Posted on 10/13/2005 5:47:35 PM PDT by baystaterebel
White House officials have a message for conservative Republican senators who have expressed doubt about supporting Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers.
The West Wing types argue that she will turn out to be just as conservative as President Bush says she is, and voting against her would be an embarrassment over the long term. This message is intended for holdouts including Sam Brownback of Kansas, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, and Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania.
"If Miers is confirmed and she winds up being what the president says she is, Republican senators who voted against her will look quite foolish," says a GOP insider. This could cause a backlash against these legislators from conservative Bush supporters at the grass roots.
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Well Tenno, we can't have everything from one man is all I can say. I'm not one of the cultists who thinks the man urinates holy water and he's infalible in all deeds. Indeed, part of that informs my objection to this nomination. Bush has done far more things right, than wrong.
Ah, so you admit it.
You don't caucus with us.
It's just hate Bush, all the time.
Thanks! It's just a pet peeve of mine when Mike Godwin isn't given credit. :-)
Unlikely is one thing, we're agreed on that if we're cruising. We have the structural advantage. Impossible is something else. They can win and right now, we're running on a lot of things that seem designed to actualize it. I'm not arguing it adds up to our defeat, I'm arguing we need to do what's necessary to make sure it doesn't.
After reporting to the nurse, please head down to the shop...your logic circuit has failed, also.
Are you willing to cut Bush any slack on this promise?
Are you soliciting an illegal drug deal on the Internet ?
God, how dense can you get. AF, tell us you're drunk. You need an excuse of some kind man.
lol
Let's not forget, President Bush stated that Islam is a religion of peace.
Any here who disagree with that statement must now be a traitor.
I agree with that.
Have a goodnight
Alright! Now go forth an write Brownback to vote against! ;)
News flash you sad, sad, deluded little Republobot, not being a Republican, doesn't equal hating Bush. About the time I was asked to swallow my principles over Illegal Immigration, and Bush called the civilians trying to do HIS JOB FOR HIM vigilantes, I decided my principles were more important than "Senor Bush."
I don't hate him. I think he is wrong. There is a difference.
Nope, I'm a card carrying Republican.
And without more information on the nomination, I currently cannot support Miers.
Thus, a Republican is now EVIL. For I am not supporting the President's nomination. This is your own standard.
Methinks you would feel more welcome at the DU-ngeon.
Let's not forget, President Bush stated that Islam is a religion of peace.
Any here who disagree with that statement must now be a traitor.
I don't disagree with that either
Make me an offer (not you literally, GWB and the GOP - and tell it to me straight).
The rulers want us to accept the political process of stealth. Where the Senators and the people are satisfied with being uncertain, because certainty or convicion would erupt into a fight over principle.
I reject that system of government, and demand transparency. I want to see conviction expressed in certain terms, not "code words" and focus group tested "buzz phrases" like "strict constructionist" with no more. SHow me the money.
I reject the premise that a President should choose nominees, under the constraint that the Senate can at a whim set the hurdle for confirmation, now at 60, to whatever level it chooses. That is absurdity - and yet the chattering class and sheep go baaah bahhh .... cluck cluck cluck. The president is supposed to have a simple majority, up or down vote, after airing out the principles and convictions of the nominee in no uncertain terms.
Those who settle for less are not preserving the Republic for their posterity.
AFvet says, "You am TRAITOR! DIE! DIE! DIE!"
:-)
Myself, I think Islam should Rest In Pieces (RIP).
The fact is that the deal was a power grab by Senators who wanted control over the nomination process, and were not merely content to debate and vote among themselves.
And all of us let it happen.
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