Another Vietnam? (Thomas Sowell)

Townhall.com ^ | January 16, 2007 | Thomas Sowell

[AmericanVictory]

We suggest that those who still don't understand read Lewis Sorley's "A Better War." Under Abrams and Moorer we had it won on the battlefield.

[David Isaac]

This was hard for me to swallow, but there was a different party in power when mistake were made in Iraq. Democrats may wield the knife, but who created the knife and then handed it to them.

[AmeriBrit]

Thomas Sowell would be the ideal candidate for the Supreme Court but the 'enemy within' would never allow it to happen.

With every move they make I believe the evil minded commie-rats in DC are bound and determined to make us lose this war by whatever means it takes, and I also firmly believe their goal is to enable another 9/11 disaster to happen while President Bush is in office.

Losing the war would not be a big enough black mark against President Bush's legacy in their feeble minds, but if another 9/11 should happen during his term, it would help erase klintons dereliction of duty etc., from the publics minds, he'd be put back up on the royal pedestal he's frequently fell from lately, and it would help pave the way back into the WH for the two devils disciples.

The klintons may have moved out of the WH in January 2001 but he's still the one cracking the whip, and just like the ' Pied Piper' he'll lead the rats in power off the edge of the cliff and drag the nation along with them.

The days the klintons were born should go down as the blackest days in American history.

[garylmoore]

You can add me, thanks.

[freekitty]

If the democrats are in charge it will be. I wonder if any of our elected officals has a spine.

[freekitty]

Please add me to the ping list.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Thomas Sowell would be a brilliant addition to the U.S. Supreme Court but, of course, with Chuckie running the committee, it could never happen.

Actually, the only scenario in which he could be on SCOTUS is now coming into place. Or will in the summer of '08, if a vacancy arises then.

Sowell is old enough to be retiring from the Supreme Court. But with the Senate in Democratic hands, Bush couldn't get anyone worth while confirmed anyway. So a recess appointment of Thomas Sowell would be wonderfully sensible.

The other possibility I would favor would be the nomination of Jeb Bush. Jeb would be a good fit, and could hardly turn it down. But for that reason he too would be opposed and probably defeated by the Democrats. The upside to that is that he would then have the fire in his belly to run for POTUS - and as the most popular two-term governor of a major state, he would be a strong candidate even if his last name is Bush. The Democratic nominee's last name is likely to be Clinton, anyway . . . And if it isn't, it will probably be a southern Democratic governor, so we would need Jeb on the ticket to have much chance of holding the red states.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Bump for Lunchtime.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Thomas Sowell would make a great Supreme Court Justice, IMO.

He wouldn't take the job.

Not even with a gun to his head.

Whether he would do so now or not, I can't say. But if you could read the "Letters to the Editor" page of the Wall Street Journal July 7, 1981 you wouldn't say that he never would have. Because on the very day that O'Connor was nominated, the WSJ published a letter suggesting that there should be an economist on the Supreme Court, who would understand the ramifications of policy on the economy.

I read that, and I said, "I know just who would fill that bill - Thomas Sowell!" Then I read the byline of the letter - and it was written by Thomas Sowell!

[jazusamo]

Then I read the byline of the letter - and it was written by Thomas Sowell!

Interesting, thanks for sharing that. I have been of the opinion that he would possibly turn down a nomination but that sheds new light.

[brf1]

Peter Braestrup's Big Story is also a good book. It is about the media coverage of the Tet Offensive.

[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

Thanks for the post! Here's the link to the second part of this article on FR:

Another Vietnam?: Part II (Thomas Sowell)

[jazusamo]

Thanks for posting the link to Part II, CSLGuy, I didn't think to do that.

[Gritty]

[Paperdoll]

>Thomas Sowell would make a great Supreme Court Justice, IMO.<

I agree, but he would have as much a chance of being confirmed as Robert Bork was. Sob! :o(

[jazusamo]

The Congressional Dems enabled that atrocity to take place, I'm praying history doesn't repeat itself.

[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

You're welcome.