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.
No, Bush did. he is the President, he has the bully-pulpit.
Are you talking about BEFORE hurricane Katrina hit?
As much as I adore Ronald Reagan, he is in no way comparable to Jesus... gold standard or not...
Agreed.
The spending is going to fund the Senior Citizen Drug Prescription Plan and the No Child Left Behind program.
The truth of the matter is that Bush is spending money just like Democrats did - it's just that he is doing it a lot faster. If Bush had a (D) next to his name everyone here defending him would be up in arms wanting to impeach him.
Entitlements are up significantly under Bush than what they were under Clinton.
I have no beef with either the Senior Citizen Drug Prescription Plan or the No Child Left Behind programs. We're not talking about "a bridge to nowhere in Alaska".
We lucky few who voted for Peroutka have nothing to regret.
They get that Big Mac in the desret there the lawyers will be on the way to control the calories to be put on the menu! Sue, sue, sue!!!
By the way, what does RINO stand for or mean...got to ask, know it is what I most likely am against...someone please tll me...thanx
Republican In Name Only
I think we are saying the same thing but just in different ways. My contention is that Bush's public relations during and after the Katrina ordeal were very poor. He stayed on vacation and continuously thanked his people for doing a great job. None of these actually affected anyone's life but it was a public relations mistake.
The democrats took advantage of Bush's mis-steps and started blaming their mistakes on him and FEMA. This is where Bush really messed up. Rather than using his bully-pulpit as Reagan or Clinton would have done and explained what really happened to the American people and detailed the proper role of federal government, he de facto accepted blame with his speech.
While many here like to say that Bush connects with the American people, he really doesn't. In fact, he is pretty poor at it. It's just that Gore and Kerry were even worse. Even with such poor candidates, we were only a few thousand votes from President Gore and President Kerry.
Yes.
Plenty of those things have gotten through too. The prescription plan alone will assure that we will never run a surplus again. That means more and more borrowing - which is a de facto tax increase. The No Child Left Behind is the same story.
It's certainly affected your life. You've never had one positive thought about Bush, or thought to blame the local and state officials in Louisiana who were more responsible for what was going on in their own backyard.
It depends on how Roberts turns out. Republicans have appointed 7 out of the 9 justices currently on the court so it's not like they have a good track record.
What if Roberts is another Souter and we're stuck with him for 25 years? Sometimes it's better to go with the devil you know.
You believe there was a surplus? LOL! It's the Democrats who yell and squeal about "surpluses as far as the eye can see", when they talk about the Clinton years. LOL!
Greetings :)
You have nothing, period...lol. Not one seat at the table.
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