Posted on 10/09/2005 3:28:25 PM PDT by Pukin Dog
I'd always known our misrepresentatives didn't have the cojones to get any of the others through. How many times did Frist say "we're getting close to the nuclear option" during the filibuster? There was no hope they'd ever do it then, and even less now that they let it slide.
When we congratulate ourselves for recruiting social liberals into the Republican fold, think about how weak the party has become as a result. Total wimps afraid of a few words. WORDS!!
I can't say this makes me feel any better.
I notice you don't say that "we" are responsible for Arlen Specter being in the Senate. No, that was personally engineered by Rove and Bush. Many of us strongly objected at the time. I also pointed out that as time passed, Specter would be less and less accountable to anyone but himself, and that the one to suffer would be Bush. Hell, Bush not only twisted arms to get Specter re-elected, but he probably wrecked Rick Santorum's re-election prospects in the process.
There are ways to make RINOs toe the line, and they don't depend entirely on the Republican leadership in the Senate. How many bills has Bush vetoed? How often has he disciplined dissenting RINOs by taking away their pork? How often has he punished his enemies when they got out of line? No wonder he can't control the party.
Ditto for the presidency.
The DemocRAT party gets most of its campaign contributions from those who hate America and all we stand for. When the RATS are able to get elected, they must come through for their base.
They know that the vast majority of the American people will reject leftist ideas at the ballot box, so the only way they can "come through" for their base and get the anti-American left's agenda enacted into law, is to install as many left-wing activist judges as possible. They must do an end-run around the constitutional legislative process, rule against the will of the people and impose that agenda on us.
The fact that they get most of their funding from the leftist extremist blame-America-first crowd - our avowed enemies - is THE reason why we must never allow DemocRATS to obtain political power either locally, statewide, or at the federal level. They never give up in their efforts to undermine our Constitution because they have to.
The Constitution stands in their way. bttt
" I just wish this issue had less to do with me"
Strange way of trying to accomplish that.
What momentum? We've spent the past 25 years fighting to get control of both the White House and the Congress at the same time so we could put in justices that wouldn't legislate from the bench, and now Bush acts like we are in the minority.
I guarantee you if the dems were in the same position of power that we are, the head of NARAL would have been their nominee.
I agree if you strike the word "interesting" in every instance and substitute therefor the word "sickening."
Our Democrat opponents have been quite busy, especially after John Roberts embarrassed them, searching for any information that would allow an open personal attack on a nominee. Sadly, many of the folks we wanted badly would have had their lives destroyed had they attempted confirmation to the bench, and wisely declined.
I wondered if this might be contributing to it. After the way they went after the Roberts family you can bet on the nominees families dirty laundry being spread out in public.
Miers has one big advantage over most other nominees. No family to be affected.
I still am waiting for the hearings to decide about her.
But one thing is clear, this attacking of nominees and their families has got to stop or no one will want to serve.
Apparently this guy is a famous Freeper. I have never heard of him, but that does not matter.
I would like to direct attention to an obscure portion of his text -- the issue that the FR rockstar favorites might not survive the vetting process.
Recall that there are many ways to fail a USSC vetting that might not appear in the screen for a lower office:
I'll name a few off the top of my head, though all these did not appear for USSC candidates.
1) Nanny tax issues. Anyone who ever paid a maid or even biweekly housekeeper with cash could run afoul of this. It would be a killer.
2) Smoked pot as a youngster. Another killer.
3) A felon in the family. Depends on how remote, of course, but any leniency shown by the judge of that family member's case would be trumpeted -- and might very well evolve into another killer.
You can add to this list as you will, but I would like folks to consider one fundamental reality in this:
Bush can't, in any decency as a human being, tell you this happened. The rockstar in question would be exposed and devastated. Explaining things to some political junkies doesn't qualify as sufficient justification to ruin someone's life.
Thanks for the info.
The reasons you listed are the reasons I'll not be voting for no-b@lls republicans any more.
They are unfit to govern.
I know you aren't talking to me, but seriously, enough already. We get it.
LOL.
Figures the only place I'd get info would be FR...
Made my day.
Owens asked that her name be withdrawn.
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