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 do basically agree. Though, on this occasion he would have been vindicated when the levee broke.
Bush is too, Keyes also.
In truth, NO really did dodge a bullet on the hurricane.
Now, if they had spent their money on the levee like they were suppose to, they wouldn't have had their SECOND problem.
It's a sad situation, made even worse because the Dems and the MSM have decided to politicize it.
And I'm sick of it, too; hell, we had a hurricane here in NC just last week and we didn't have so much as a WHIMPER from anybody because our governor -- a Democrat, I might add -- used our PAST experiences to get our state ready. (not to mention that the press barely covered it).
And you can believe that not one person in NC was looking for FEMA or George W. Bush to show us as soon as the winds died down.
But the MOST infuriating thing to me is the coverage of Rita; "Rita intensified in the GOM today; now back to our coverage of the complete failure of the United States government in its response to Katrina."
That's "you're."
That has not been proven...
And as for treating him like one of the family... please explain...
No, that is his responsibility if he or FEMA are the ones getting blamed. The media isn't going to help him so it's up to him. It is up to government officials to get their message out, not the media.
Reagan would have talked to the American public and articulated his message. Bush can't or won't do that.
After Bush's speech, even more people believe that the federal government screwed up.
If you know how to read I thanked "HOWLIN" for the timeline. I haven't complained to anyone, I was sticking up for other people who were getting treated like crap just because they were knew to this site by some very sanctimonious people, as I have been, but hey that is just itty bitty gravel bumps in the road of life....carry on
Which makes me glad you are not President...
Because if you can't keep your head because Krauthammer wrote mean things about you in an editorial... I would not want you in a crisis situation when a cool head is all that keeps this country from sliding into a nuclear holocaust... (for example)
LOL! I agree with your post.
No not really...
We must have a presence in Africa. We must confront and try to fight the AIDS that is kiling them...
Why? To keep militant Islam from spreading.
You'll get a good laugh out of this one:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1489001/posts
What would a Dem CIC and Senate have done?
btw, You're the guy that badgered me about USC last year. You were wrong.
It's not the President's job to explain to the people how government works, that's the media's job. In a perfect world, the media would be doing it's job, but they're not, they're vested interest is to undermine this administration or any Republican administration in days past. When was the last time you saw the media question the White House when a Democrat occupied it? I can't ever recall a time. The media wants Bush to apologize, because that's what they've been trying to get him to do for everything he's done from the Oval Office for the last 4+ years.
It would be their justification that he's a bungler, unfit for office.
I don't believe that Bush should have "slammed" the local officials but he should have properly articulated the proper role of FEMA and the federal government during and emergency. Katrina isn't going to be the last time something like this is going to happen so the American public needs to understand how things work.
Bush has been elected President twice so he should be able to articulate his position in a way that doesn't seem like mudslinging or passing the buck. It's not easy to do, but anyone savvy enough to win two national elections with good advisers and top notch speech writers should be able to craft such a message.
I didn't badger you and what have I been wrong about? The season is only two games old.
I posted the timeline. Howlin posted the article.
Dean Reynolds of ABC News couldn't find a single person in Houston who thought the federal government "screwed up". Push polls are for handwringing FR pinheads, looking for a reason to bash this President.
Respectfully, it's not the media's job. It is the responsibility of each American citizen to learn how the government works. The media can be a source of information, but it's still the responsibility of each citizen.
That being said, it is up to the President to get his message out. If a wrong message is getting out, it is up to him to go front and center to correct it.
Reagan had to deal with a hostile media and he found a way to do it. I believe that Bush is capable of doing it but for some reason just won't.
Really hilarious. I didn't know Jonah could be so funny!
Oh, FGS, when would he have done that? The talking heads STILL haven't stopped frothing at the mouth long enough for anybody to get a word in edgewise.
Frankly, I'm sick of the damn blame game; this was the biggest natural diaster this country has ever faced. You people with The Instant Gratification Syndrome need to realize things TAKE TIME.
And it is most assuredly NOT George W. Bush's fault that a bunch of people in New Orleans didn't have the sense God gave a gnat and couldn't MAINTAIN for THREE DAMN DAYS.
Frankly, I'm surprised you're bashing Bush and not demanding that people at least TRY to give the appearance of being able to cope for a couple of hours without raping, pillaging, or murder.
Blame him all you want; you're just helping the Democrats elect the next president.
Then you'll REALLY have something to carp about.
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