And doing a complete 180° turn on the phrase, there's a whole lot of Kool-Aid imbibing going on here.
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Posted on 10/21/2005 12:29:34 PM PDT by quidnunc
Democrats must be delighted with the early Christmas present they've been given. And the Harriet Miers nomination is a gift that keeps on giving. We conservatives are in a bus, heading for a cliff. Nobody seems to be steering, and most want to tromp down on the gas pedal.
Conservatives have engaged in lemming-like behavior before. The last time was the impeachment of President Clinton. He did perjure himself before a grand jury, which presidents ought not to do. But even if the half-eaten remains of small children had been found in the Oval office, the Senate would never have voted to convict Clinton, so his impeachment was an exercise in futility. A very unpopular exercise in futility, one which cost the GOP seats in the House and Senate in the 1998 congressional elections.
Every development in the Miers saga has been depressing.
Like just about everyone, I was disappointed that the president didn't nominate someone with stronger legal credentials and a more clear conservative record.
But I've been more appalled by the vicious, childish reaction to the nomination by many conservatives. I am not pro-Miers. I don't know enough about the woman to have a firm opinion. But I am, in Hugh Hewitt's formulation, anti-anti-Miers. Neither Bush nor Miers deserve absolute trust. A Supreme Court nomination is far too important for that. But on judicial nominations, Bush has earned, and Miers deserves, the benefit of the doubt until she's had the opportunity to speak for herself.
Instead, we've had a churlish, childish display which demonstrates why conservatives are not in the majority, and why we soon will be a smaller minority.
Much of the criticism of Bush by anti-Miers conservatives has been based on the supposition that a candidate they (and I) would have preferred, such as Janice Rogers Brown or Michael Luttig, could be confirmed by the Senate. But this probably isn't so. There are enough votes for confirmation, but not enough to break a Democratic filibuster, nor may there be enough to trigger the "nuclear option." We seem to be one, more likely two votes short.
Those few anti-Miers conservatives who recognize this reality tend to blame Bush for it. After all, he could have supported solid conservative Pat Toomey over squish Arlen Specter in the 2004 Pennsylvania senate primary. These political geniuses fail to recognize that had Toomey won the primary, the Democratic candidate almost certainly would have won the general election.
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No the Conservative Pundits are. This little stab the base in the back temper tantrum over Miers is NOT going to be forgotten or forgiven any time soon. They do NOT seem to realize their whole credibility is riding on this. If Miers is confirmed and turns out to be a solid Conservative Justices, all these Hate Harriet always crowd will have LOST their standing with the vast majority of the base. I hope they feel this little hissy fit they are throwing is worth it. They seem to misunderstand reality. They did NOT make us, WE made them.
And doing a complete 180° turn on the phrase, there's a whole lot of Kool-Aid imbibing going on here.
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Turncoat.
Yes, I believe that is correct. But it helps the donks identify all of us on the right as "the bitter Buchannaite, libertarians, and Constitution party voters".
Perception trumps reality.
OTOH, we have a year until the midterm elections and 3 years until the next general election and nearly everyone has a short attention span, these days.
I can barely wait until we see who wins the GOP primary. I dread the internecine warfare that will then ensue. It really is emotionally draining.
Maybe I am becoming too old for politics.
Just for information purposes, the little nut whether in or out of the race would not have won it for 41 according to the election pundants. I don't know the answer but for sure there has to be some accountability to this "Two-Party Cartel". Since they have insulated themselves for unending incumbancy I would & will vote for a reputable 3rd party candidate almost every election.
Pray for W and Harriet Miers
Red-herrings...
The problem in this instance isn't the press, it's President Bush's really poor nominee and a string of poor decisions.
If you wish to follow him over a cliff, it's your right, but it would appear that a lot of people have written him off and moved on.
Well, whatever else you wish to say about Perot, he was spot on regarding the "great sucking sound" etc.
You miss the point, people who vote third party aren't trying to teach anyone a lesson... they've simply come to the conclusion that there is little reason to vote for a Democrat or a Republican... and that's where we are again.
Here, boys. This is how all of us who want to give Miers a hearing feel about you.
I think one or two whacks against the wall ought to do it.
Wrong this is way beyond just the pundits. ....Bush is spending political capital fighting his own base. What a waste. Bizzare and sad.
The Kool-Aid you're drinking obviously does not have a calming effect on you Sinkspur.
How I am tiring of this phrase. I know, you didn't call anybody this, I'm not slamming you, but, it's the Phrase Du Jour.
Count me in for being a Reactionist though. I'm certainly not a radical. Look it up......
The only saving grace for me, is that I am so busy with my work right now, and with family events, that I can't spend too much time thinking about this stuff. But when I do stop and think about it, it makes me sick and depressed. We will fall from self-inflicted wounds, and among other things, somewhere in a cave, Bin Laden will be laughing too...along with the Democrats.
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