To: Southack
1) Bush likely doublecrossed Arlen "Scottish Law" Spector by feeding him a line of mulberry crap about Gonzolez and naming Roberts.
2) Bush tied up the entire news media all day speculating about an ACCEPTABLE woman while he was naming an extraordinary man!
3) Bush has now raised the bar for the Dems to opposed the next pick of a WOMAN to be CJ---Jones perhaps.
4) By moving the court solidly right, he has increased the pressure on Stevens and Ruth Buzzi to beat it. Who wants to be on the losing side all the time? Look for one of them (or both) to bail.
This was beyond a home run. Lindsay Graham was on Hannity talking like Attila the Hun, warning the Dems that they did NOT include a USSC pick as an "extraordinary circumstance."
544 posted on
07/19/2005 5:43:30 PM PDT by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of news)
To: LS
"By moving the court solidly right, he has increased the pressure on Stevens and Ruth Buzzi to beat it. Who wants to be on the losing side all the time? Look for one of them (or both) to bail. This was beyond a home run. Lindsay Graham was on Hannity talking like Attila the Hun, warning the Dems that they did NOT include a USSC pick as an "extraordinary circumstance."
I agree. Solidly. Fully.
When I heard that President Bush was announcing his choice during Prime Time (rather than sneaking someone in at 5:30 on a Friday), I posted that a Prime Time announcement meant that GWB was *picking* a fight with the Dems.
This is in-your-face politics, and I love it!
Stevens is old, by the way. Ginsberg is ailing. Rehnquist will soon retire. At a minimum, President Bush will place 4 new Justices onto the SCOTUS.
Young justices, too. By 2008 we'll see a court makeup that won't change ideologically for 30 years...possibly longer.
794 posted on
07/19/2005 6:48:44 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: LS; Miss Marple; A Citizen Reporter; deport; ohioWfan; Mo1
Man, I love your post! Excellent thoughts, LS.
813 posted on
07/19/2005 6:56:12 PM PDT by
Howlin
(Is Valerie Plame a mute?)
To: LS; Howlin
Totally agree, Howlin..........that is a GREAT post, LS! Kudos!
881 posted on
07/19/2005 7:26:34 PM PDT by
ohioWfan
("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")
To: LS
Lindsay Graham was on Hannity talking like Attila the HunYeh, he looked like he was totally psyched.
Roberts is a great pick. Bush probably just came up with Roberts' name ............ right about around last Christmas when he was thinking what he wanted for Christmas.
;-)
983 posted on
07/20/2005 1:49:17 AM PDT by
beyond the sea
("If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball." - Jack Lemmon)
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