In my opinion, this should come with an idiot alert. Will the press and Democrats take what the President says FOR this nominee or against her?
He made the statements regarding her judicial philosophy and about how he knows her and for conservatives, that should be enough.
Bush in his brilliance IMO also put someone out there that wouldn't get a 100 million dollars in donations to use against Republicans in two election cycles coming up.
IMO Bush out thought most even here and nominated a person we need, not the one we wanted, but the choice gave Democrats far less ability to raise fund raising dollars against Republicans as I see it.
Seems IMO that Bush was brilliant.
PS, this would NOT be breaking news, but should be under bloggers, right?
How do you square that with
nominating only judges who have demonstrated respect for the Constitution and the democratic processes of our republic or demonstrated that they share his conservative beliefs and respect the Constitution.
The key word, demonstrated.
She may well turn out to be a good justice, but she’s a lousy nomination because GWB turned his back on the very requirement, demonstrated respect for the Constitution which he campaigned on twice.
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Main Entry: dem•on•strate
Pronunciation: 'de-m&n-"strAt
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -strat•ed; -strat•ing
Etymology: Latin demonstratus, past participle of demonstrare, from de- + monstrare to show -- more at MUSTER transitive senses
1 : to show clearly
2 a : to prove or make clear by reasoning or evidence b : to illustrate and explain especially with many examples
3 : to show or prove the value or efficiency of to a prospective buyer
Some FRiendly advice? Stick to the POT Threads, they're more your speed. Blackbird.
They can't see the forest for the trees.
You mean that it is brilliant of the President to cut out the Republican fundraising by infuriating the base before an election year?
Wow!