NEWS FLASH!
He said to ‘trust him’
Maybe this was his plan all along?
Thank CHRIST!!!
I have unequivocally supported W in 2000 and 2004 for the primary reason of SCOTUS nominee selection. Granted, there were other reasons - not the least of which being the alternatives were hypocritical, special-interest whoring, liberal buffoons. No matter what else W did or didn’t do, picking SCOTUS nominees was going to have the single biggest and most lasting effect on our nation and our day to day lives. And yes, bigger than a war in Iraq.
Bush promised to select nominees that were “in the mold of Scalia and Thomas.” Great! That’s what I want. However, as is well known among those who pay attention, stealth nominees have not been kind to conservatives.
If Harriet Miers was not a Scalia-Thomas clone, it would have been a huge betrayal by those who elected Bush, who anticipated at least one opening on the SCOTUS bench during his term. This betrayal, in my opinion, could never be forgiven. Certainly there are alternatives to Miers with a much clearer judicial history.
Now lets say she was a Scalia-Thomas clone. She is also 60. One of the stated reasons Bush selected Miers is that he knows she won’t change her opinion in 20 years. This I agree with since she likely will not be breathing in 20 years.
The fact is nobody knows about Harriet Miers. Addressing this, Bush has said, “trust me.” While I do not question his whose overall honesty and integrity, I do not trust him with a matter this important. He simply does not have the track record for me to do this.
President Bush has betrayed me with his amnesty program for illegal aliens - oh sorry, “temporary guest workers.” He betrayed me by signing that horrible attack on the first amendment called the McCain-Fiengold campaign finance reform bill. He betrayed me by showing no ability to control runaway discretionary spending. He has never vetoed anything. How “conservative” is he?
The new estimates show that, under Bush, total outlays will have risen $408 billion in just three years to $2.272 trillion: an enormous increase in federal spending of 22 percent.
Government agencies that Republicans were calling to be abolished less than 10 years ago, such as education and labor, have enjoyed jaw-dropping spending increases under Bush of 70 percent and 65 percent respectively.
That article from the CATO institute is over 2 years old. Do you think these drunken sailor ways have improved?
I believe Bush selected Harriet Miers because he trusts and believes in her. I however, consider neither Bush, and by association Miers, conservatives.
BRING ON LUTTIG!!
You make several good points, Tuff. However, as a former drunken sailor, I must point out that even on the occasions when I was living up to the reputation it was always my own money that I spent so freely.
I want another Thomas. So what if the Donks go nuts over it!! F**k ‘em!!
Let’s identify the RINO’s in the Senate and clean house!!!
We Conservatives elected GW, it’s time he followed through on his promises.
Posted by MAJ Mike
10/27/2005 at 09:56 PM
Judge Bork wouldn’t do it. I believe he’s stated so himself, multiple times. IIRC, it’s because of his age; he doesn’t want to force yet another Supreme Court battle for that postion anytime soon.
Were he twenty or thirty years younger, I think he’d jump at it.
The name of Janice Rogers Brown has been bandied around a great deal, though… So has Miguel Estrada.
Janice Rogers Brown, Janice Rogers Brown, Come on, say it with me now, Janice Rogers Brown, Janice Roberts Brown, LOUDER!!!!
JANICE ROBERTS BROWN, JANICE ROBERTS BROWN…
Come on President Bush, NUKE their sorry liberal asses!!!
I’m with you Jag.
Luttig or Emilio Garza would be nice choices too.
Have you heard the dems saying that Bush needs to pick a ‘consensus’ nominee?
F*** ‘EM!Posted by Annoying Little Twerp
10/28/2005 at 04:42 AM
Yeah, for them Darth Bader Ginsburg was a consensus candidate. Go figure.
I don’t think that a judge can be found that’s as conservative as she is liberal. Not that I’m recommending such a thing, just sayin’.
I hope that Dubya makes a nomination that causes Fat Teddy to explode. I wanna see that ... from a safe distance.
Yep! I like the sound of Janice Rogers Brown. Conservative, black, female—would be a nice “...in your face...” moment to toss at the the Donks!
Posted by MAJ Mike
10/28/2005 at 07:28 AM
I’m for Janice Rogers Brown 110% all the way, and just not because she and I share a common surname…
But then the
donks would don their white KKK sheets and show themselves to be the real bigots that they truly are, if JRB was nominated. Just ask Senator Robert C. Byrd (D, KKK, W. VA), former Klan Kleagle, career 
and lifelong political parasite.
LC RatPat
