Posted on 10/04/2005 8:05:40 AM PDT by Constitution Restoration Act
Rush Limbaugh is none too happy about President Bush’s nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, saying it’s a selection "made from weakness.”
"There was an opportunity here to show strength and confidence, and I don’t think this is it,” Rush told listeners of his show, America’s most widely heard talk radio program.
"It seems to me from the outset that this is a pick that was made from weakness.
"There are plenty of known quantities out there who would be superb for the Court. This is a nominee that we don’t know anything about. It makes her less of a target, but also doesn’t show a position of strength.
"I have a tough time believing that if the White House didn’t feel embattled over all of this stuff with Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq and these poll numbers, the choice would have been somebody different, somebody that could immediately be tagged as an originalist, somebody who was in the same mold of Scalia and Thomas, who the president once told us were his ideals for the Supreme Court.
"The Democrats are saying some favorable things about Harriet Miers right now, led by dingy Harry (Reid), the Senate leader. He likes her very much. Almost like he’d like to marry her, he likes her so much.
"And when you start hearing the President’s opponents start talking about this in the way they’re talking about it, you have to have a red flag go up.
"But the main reason I don’t like this pick has nothing to do with Harriet Miers, because I don’t know her. I think the pick makes President Bush look weak. I think the pick is designed to avoid more controversy, to appease.”
Rush said Miers’ nomination "disappoints” him because he feels Bush might be losing a historic opportunity to take the Court in a definitely conservative direction.
"As I’ve said, the Court is the last refuge for the left. It is where they hope to institutionalize their beliefs and get their beliefs out of the arena of debate.
"This woman could end up being fabulous,” Rush acknowledged, but asked: "Why do we have to take the risk? Why do we have to roll the dice?”
YES, weakness of a few of the Senate Republicans who cannot assure us that a nuke option will be used if the Dems fillibuster.
"Why do we keep getting nominees that may or may not become "pleasant suprises"? We voted President Bush in because he promised us judicial nominees in the mold of a Thomas or Scalia. There were plenty of qualified people who fit the bill and were not "stealth" nominees. Why is our President so prone to being cowed by the dems and rinos in the senate?"
We should have expected these kinds of nominations from Bush if the Republicans had a minority in the Senate. He is acting like a President without the votes needed. If that's the case, it reflects his lousy leadership. But what do you expect from the Schoolboy President?
I have cast my last vote for any "trust me" republican.
No sir, Dem's in elephant clothing is what's tiring.
I was thinking the same thing yesterday when I was steamed at the announcement. I was spoiling for an ideological battle. However, I've had some time to think about it. The radical left loves to get in your face all over the tube with help from the media. They fight loudly, but their record is lousy. Meanwhile, W turns the other cheek and gets most of the things he wants. Is it better to die on a hill beating your breasts, or to win most of the battles in silence. I hope the next Republican presidential candidate is more of a fighter, but W is kind of a transition president. During his time in office, normal people found out that conservatives did not eat children, but liberals are just plain looney. Miers still has to prove herself, but you could say the same thing about any nominee, even Bork.
This title mischaracterizes what Limbaugh said. I listened yesterday.
A proper title would be: "Limbaugh urges conservatives to get more information before passing judgment."
LOL!
"If it weren't for Rush, the success that conservatism and being a Republican have enjoyed recently would not of been possible...Somehow this damn stupid Party always manages to grab defeat from the jaws of victory. Why in the Hell did we work so hard to elect a majority of 55 Rep. senators, if this is the kind of pick we get."
Bush, in five years, has managed to squander over three decades worth of work and inheritance from the conservative movement. He is a *taker*, and wholely undeservedly so.
I wanted Tomey, hothead. It's good to see spirited discussion, but we never won anything with flamers like you. The success of conservatives comes from people who think before they speak.
Rush was very wrong about the "Gang of Fourteen" deal being bad for Republicans.
He's wrong about this, too.
I think you are right, Jimmygrace. Bush may not be a lot of things but he is politically astute.
My gut is that the RINOs in the Senate would stab us in the back on this one. This lady will be hard for them to fight. He thinks he knows her. I hope he is right, and she isn't another "Putin".
My thought is that any of these people would say anything for a chance at a SC seat. I would. Once you are on it, you are immune.
I hear Jimmy Carter is available, too.
We're trusting Dubya to successfully prosecute a war against global Islamofascism, and yet he's unable to use the power of his office to strongarm a half dozen of his fellow RINOs in the Senate?
"All this 'Trust me, she'll turn out to be a good pick' is reminiscent of a line I heard a lot in 2000"
Yeah, trust him. Read his lips.
Anyone else want Jeb to be president too? Or have we learned we can't trust any Bushes yet?
Is that a "read-my-lips" promise?
Yeah, but Jeb is a conservative. He really is. Trust me....
And if you don't vote for Jeb and send the RNC lots and lots of money, we'll never ever get good, hard-line, strict constructionist conservative judges with proven track records on the Supreme Court.
The answer to this is simple, Bush would have never gotten a strict conservative selection pass the Democrats this time and he knew it. I still trust GWB as a good poker player.
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