[ohioWfan]

Hang on. Are you saying that Bush's nomination was a good thing?

I am saying it was a MISTAKE. Why do you disagree?

Seriously here...... you misunderstood what I said, so I'll elaborate. I didn't say that President Bush thought it was a mistake when he made the choice. I said that it WAS a mistake, and it obviously was because she wasn't able to make it past the Senate hearings.

And when she didn't work out, he had Alito at the ready, and the mistake was corrected.

I don't think any further clarification needs to be made.

President Bush's two SC Justices ON THE BENCH are better than Reagan's choice of SDO'C. That is a fact that cannot be denied.

And in being responsible for two of the most conservative Justices on the SC, it cannot be accurately stated that George W. Bush did nothing conservative.

That is now, and always has been my point.

[mkjessup]

Hang on. Are you saying that Bush's nomination was a good thing?

Not exactly. In one way, it WAS a good thing because it was a prime demonstration of the inner RINO lurking inside him.

I am saying it was a MISTAKE. Why do you disagree?

I don't disagree, my view is that Bush knew full well that Ms. Harriet was utterly unqualified to sit on the highest court in the land, but he intended to reward a Bush family crony with a sweet political plum and a lifetime position, salary and the requisite perks.

And when she didn't work out, he had Alito at the ready.

That alone demonstrates his poor judgment that he actually thought that wannabe Justice Miers could actually make it through the Senate.

President Bush's two SC Justices ON THE BENCH are better than Reagan's choice of SDO'C. That is a fact that cannot be denied.

And once again, I point out that O'Connor's drift to the left was completely unexpected and that she was nominated and confirmed with the unconditional backing and support of two of the greatest conservatives of all time, Senator Barry Goldwater and President Ronald Reagan.

You seem to be displaying RudyBot behavior, one of the distasteful tactics of the now departed supporters of the liberal RINO from New York, i.e., during the famed 'FR Bug Zapper' thread, said RudyBots went out of their way to sneer and insult the Gipper, usually by comparing Rudy-Tooty's marital shenanigans with our 40th President's divorce from actress Jane Wyman in 1949. I see similarities between those RudyBot tactics and your snide comments about Reagan's SCOTUS nominee, it's not a very sophisticated tactic when you either subtly or blatantly tear down Reagan in order to build up your own failed RINO idol, GWB. Unless you think you were some kind of clairvoyant, there was no way to know what kind of Judge Sandra Day O'Connor would turn out to be, so don't be bashing Reagan (and by extension Barry Goldwater) with your sneers in that regard. FYI, a similar situation happened to no less than President Eisenhower regarding former Chief Justice Earl Warren, described by Eisenhower as "the biggest damn fool mistake I ever made."

And in being responsible for two of the most conservative Justices on the SC, it cannot be accurately stated that George W. Bush did nothing conservative.

Even the proverbial blind dog occasionally finds a tree to lift his leg on.