It strikes me that the people who say we should shut up and let President Bush appoint her without saying anything, without pondering it, analyzing it or discussing it...who say that we should just obsequiously grin and say "Wow! What a good Supreme Court Justice SHE will make!"just because he is President Bush, are cowardly.
They seem to be afraid to stand up for their beliefs, afraid to stand up for Conservatism, and afraid that the battle for the hearts and minds of America is so hopeless that we shouldn't even attempt it.
This strikes me as so sad...like a bunch of people at a party, and abortion is brought up, and no one has the courage to say "I believe that abortion is murder."
If we continue to be so timid, so willing to surrender before the battle is even joined, then what does that teach future generations, what does that teach the uninformed...that Conservatism is something to be afraid of? Something to shrink from espousing, something to hide and conceal from the general population lest we be thought of as irrational lunatics?
I hope and pray that we Conservatives muster the strength to stop this appointment, and begin fighting, overtly, lucidly and explicitly, for Conservative beliefs, and Constitutional Jurists like Scalito, Janice Rogers Brown, Michael McConell or Michael Luttig.
Some Freepers have suggested that it is foolishness to fight for Pro-Life beliefs, that it is "strategery" to let an unkown person in, on the strength of "wink-wink, nudge-nudge" entreaties from Dr. Dobson and Jay Sekulow, but what better time do Conservatives have for initiating a nationwide dialogue on Pro-Life, Conservatism and the true meaning of the Constitution, than now?
Ed
To be cowed into silence.
To suppress their instincts-and their better judgment-lest they make waves.
You're absolutely correct in your assessment.
This is a nomination born of weakness and a keen desire not to defend the core, bedrock principles that this presidency-and this party-should stand for.
I'm not afraid of defending the inviolability of human life, even if that argument is broached in the company of intransigent, anti-life zealots from Park Slope, Williamsburg, or some other outpost of reflexive liberalism.
But I'm also not afraid of pointing out where my fellow Republicans-and conservatives-are wrong.
I'm not willing to sit back and become mute when I see a mistake-of epic proportions-unfolding before my eyes.
If I do turn out to be wrong, and Harriet Miers is the second coming of Justice Harlan, then feel free to skewer me.
The people here certainly won't be lacking for ammunition.