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Posted on 11/01/2005 5:22:43 AM PST by RWR8189
The nomination of Samuel Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court raises a lot of questions about the judge's attitudes toward federalism, privacy and civil rights. But it has already answered one big question about President Bush. Anyone wondering whether the almost endless setbacks and embarrassments the White House has suffered over the last year would cause Mr. Bush to fix his style of governing should realize that the answer is: no.
As a political candidate, Mr. Bush had an extremely useful ability to repeat the same few simple themes over and over. As president, he has been cramped by the same habit. The solution to almost every problem seems to be either to rely on a close personal associate or to pander to his right wing. When the first tactic failed to work with the Harriet Miers nomination, Mr. Bush resorted to the second. The Alito nomination has thrilled social conservatives, who regard the judge to be a surefire vote against abortion rights.
Judge Alito is clearly a smart and experienced jurist, with 15 years on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The nominee should be given a serious hearing. The need for a close and careful review of Judge Alito's record is all the more crucial because he will be replacing Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who has been the swing vote of moderation on so many issues.
The concerns about this particular nominee go beyond his apparent hostility to abortion, which was most graphically demonstrated in 1992 when his court ruled on what became known in the Supreme Court as the Casey decision. Judge Alito was the sole judge on his court who took the extreme position that all of Pennsylvania's limitations on abortion were constitutional, including the outrageous requirement that a woman show that
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("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")
("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")
What the NYT really wanted to say.
I'm going to go out on a limb here, but my guess is they were happy with the dem...
The Gray Lady has fallen and she can't get up.
The Editors:
Schummer, Kennedy, Reid, Feinstein...
When liberals cry, one knows one is on the right track.
Regards, Ivan
"The solution to almost every problem seems to be either to rely on a close personal associate or to pander to his right wing."
Why would he rely on anyone but his close personal associates? I don't recall Clinton relying on anyone but close, personal associates or pandering to anything other than the left!
And for the record, NYT's: Bush pandered plenty to you leftist pigs. It got him nowhere!
They long for the Miers era!
Bush needs to say something like this: "The portrayal by the Democrats of any moral opposition to abortion, or of efforts to regulate abortion by law, as "extremism" are an insult to the millions of Americans of all faiths and no faith who find abortion a morally troubling issue. Up until Roe v. Wade, most states restricted abortion in some manner or other, and these laws were not manifestations of extremism, but of the mainstream reverence for nascent human life that is the hallmark of a civilized society. Of course, in a democracy, opinions will vary even on the most profound moral issues, and people will at different times and places respond to those issues according to their best judgment. And these judgments are best expressed by the people's elected representatives, not dictated once and for all by judicial fiat. In our system of government, the Supreme Court was never intended as the final arbiter of all moral issues, but only of those matters explicitly addressed by the Constitution."
Bush has put old Pinch in a pinch. And the Slimes is going down too...what fun.
Nice. I just don't understand how the Dem party can literally run on that one item, every single cycle. If you took abortion away from the debate, they'd have no constituents!
Well they wouldn't, would they? - There aren't any !
"Bush has put old Pinch in a pinch. And the Slimes is going down too...what fun."
Company news from MSNBC and the wires
• New York Times earnings drop by more than half
• N.Y. Times Earnings Fall in Third Quarter
• NYT reports steep drop in earnings
• New York Times cutting 500 workers
The above lists the real lost opportunities for workers for the NY Slimes and investors in the NY Slimes.
Thanks Grampa. The demise of the MSM rags can't happen soon enough to suit me. And it's coming.
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