Posted on 10/06/2005 7:08:59 AM PDT by Pokey78
This argument always makes me laugh. Of course we have to vote for candidates we trust. We don't know what is going to occur (at any level of gov't). Did we know when we voted in 2000 that 9/11 would happen? Did the people who voted for Jeb, Blanco, or Haley Barbour know that there would be devastating hurricanes?
In our system, we don't get to throw out the office holder if some new situation arises - we have to stick with who we elected.
Some people *are* one-issue voters - they pick because of their favorite issue, but they're the ones who are usually disappointed when something unforeseen arises.
Lambchops anyone?
Thank you. :)
Now you're refreshing my memory--I think she spoke to the press, or someone, and it got out, about details about which parts of Bush's speech could be attributed to him--such as the phrase, "the Axis of Evil."
LOL! So very true.
Can you imagine Democrat pundits trashing fellow conservatives in public like this? It would never happen.
My crystal ball needs polishing..I think I'll wait on the hearings before I predict the outcome..or judge her abilities to handle the esteemed members of the Senate.
I think he reported Frum's comments because other conservative commentators have been so viciously negative, and he had to reply to that. He is the lone wolf in this situation.
It may be true that he's hedging his bets, but I take Steyn at his word. I think he believes what he wrote today, something he wrote after a couple of days to think about things.
And judging from his past writings, he will admit it if he is ultimately proven wrong.
As will I, and, I'm sure, other Freepers who are starting to think that this might be a very good nominee.
So another "barking moonbat" joins the ranks of Noonan, Krauthammer, Will, Norquist, Weyrich, Coulter, Levin, Bauer, Malkin, Goldberg, Kristol, Savage, Hannity, Limbaugh, Ingraham, Novak, Buchanan, the Eagle Forum, Operation Rescue, et al! </s>
Amen! :)
I gotta say, I am relishing the prospect of watching a through-and-through red stater, a "pit bull in size six shoes", take on the arrogant members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Wasn't it Biden who was so incredibly insulting to Roberts? It was disgraceful.
Priceless. Absolute brilliance.
"Tony Blair with a ranch"
Incredible.
Looking forward to his next victory Harriet Miers-
I have also seen what those intellectual elites who don't believe in the Bible and think they know better have done to our country.
It doesn't take any more faith to believe in the Bible than it does to believe that some guy can pick up a hand full of dirt and tell you what everything was like 10 billion years ago.
I would much rather have someone who believes in God and His Bible making the huge decisions than someone who thinks he is God making them.
Be kind of fun if Hillary Rodham was nominated by Bush and was relentlessly interrogated on her views and previous actions....
....but that kind of questioning would require Republican Senators who actually had some backbone.
Thanks for the continued Steyn pings, Pokey. I wish I could write as well as he does.
The more important point here is twofold: the president has not let us down on the judges he has appointed to the benches in America. They are all conservative. Dr. Dobson also pointed this out.
The president also does not change his stripes. I do know that he worked with Davod Horowitz concerning war with the dems, and that MOOSEMUSS analysis sounds like something Horowitz would approve.
Now if the so-called base conservatives do not hurt him; it would be tragic if they did him in, and caused him to lose all the ground he has covered in his war on the dems.
Thanks for your response.
Bottom line....I trust Dubya on Miers.
I have no trouble with Miers because GWB has known her for 10 years and he believes that she will interpret the Constitution as he would.....without legislating from the bench.
I think he chose her because it is hard for the Dems to filibuster her nomination and the whimps like Voinovich, Collins, Snow, Chafee, etc. would cave under a Dem assault if he had nominated a well known conservative judge with a huge paper trail.
Simply put....the votes are not there to exercise the 'nuclear option'.
Under the circumstances, the President's doing the best he can to get a true conservative on the Court.
May I suggest a minor edit...???
but there is no question that Bush is an honorable man - something that can't be said of any Democratthat is spoken of as a Presidential contenderexcept Joe Lieberman...maybe.
Sophistry.
If you don't agree with Bush and the GOP Congress 100%, go back to DU
No. If you don't Disagree with Bush and the GOP Congress 100%, go back to DU.
Acts...go back to DU.
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