Republican Senators Should Not Rally Around Their President

Human Events ^ | Oct. 6, 2005 | Pat Buchanan

[CBart95]

It's good to see the gloves come off. Especially from all the "loyalists" on the GOP side of the room. You and the other opposition have revealed your conniving selves in ways many can hardly imagine. Your collective disloyalty to a sitting President in time of war will be indelibly recorded for posterity.
That you could be goaded into revealing the depth of your hatred is quite remarkable...and incredibly stupid.
You have resorted to your own dirty tricks to reveal your implacable loathsome souls and everyone is wiser for it.
It will our distinct pleasure to see the terrorists as well as you,their allies, eradicated.

[Map Kernow]

pat lost me when he defended the waffen ss. this guy is an opportunist and a fascist.

Yeah, and Bush "lost" me when he signed CFR, when he proposed an amnesty for illegals, when he allowed illegal immigration to explode, when he enacted a gigantic Democrat entitlement program, when he expanded the deficit and national debt to unprecedented levels, when he forced through CAFTA....

Thank GOODNESS though he's not an opportunist and a fascist!!!

[Chicha Kazembe]

"If she is that good, why did Bush pass her over for John Roberts?"

Obviously, he thought she was the second most qualified person to be on the Supreme Court, right after Roberts. Once Roberts was confirmed, Miers was the most qualified person left for him to nominate.

I voted for Pat for president in the primaries years ago, but either I have gotten smarter over the years or Pat has become loonier, because I cannot imagine voting for him now.

[Map Kernow]

It will our distinct pleasure to see the terrorists as well as you,their allies, eradicated.

Wow, and I thought the "punishment" for criticizing Bush on this forum was just getting banned.

Say, true believer, what exactly do you mean by "eradicated"? I'd like to know just so I can make plans.

[Coldwater Creek]

I am getting worn out, are you. These idiots are getting on my last ragged nerve.

[Coldwater Creek]

I am getting worn out, are you. These idiots are getting on my last ragged nerve.

[Coldwater Creek]

utoh, I forgot the ? Hope that you are not an English teacher.

[Map Kernow]

Do Ann Coulter's recent outbursts come to mind? No? You mean, you missed that whole thing about what university Miers went to? You missed the entire debate about whether or not she was qualified because of her educational background?

You're distorting and caricaturing her argument. But maybe that's what she gets for being a political satirist.

And as far as the "Pray for Bush" threads, well, I don't frequent them. But perhaps you're saying that the real reason you're against Miers is because she's one of those dirty evangelicals, aye?

Nay, it's because I don't believe she's an evangelical, or pro-life, or fit for the Supreme Court---at least, I don't believe that's why she was picked. She's Bush's personal choice, because she's Bush's personal lawyer. Not a good enough qualification, even if she graduated from Harvard, even if she spent six hours every day singing hymns, even if she worked for "Operation Rescue."

[Chicha Kazembe]

"any Republican senator who winds up voting against Harriet Miers after having had voted for Ruth Bader Ginsburg should be kicked out of the Republican Party"

Very good point. I agree wholeheartedly.

[1035rep]

I think everyone has pretty much figured out who these bozo's really are. It's like being at DU without all the vulgar language.

[citizencon]

>Are you honestly going to try to convince me that Harriet Miers is bad for our country but somehow Ruth Bader Ginsburg was good for our country?<

Yeah, how about Ginsburg? I don't remember the conservative base and Republican Senators putting up a fight against her nomination. In fact, almost all of the latter voted in her favor. The Republicans confirmed her as a gift to Clinton and the Democrats, not because she was "good for the country". Where was the outrage then?

[Map Kernow]

Obviously, he thought she was the second most qualified person to be on the Supreme Court, right after Roberts. Once Roberts was confirmed, Miers was the most qualified person left for him to nominate.

Naaaah, he thought Alberto Gonzalez was second most qualified, remember? But he knew he wouldn't be able to make that one fly. Don't think he can make this one fly either.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Both you and Buchanan are fricking delusional.

[RepublicanWithIntegrity]

You said:

"Confirm someone because she's good for the country"

Every current senator who was in the Senate in 1993 voted for Ginsburg. While she may have been a considered a coup, she still replaced a very conservative justice in White.

Any senator who votes against Miers after voting for Ginsburg is making the statement (barring they don't have any ulterior motives), "I don't think Miers is good for the country, but 12 years ago I thought Ginsburg was good enough to get a lifetime appointment replacing Justice White."

Of course, people like Senator Brownback will not have the problem of being duplicitous as he joined the Senate in 1996. But if Senator Lott votes against Miers, a reasonable person can definitely conclude that his vote on Miers was not based upon his supposed "distaste" for liberal judges.

P.S. Let's not forget Pat Buchanan cost the election for George H. W. Bush in 1992 (who was polling extremely well before the primaries). And because of that, we now have Ginsburg and Breyer on the High Court.

[KingKongCobra]

"Got to keep the loonies off the grass." - Pink Floyd

[onyx]

Good, because of the three named, ONLY Reid has a vote.

[truth_seeker]

Pat Buchanan is envious and resentful of all the others, that get promotions, like Miers.

He worked at the White House, but never got a promotion to any policy making position.

Lifetime envy.

[Coldwater Creek]

I trust BillyBob!!!!!!!!!!

[oldbrowser]

For as of today there is no evidence Harriet Miers possesses the judicial philosophy, strength of intellect, firmness of conviction or deep understanding of the gravity of the matters on which her vote would be decisive to be confirmed as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

And there is no evidence to the contrary so why don't we all just wait for the hearings.

[onyx]

Exactly.