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To: Timeout
This is the beginning of the bush/rove push-back


Wow. What were the odds of this happening? I guess when Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham both come out against the Pres on something, it counts.
The dems want indictments, we will give them indictments. In the court of public opinion. Put a real Pro-Lifer in their who answers questions and turns the hearings into a war between good(US) and evil(Dems).

Indict the democrats for killing 40 million babies. Indict them for using the courts to erase the will of the people. Indict dem.

And thank you Harriet. You showed real Christian Spirit by showing humility and letting someone better qualified step up. Amen to that.

Garza? You know how them dems hate us conservative Latinos. He is USMC too.

Alan Keyes? Ohhh yeah. I'd love to see that explosion.

I just want a Pro-Lifer, in their 40s if possible, a veteran if possible, a Pro-Lifer, oh I said that.
903 posted on 10/27/2005 7:01:26 AM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: TomasUSMC
I just want a Pro-Lifer, in their 40s if possible, a veteran if possible, a Pro-Lifer, oh I said that.

Please don't take this wrong. But I think you're setting yourself up for another brawl over the next nominee. Follow me here before you throw something at me.

I think ideologically the president agrees with you. Overturn Roe, property rights, quotas, etc. But he has a different view of the role of the president. He's never taken an ideological posture, except when he steps into campaign mode. As PRESIDENT, he focuses on the constitutional role of the president. He views the court the same way. Note his total emphasis on "originalist" philosophy and a judge who won't legislate from the bench. I think Bush believes a justice who is grounded in the constitution WILL overturn Roe...but on constituional grounds, NOT idealogical grounds. Having watched him carefully, he believes a true LEGAL conservative will automatically benefit the conservative POLITICAL agenda. But he's not going to put the political agenda up front...it's not in keeping with his view of the presidency.

Conservatives were outraged when Schumer declared that Dems would consider "ideology" on judicial nominees. We said religious beliefs shouldn't be a test. We believe a nominee shouldn't be required to state how he/she will decide on issues likely to come before the court.

Our side violated every one of those supposed principles in this fight. It weakens us in future battles. That's why I think Bush will once again (like Roberts and Miers) focus on the LEGAL philosophy of the nominee. But this time, he'll pick a stronger, better known person...I think McConnel or Luttig, or maybe even Ted Olsen.

Yes, it will turn into an "ideological" battle. But you will only hear Bush address the legal considerations.

1,087 posted on 10/27/2005 7:23:55 AM PDT by Timeout
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