"So even though it may be early and they may be wrong they certainly have the right to be upset considering the track records of politicians from both parties over the last forty years or so.
I pray for our country's sake and our children's sake we are wrong in our fears."
As do I. Although some may understandably feel initially angry and betrayed, I really do caution everyone to take a deep breath and step back - try to be objective and put themselves in the President's shoes. He needs to make very strategic moves here, and consider who is going to be fighting the confirmation battle for him in the Senate. I am actually more concerned, for example, that Arlen Specter is the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee rather than Orrin Hatch (but then I found out that Hatch actually suggested Ginsburg to Clinton!!!). Plus we have people like Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, etc. Bush needed to figure out who would be conservative AND would make it through confirmation, considering the slash-and-burn tactics of the Left. We also need to consider the alternative. If we fall apart, we are CERTAIN to lose the ground we have gained! Now is not the time to go "all wobbly".
I am choosing to trust the President. I, too, am hoping and praying I am right.
If you had been a member of The NRA since the late fifties till now you would have known that Orrin Hatch was a closet Rino and always has been. Him and Specter where and are two peas in the same pod.
Orrin has always been extremely sharp in what he does. If you check his voting record you will find he is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and has received high marks from the NRA.
But if you check what he has done as committee chairman of the Senate Judiciary you will find you have him to thank for the Clinton Assault weapons band.
It was dead in his committee with two weeks left and it was he who brought it up for the committee to vote on knowing if it got to the floor the Democrats had the votes to pass it.
He brought it up at the request of one of his Democratic committee friends and his buddy Specter cast the deciding vote to get it to the floor and then on the floor they vote against it to keep their NRA voting record clean.
This has been a favorite tactic of his on Gun Legislation for twenty years or longer.
if you remember during the Clinton impeachment he and Specter both showed some measure of support for Clinton while speaking to the press.