What Would Reagan Do? (Ann Coulter Laments Bush Not Being More Like The Gipper Alert)

Worldnetdaily.com ^ | 09/21/05 | Ann Coulter

[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.

[JohnBDay]

Perhaps the dumbest column Coulter has ever written. Reagan biggest failure was that he appointed O'Conner and Kennedy and didn't get Roe reversed.

[rdb3]

Yes. George Bush is akin to God for some folks who place party affiliation over conservatism.

And that's akin to blasphemy. I'll be the first to admit that I like President Bush. He drives me insane on a few things, but I respect him a lot.

BTW, I'm not a conservative. That term has become radioactive as far as I'm concerned. I hold more respect for the term "conservative" than I do Democrat, Leftist, Progressive, socialist, or populist (all of which are on the lowest rungs of Dante's Inferno). Yet it is still radioactive.

If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.
They're going fast!

[SevenMinusOne]

She of the lethal remark turns on our leader. Shows her colors. Confirms our suspicions. All marginal allies may depart now. Let's roll.

Ann is just fine and she makes a lot of sense - For you to suggest she is against GWB or us is simply foolishness -

Go get some tinfoil -

[gridlock]

Hey, I resemble that remark!

Dubya ain't perfect, but he's pretty darn good.

[rom]

Mind you I agree with most of what Ann says, especially the "Bush is no Reagan/no conservative" line of thought. BUT, have her columns completely descended into rambles?

[GW and Twins Pawpaw]

You wrote: Point taken. But Reagan is still the gold standard for a Republican President in the same way Jesus is a model for Christians.

I second that!!!

[Brilliant]

Reagan nominated O'Connor and Kennedy. You can only do your best job, and hope it's enough.

[Brilliant]

I don't see your point. True, the Dems are not fighting Roberts tooth and nail, but neither are the conservatives. Roberts has been very successful in not showing his hand. If he turns out to be conservative (and I personally think he will), he will be the most brilliant conservative ever to sit on the Supreme Court. He is smart enough to cover his tracks.

Of course, the liberals have always been that way, but we've never had a consevative with that quality.

Bush would be a fool to appoint someone to O'Connor's seat before the Roberts vote. I don't see what that proves.

[gitmogrunt]

Food fight! Food fight!

Bush-bot globalists against the Reaganites.

[pissant]

Not from me! I think Reagan was one of the finest men in world history. I also think Bush will be among our finest presidents. So there! ;o)

[rdb3]

I wish you would call me a "globalist" to my face. Even in this wheelchair, I'd dare you to day it.

If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.
They're going fast!

[cyncooper]

Who gave us O'Connor??? Wasn't it Pres Reagan???

Yes, indeed it was. And notice how she tries to imply that Reagan gave us Clarence Thomas.

She's been disgraceful attacking GWB under the guise of evaluating (ludicrously) Roberts.

[NeoCaveman]

The Democrats did not accuse Roberts of having a secret life as a racist.

I thought that was what the Dems were doing questioning his "civil rights record" as a lawyer for the White House

We have no idea what kind of videos he rents.

Dr Zhivago and North by Northwest

I love Ann, but this reads like it was written before the hearings.

[goldstategop]

It ain't Long Dong Silver. The guy is so squeaky clean it arouses people's suspicions. No one can't be THAT spotless.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[La Enchiladita]

Amen, pissant! The devil is trying all kinds of tricks to divide this nation and it's especially painful to see such petty division among our ranks. Ann Coulter, in Gen. Honore's words, is "stuck on stupid," except she thinks she's smarter than everyone else. This is 2005 and Dubya is President. These are different times; look for the virtues in the man we have now. No president in my lifetime has put forward such a bold agenda and that is without flinching!

[NeoCaveman]

I still wonder how the Dems got that movie info.

I thought video rental records were protected under law AFTER the Dems used Bork's against him. Apparently they were alarmed with his enjoyment of "Ruthless People"

[Miss Marple]

You guys fail to nderstand the concept of "supporting your party's leader."

If you don't want to do so, that is fine. But you can't argue later that the president should have "reached out" to conservatives.

[rcocean]

Another great column by Coulter. She is the best conservative columnist.

[La Enchiladita]

ping

[sarasmom]

Roll where?
Ann is/was a lawyer.She is a great pundit.
While I enjoy most of her columns, I consider her legal background as having extra-added-emphasis on this topic.

We do not elect dictators, and while I admire President Bush, I do not worship him, and he is demonstratively wrong on many domestic issues, IMHO.

As AC, along with many other prominent conservatives with more legal knowledge than I, say he blew it on Roberts...and if he again fails to appoint a strict conservative to replace O'Connor...there will be hell to pay!
I already recoil in horror from the obvious RINOs.(ie McCain)
Perhaps another revolution is needed after all.

I can live with that!