Posted on 04/13/2006 7:53:47 PM PDT by litany_of_lies
Yeah, he is a big disappointment. I've got a couple in my state that I'd like to see gone too.
We should not make the same mistake and allow Mr. Bush, bless his loyal heart, to dictate who is acceptable, when we know they're not.
Toomey's loss and Specter's arrogance should be an object lesson in that.
I also understand that DeWine considers this his last term. If true, he is essentially free to defy everyone for 6 years with no fear of reprisal.
You can't get everything you want, so there's no point being a crybaby about it. There's always a "backlog" - - this is nothing new. We got the most "controversial" judges confirmed, including Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen, and Bill Pryor. Most importantly, we got two conservative Supes confirmed with only the typical Democrat smear attacks that they are obliged to go through in order to placate their scumbag "base". Big deal.
I am not aware of any candidates that weren't confirmed because of DeWine. If you were frothing at the mouth to "go nuclear", then you must be pretty sure Frist had the votes. (He probably did have the votes, but thanks to DeWine and the others who helped outmanuever the rats, we got the judges through without having to find out. If the effort to "go nuclear" was attempted and defeated, it would have been catastrophic.)
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