Bush's unpleasant surprise

Townhall ^ | 10/06/05 | Robert Novak

[ThomasMore]

Rockwell, and his band of self-professed true patriots, are a gaggle of silly long winded arrogant know-nothings. The problem with this tiny cirle-jerk, is that THEY believe THEY have the TRUE compass, and wish to DEFINE all and everything under the sun by their divine revelations.....Conservative can come in more than one shade, and 99.9% of conservatives are NOT going to let these goofy dipsticks define them...and they will not allow them to create a Hilter BROWNSHIRT "Committe To Determine Who Is Really Conservative".

OMG... I loved that!

So true!

[Mo1]

Hey Mo! I remain a believer but a disappointed one, sort of like the kid who expects a pony for Christmas but gets a nice new sweater instead. It takes some getting used to and some faith that Mom and Dad know what's best.

Hey there Pup!

Well ... Pony's are fun .. But sweaters are more practical in the long

I trust the President but I wish that on certain big issues (the size of government, the importance of choosing the best qualified) he would trust us, his core support.

I wish he had a line item veto .. because if anyone watches the Senate and the House .. they would know they have a bad habit of attaching all kinds of spending amendments to important legislations they know the president won't/can't veto .. and then turn around and point fingers at the President

With that said .. yes, there are things the President had not done

[sinkspur]

That, in a nutshell, is a perfect example of how the fringe operates. They can NEVER be satisfied. Their argument today, in one form or another, is that it no longer matters whether or not Miers is conservative. The long-term impact of changing the balance on the court doesn't matter. What matters is that is the highly temporary public relations battle. Or, as some are putting it, the chance to do battle with the Dems in the senate.

That's all it's about. Fighting. Screaming. Yelling. Blood on the floor.

I'm calling these people the "hooligan conservatives." They don't care about scholarship or what ultimately happens on the SC.

They want an all-out brawl with Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden.

I just watched the fired speechwriter, David Frum, wring his hands and moan on CSPAN for 45 minutes over "Harriett." He was disgusting in his backhanded criticisms of her.

[claudiustg]

I was not overjoyed when the nomination of Harriet Miers came up, but after witnessing the flippant and hasty putdowns from Coulter, Will and many on here on FR I think I'll just support the President on this one. And no pictures of Ann Coulter. She just doesn't seem all that attractive any more.

[ExtremeUnction]

If you disagree, give me some good examples of how he's acted like a real Republican.

There are many types of Republicans. They post all day on this site. I don't see anywhere on the Free Republic that to participate you must be a, "real Republican."

[catpuppy]

And no pictures of Ann Coulter.

You go too far! :>)

[claudiustg]

---NO NEW ANTI-GUN LAWS!


But he said he would sign the renewal of the AWB if Congress passed it.---

Fine. Here's a little story for you that I had posted to another thread:

Here in Montana in the last election there were three candidates running for a particular State Representative's seat. One was a liberal from California, the other a Republican, and the last was from the Constitution Party. The last thing most folks from that district wanted was a liberal from California, but the Republican wasn't conservative enough for many. So what did they get? A liberal from California.

The vote split almost evenly 3 ways. Those folks have learned the hard way why we have a 2 party system and what compromise in politics means. 2/3 of them will be sucking hind tit until the next election.

[ElPatriota]

I am so frustrated...But I don't want to SAY IT... but I am beginning to seriously wonder his ability to think... I still respect him, (because of his courage and character he had demonstrated) but he has lost stature in my mind this time around... I wonder is he is really in a bubble, depending on a few people to tell him what is happening in the world...what a shame and I will shut up here.

[righttackle44]

Excellent response to a group of people who deserve
no response at all, considering they have done nothing
to show that the President did anything wrong in
nominating Miss Miers.

Why do I have the feeling these, our friends in
our conservative cause, are upset because Miss
Miers is a Christian?

[safisoft]

The question recurs: "What was he thinking?" Bushologists figure the president was irked by repetitive demands that he satisfy the base with his Supreme Court appointments. He also was irked by the conservative veto of his Texas friend and Miers's predecessor at the White House, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. So, Bush showed the critics by naming another close aide lacking Gonzales's track record to draw the ire of the party's right wing.

On October 4, 2005, and 7:32am when the news was reported by the AP, this was PRECISELY what ran through my mind. Bush did this purposefully. When I saw the deer in the headlights look on the next morning in the Rose Garden, I began to be doubtful of that. Maybe he really isn't so politically savvy. Now I am not sure, but the two obvious choices do not bode well for us: dim-witted, or vindictive.

[Cboldt]

The last thing most folks from that district wanted was a liberal from California, but the Republican wasn't conservative enough for many. So what did they get? A liberal from California.

The resulting problem wouldn't have arisen if the republican had been more conservative. Which is why conservatives are puzzled when the GOP moderates, capitulates, and otherwise goes wobbly on advocating and implementing conservative principles.

[claudiustg]

---The resulting problem wouldn't have arisen if the republican had been more conservative.---

He said as Hillary started to redecorate the country. :^)

[Dog]

the nomination process has only just begun, and i think that people are going to calm down over time.

Want to bet?

[xsmommy]

the pragmatists will.

[xsmommy]

the coulda shoulda woulda idealists will kvetch continually, it's what they live for.

[Cboldt]

He said as Hillary started to redecorate the country. :^)

Golly. I hope not. As with your Montana misfortune, the problem won't arise if the republican is openly conservative. That's the message that conservatives have been SHOUTING to the GOP for years. In many districts, with resounding success.

[Cboldt]

He said as Hillary started to redecorate the country. :^)

Another point being that the GOP holds the keys to its own success, or lack thereof. Blaming the voter is a cop out.

[Edit35]

..let's be fair and balanced.

There is nothing more importing or lasting than the picks a President makes on the US Supreme Court.

GWB could royally screw up the budged, or FEMA, or education or whatever - and I still would be willing to offer support as long as he stuck to good solid principles in the Judiciary and in the WOT.

He just blew at least 50 percent of his credibility with me, if not more.

Plus consider that the US Supreme Court could ultimately influence HOW WE FIGHT the War on Terror.

This whole fiasco is so frustrating because it simply did not have to be this way. There are so many people involved in the process who were ready to go to the mat for a good nominee with merit.

Unfortunately Harriet Miers has no judicial merit. Yes she is a good Christian who is a friend of the President, but sometimes that is simply not enough.

[Wolfstar]

I am the base. Howlin is the base. Mo1 is the base. Southack is the base. As are millions of others across this nation. He hasn't lost us, and unless I find him suddenly messing with interns while taking bribes from the Chinese and proposing massive tax increases, he will not lose me.

Brilliant, Miss Marple. Thank you for putting into words that which many of us have been trying to get across.

I am "the base" also.

[cartoonistx]