Posted on 10/12/2005 12:05:33 AM PDT by Ol' Sparky
Playing the affirmative action game for political gain is absolutely no reason to sacrifice principle and renege on a the promise to appointed a known conservative justice.
This nomination needs to be withdrawn and a known originalist of any gender, race or ethnicity needs to be nominated in her place.
I'd like to see that "promise" sourced. A "known" conservative? Known to who? I don't believe Bush ever said that.
That's swell.
Just so you know, an embarassing Bush retreat here will likely weaken his Presidency to the point of irrelvancy.
All this ranting merely strengthens the Left.
Flame away, but I have no doubt of it. The DU'ers are laughing their a**s off.
But that takes someone who wants to expose their entire life to inspection and nit picking by the likes of Teddy Kennedy, with no gain - No job in the end, and forever known as a court reject.
Pretty big request.
It's particularly odd that this was leaked by previously tight lipped staffers to two different bloggers on the same day that Rove "gave permission" to Dobson to reveal this part of their supposed conversation. I don't know if I buy it. I definetly don't buy the insinuation that not ONE of the several highly qualified and known conservative women turned down the nomination. Nut even if we assume this to me true, there are so many more known originalists from which he could choose - some minority and some (Gasp!) white males. At the very least, if we assume this is true, it proves that Bush is willing to play affirmative action games with our country's future.
IMHO, Dobson isn't exactly helping the situation any. In fact, he just seems to aggravate things every time he talks about it.
Dem's and the gang of 7 traitors have so poisoned the process that no one wants to go through it. It's sad but it should also be used as a hammer over the head of the gang of 7.
You sound a lot like Rush...
Al Gore: "And Governor Bush has declared to the anti-choice group that he will appoint justices in the mold of Scalia and Clarence ThomasThere are many references to then candidate George Bush asserting that he would nominate Supreme Court Justices in the mold of Thomas and Scalia. Al Gore may be a liar, but he did't lie about that."And when the phrase a strict constructionist is used and when the names of Scalia and Thomas are used as the benchmarks for who would be appointed, those are code words, and nobody should mistake this, for saying the governor would appoint people who would overturn Roe v. Wade. It's very clear to me. I would appoint people that have a philosophy that I think will be quite likely would uphold Roe v. Wade."
The promise was again asserted in 2004. If you know of a repositiry for Bush stump speeches, I'll find a direct quoote for you from one or more of those.
The legal opinions of Scalia and Thomas were well known in the year 2000. Known to anybody who is able to read and understand their writings.
Surely you can't have missed a call for action in the volumes of criticism.
Nominate a known conservative jurist, and watch the RATS drop the laughing.
Only if his *retreat* doesn't involve replacing Miers with a nominee conservatives will not rally around.
Nothing you just posted said Bush would appoint a "known" anybody to the Supreme Court. It said he would appoint justices in the mold of Thomas and Scalia. The only thing most people "know" about Miers is that they "know" very little about her. But while she isn't "known" to most Americans, she may very well be cut from the same ideological mold as Thomas and Scalia. And nobody on this site "knows" for sure that she is not.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1500910/posts?page=127#127
Sell your snake oil to somebody gullible. I'm not buying it.
It's outrageous that Bush is getting away with this. Do you REALLY think that this was the most qualified person he could find? And now we have laura bush suggesting that those who criticize his choice are sexist. Do we all follow "trust me" because he is the leader or are there bigger issues involved. The best thing that could happen to the party is to clean out the bush operatives.
i hate to rain on your parade, buttttttttttttt. its the entire nation who is inculcated with affirmative action, nor just this president. i criticize bush when i think he needs it, but you know the court has assigned seats, or you should know that. im not approving, im merely stating reality. put blame where it lies, on the leftist/ commies/socialists, not on bush.
No one is asking you to "buy" anything. I simply asked for a source for what is obviously a false statement attributed incorrectly to George Bush. You can't provide a source, but don't feel bad. No one else can either. He never made such a statement.
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