnt realize Ann was living in the past as much as she is.....Too much Pessimism makes Ann a dull girl
Maybe you should look at this: How a Cause Was Born
Ronald Reagan, father of the pro-life movement: http://www.opinionjournal.com/ac/?id=110004264
good read
I respect Bush and fought hard both times to have him elected. However, he has been a dissapointment lately as has the entire Republican party . They are acting like loosers and havent stood up to the maniac Dems as they should have. I get the feeling they are getting lazy ..BIG MISTAKE.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
Your article confirms what I said: Reagan didn't actually do anything for the pro-life movement. Bush has, in spades.
And have you ever considered that the best way to deal with insanity and 'loosers' is to ignore them, and act the right way yourself?
I mean, seriously.........Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy, Howard Dean, et al, are making absolute fools of themselves.
Why interfere with that?
Amen! Strongest pro-life President, bar none.
Bush got everything he wanted in his first term. Everything, except a couple of judges. He also defied tradition and increased the number of seats in both houses of Congress in 2002, and 2004.
He's on the ropes now, for what, I don't know. But you are simply not going to get a Ron Paul conservative elected to national office in the United States.
Ever.
read later
Laugh!
It's either very funny or deadly serious.
If the voting majority is flagrantly ignored, imagine what happens when "we" give up and join forces with the non-voting minority who gave up on this system of government.
I love Ann, but as I said on another thread, I think Reagan has been made into something he was not. He compromised, and made the right angry all of the time. Listen, you have to be President of all the nation or you are a Bill Clinton.
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