Up until now, I have been a loyal Bush supporter. When people on here such as Ol’Sparky went after Roberts, I came to his and Bush’s defense. I still think Roberts will make for a good Chief Justice. However, with his latest pick for the Supreme Court, Bush has stabbed us all in the back.
She is a total blank slate and we have no idea how she will vote on any of the issues. At least with Roberts we got somewhat of an idea from his work with the Regan administration. And even if she winds up being a strict constructionist, originalist, or texualist, the pick still stinks of cronysim and is wrong, especially when the likes of Michael Luttig and JRB are out there.
I can never forgive Bush for this pick. Bush picked her simply because she is his friend (and an old one at that, which actually might be good if she is another Souter). Our president that we have trusted so much has capitulated to the Democrats, the liberals, and the MSM. He had a chance to define hs legacy by taking back out courts, instead he chose not only to not fight, but to surrender to the enemy. Up until this point, I never thought Bush would fall victim to the pressure and actually listen to all this nonsense. We all told ourselves he will go with the best person available for the job. I think he did it for the first pick. However, it is crystal clear in this case, he betrayed his word. He has fooled us all and I am the #1 fool. I am utterly demoralized.
I am at law school right now and questioning why I am even here. One of the biggest reasons why I decided to go to law school is to join this fight to bring back our judiciary, by appointing the most qualified, originalist judges. Now, I feel like dropping out as I feel our cause is lost. I by no means am a defeatist, as I have never doubted our president and have always defended him in the worst of times. I traveled the county for 4 months working for the RNC in helping reelect him. Unfortunately, this is the payback we get, Bush stabbing us all in the back. Bush has failed us.
We have two options here. One,we make calls and send emails to all senators and urge them to vote against this type of Cronysism (though I doubt this will work, because once the Dems see how much we hate the pick, even they will pass up the chance to deal Bush a loss by voting her down or filibustering her, once they see confirming her will actually be a win for them).
If we fail to prevent her from being confirmed, then the next option is sit out the 2006 elections. I have never advocated this as a position because as bad as the Republicans may be sometimes, they are better than any liberal. However, with the spending out of control, our borders unprotected, and cronyism stinking up the capital and the Supreme Court, it is time to show them that we are not blind followers who will follow them wherever they take us. Maybe doing so will wake them up in enough time to prevent Hillary from becoming President in 2008, maybe not. But I feel there is no other way for them to get the point.
Again, I am by no means a defeatist. I reiterate that this is not only about the fact that Miers is a total blank slate. While she might wind up voting our way, I can never forgive Bush for apponting such a blank slate, especially when it is because she is his “loyal friend” (and again, an old one at that).
We have all been let down and must come to recognize it. Instead of giving up though, lets fight to ensure she does not get confirmed and if she does, that our leadership in Washington gets the message when we stay home in 2006.
-Michael Katz, depressed first year law sudent, who feels all is lost for my generation to come
Oh please. If I had a dollar for every "Bush didnt do what I wanted him to do, so Im voting third party or Democrat!", I wouldnt be sitting here at age 38 doing friggin' Sociology homework! The bottom line is no one knows what ths woman is like. Wait and see what the hearings bring. But something tells me you have no intention of doing that..
I dont know how I missed this gem. I call BS on you.