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.
I'm not really concerned about what you think .
Geez what a nasty guy .
" 'stinkin' is the worst language I ever use. ;)"
You are a saint. I say the most awful things every time I see a DUmmycrat. I'm know I'm going straight to Hell when I croak, where I will be incinerated for the second time. You will doubtless be smiling down on my situation.
" 'stinkin' is the worst language I ever use. ;)"
You are a saint. I say the most awful things every time I see a DUmmycrat. I'm know I'm going straight to Hell when I croak, where I will be incinerated for the second time. You will doubtless be smiling down on my situation.
Michelle Malkin is eating her lunch, or lack thereof.
Why, not possessing the gift of prophecy, he would nominate O'Connor and Kennedy, that's what!
Next question?
Ann's constitutional understanding is of such depth that she would serve this generation of Americans better if she concentrated her many talents and flair for commanding attention on articulating the Founders' ideas for preserving liberty. That's the war that must be won, and as Judge Learned Hand observed, it must be won in the hearts and minds of the people, or no court will be able to save it!
Fight the war, Ann. Equip those younger than you with the ideas whose consequence is liberty. Leave the political battles to lesser talents!
Please stop assuming that because I joined a month or so ago Im a "kid" and not as wise as you .
My goodness don't be so pessimistic. I think you have let the MSM's constant hate Bush bias get the best of you. I am an optimist by nature and I do believe things will turn around. Politics is always event driven and it won't be long until the next 'event', whatever it is, occurs. Perhaps the next one will be good for President Bush and then everything will change. Remember the old saying, 'it's always darkest before the dawn'.
Just wait, the MSM and dems will get theirs.
I beg to differ. I see many on here saying the same thing as I am but they are not attacked because they have been around for awhile. I've been nasty to no one .
And no, you don't know as much as I do; that's a certainty...unless the topic is HTML or football, or some such.
Shows how wrong you are my friend. What an obnoxious comment .
BTW I dont watch football and know even less about HTML .
Why did Reagan pull our Marines out of Lebanon after 241 were killed by a suicide bomber?
Is too... and Are too..
And since you claim that people who have earlier sign-ups than you, haven't been "attacked" on this thread, I suggest that you go to the beginning of this thread and read every single post, because you are 100% incorrect.
You have been nasty. Reread your own posts.
Listen, nonpardons and Ohio are people who really need to loosen up and join the rest of the world in reality..it will do you no good to try and be civil, nor have civil discourse with them.
I agree with you and Cauter. Just because we are new here you would think we are not welcome to our own thoughts and opinions...you newbie you...do not feel alone.
For only they know and see all, the rest are below them...so sad I think I am going to open up a cold one!!! Or two!! Or three!!!
It appears you have nothing better to do than to get personal here . I'm not here to go after people as you seem to be .Im interested in the political comments and discussion . I would never be so obnoxious as to claim I know a persons age and background by looking at what they typed on a discussion board over a 10 min period.
Thanx
I believe that life span includes infant mortality, which gives people the impression that everyone died around 40 until just a few years ago.
You posted a vague personal political CV.
You posted no facts, discussed no politics, and sated only your opinion, whilst whinging about the president and others on this forum,.
Would you care to restate your last post to me, or allow it to stand as is and have the rest of us laugh at you? :-)
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