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.
Look newbie, "MY" party hasn't got "problems" in the way you assume they do; but you and your ilk most assuredly do.
Gerald Ford?.... LoL... Senior Drug Bill <<- the single largest increase in federal government largess since LBJ... almost as leftist as Hillarys takeover of the entire medical community.. I notice you didn't mention Bob "Welfare Pimp" Dole.. or George "read my lips, no new taxes" Bush Sr. as rhetorical canards.. Both were used and still are like rented donkeys by the democrats.. But then RINOs ARE ALL rented donkeys by the democrats..
I was just about to post the same thing, but you did it first.
I've said it before, but I'll say it again...it's a shame that FR doesn't have a mandatory test, which must be passed, before one can join. That would keep the most ignorant off FR and save a lot of bandwidth. :-)
Speaking of Donkeys....You sound like the south end of a northbound donkey
A fool?, True, as I said, I voted for the Bushs, all three of them many times(used to live in Florida).. That family does not have Americas best interests at heart.. They are tools of democrats(good ones too).. probably on purpose, but in a stretch maybe they are dunb.. I prefer to think they are dumb the alternate is they are complicit..
heh.
Lame name calling is allowed but will be graded.. D+...
You can do better than that.. this is Free republic..
Herding freepers is like herding cats.. but your scratch is dull..
SO Then.. you DO love me.. I luv your liddle biddy self too..
(HOLD MAH CIGAR AND BEER)... ((((( a big ol' HUG ))))
No offense to Bush or to any other President, but Reagan is not a man easy to emulate. He was a great man and President because he was honest with himself and thought carefully through his years about what it was he believed. Reagan acted with sincerity and with a love of life few of us have.
You're not herding anyone here....the only ones in your left wing camp have always been there.
Does saying that you see all of the Bushes as "dumb", make you FEEL "smart"? It shouldn't !
And though I enjoy the smell of a good cigar, I bet that you, unlike my husband, smoke cheap, foul cigars, that are little above smoking wet rope.
President Bush IS Reagan's equal.
"President Bush IS Reagan's equal"
AMEN!
Well, Reagan, was such a relief from Cartier.. that he seemed like a repubican.. but he was no Barry Goldwater.. Yes he was a RINO.. but the times were different.. He was looking at a juggernaut of democrats.. but smoooozzed them into further confusion.. I was giddy when Ronnie won..
Looking at Reagan as the touchstone of what republicans should be is a mistake.. Newt should be/a the model.. not Reagan.. Reagan used up the democrats smoozeablity.. handsomely.. but when its over its over.. Anything less than a 2 x 4 is wasted effort now.. Reagan knew what FDR was.. but used him as ropa'adope.. to democrats egos..
"How do you tell a Socialist:- It's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an Anti-Socialist someone who understands Marx and Lenin" -Ronald Reagan
But all in all Reagan bought into some socialism.. like Social Security.. which is pure socialism.. The RINOs of today are not like the RINOs of yesteryear.. Todays RINOs are outright socialists.. not begrudging socialists like in 1980.. So I give Ronnie a pass.. more or less..
Take your meds, hoser...........you're hurting your 'cause.'
OK.. if you change yours... d;-)~
You make the incessant claim that President Bush is more liberal than past Republicans, and here you prove that 30 years ago, our REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT was far more liberal than President Bush.
You LOSE, silly.
Game, Set, Match.............ALL MINE! :)
I love the sweet smell of victory! HA!!
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