Yeah, we all know what happened the last time a president named Bush nominated a relatively unknown judge that folks said wasn't the best-qualified - and who wasn't all that brilliant.
We got Clarence Thomas.
We got Clarence Thomas.
And we know what happened the time before; we got David Souter.
History isn't on the conservatives' side. Going back to President Eisenhower, Republican Presidents have nominated Justices that turned out to be conservatives something less than half the time, while they have nominated Justices that have turned out to be liberals a quarter of the time.
Thomas was unknown, but has a powerful intellect and a spine of steel. To MOST of the obvliots in this country, ALL of these candidates are unknown. They determine whether they are known candidates based on what they hear on the 5 min of news they watch or what the girls on The View say.
It's possible that Pres. Bush is playing the Dems for fools, and that both his picks will turn out to be like Thomas. I'm scared, but that might be part of the plan. Dis the conservatives, get her confirmed, then they both turn out to be Democratic nightmares.
I'm trying to convince myself, here hehe
He had already earned the contempt of Howard Metzenbaum and Paul Simon-to name just two extraordinarily radical Democrats that continually tried to deny him-and had an established record at the EEOC.
What's more, he had numerous high-profile Republican officeholders who spoke in his favor prior to his ultimate confirmation to the Supreme Court.