That stupid Bush.. Why can't he be smart like Ike... And nominate a known life long Republican who served as governor of a major state. Everyone knew he was a solid Republican. Why can't Bush nominate a man like Earl Warren and give us another Warren court like Ike did.
Bush should do what Ike did and talk to prominent Republicans and have them suggest a man like Earl Warren they say would be a great justice. Ike followed their advice. Aren't you glad Ike did not nominate someone he had worked with and someone whose views he knew.. NAH!! Had Ike done that he would not have been able to list nominating Earl Warren as his biggest presidential mistake.
And what about JFK, He nominated Bryon White... White was a Democrat who once on the court voted against abortion in Roe Vs Wade. Do you suppose Democrats were happy that their Democratic President appointed to the court a man who opposed abortion?
What about what Reagan did after Bork was borked? Reagan said he would appoint someone even more conservative than Bork. Advisers and other Republicans told Ron that Kennedy was a real conservative. So Reagan appointed Kennedy. Kennedy turned out to be a RINO... What if Reagan had been stupid enough to do what Dubya has done and select someone who he had worked with and whose views he knew but other people did not? NAHHHH!!! Much better to take the advice of public advisers rather than choose from someone whose views Reagan knew and hte public didn't.
What about Reagan and O'Connor. Reagan told his advisers to find him a conservative woman justice.. .and they brought him O'Connor. What if Reagan had selected someone he knew shared his views? NAH!!!! Better to take adviser advice than nominate someone he knew was conservative. Perhaps Reagan knew that appointing a person he knew was a real conservative that could be confirmed would cost him approval points with the right. Better to appoint people like O'Connor and Kennedy that the right would accept. Reagan did not appoint someone he knew would vote his way on the court. He knew better than to appoint someone who would be opposed because the right did now know where that nominee stood. A president should never appoint someone he knows completely and the base doesn't. Better a borked Bork than that.
And what about Bush 43 and Souter. Bush 43 did not know Souter.. He took others advice that Souter was conservative and look what we got. Why can't Dubya follow in his fathers foot steps and have his good Republican friends pick someone like Souter. Senators and advisor's assured Bush 41 that Souter was conservative.. Bush 43 should do the same or at least appoint someone the Democrats and Rinos will refuse to confirm. Keep failing until Hillary is president should be the rights battle cry!!!
Bush said he would take the court to the right. How dare he appoint some one he knows. Bush should withdraw Miers name.. and do what Reagan would have done.. That is, appoint an O'Connor or Kennedy. Bush should do what Reagan did. He should appoint someone the RINOs and Democrats can BORK. What he hell is wrong with Dubya.. After two or three nominees are borked he can do what Reagan did and find another Kennedy or O'Connor.. That would surely make the right happy. Bush should always ask what did Reagan do ... and then do it..
Miers is going to be trashed in the media and by the right and the left
If Miers is turned down, Bush will not get anyone confirmed short of his appointing Bill Clinton. The Democrats kept appellate court nominees stalled for four years. The Democrats and Liberal Republican Senators can do the same to any Bush Supreme court nominee in the Bork tradition. That way they will be able to let President Hillary chose the nominee and the Seven RINOs can assure her choice will be confirmed.
People on the right often don't know or refuse to know the situation. Forty years ago there were lots of conservatives in the Democratic party. Back then there were also a number of liberals in the Republican party. A president could almost always get his nominee confirmed by Senators crossing party lines on an ideological basis.
But the Nixon strategy of realignment started a movement that attracted all Democratic Conservative Senators to the Republican party. There are no Conservative Democratic Senators in office. However the Democrats have been unable to attract all the liberal Republican Senators to the Democratic party. Jeffords is about the only example. As many as seven liberal Republican Senators remain. If they had jumped to the Democratic party, the Democrats would control the Senate.
So the right wingers refuse to trust President Bush. They want a conservative appointed so the seven Liberal Republicans can agree that the Bush appointed candidate is extreme and join with the Democrats to defeat that candidate. They want Bush to keep appointing known conservatives so the seven liberal Republicans can jump ship and continue to defeat until President Hillary takes office.
President Bush tried a stealth Candidate that just might have gotten past the liberal Republican opposition enough to be confirmed. But the right will have none of it. They prefer certain defeat in a battle that can't be won to uncertain victory.
Bump to that!