Assume the Position

Columnist extraordinaire Jack Kelly has a post up today in which he analyzes some of the reaction to the Miers nomination. Among other things, his post extensively quotes a Freeper with "inside information," who is one of the very few people I've seen to switch from being anti-Miers to pro-Miers (the number switching the other way seems to be growing.)

To basically summarize, the Freeper in question makes three points, based upon inside information that he believes to be trustworthy. First, he claims, Harriet Miers is literally the only candidate on the President's list who could have gotten through the Senate. Second, he says, Specter was ready and raring to Bork another judicial candidate. Third, this is all the Senate's fault, and if we want the problem fixed, we need to work harder to get even more Republicans elected.

Now, this Freeper (Pukin Dog), is very well-stated, and his position sounds very reasonable. "We wanted to do better, but political realities are what they are. WHy don't you get out there and beat the paths in 2006, and maybe next time it will turn out better?"

Sounds reasonable right? I'll tell you what, Mr. Anonymous Inside White House Source, you send a decent candidate down to the Senate first, and if they reject him/her, then you come to me with this madness-dressed-in-sanity crap. Don't explain to me why you pre-emptively surrendered with, "You folks need to get out there and work harder."

Let's get this straight. Some blame is gonna go around if this judicial nomination bombs. If the President wanted to insulate himself from that blame, he owed it to his own administration to give it a shot and place the onus squarely on the Senate to oppose a qualified candidate on purely ideological grounds. Make them do it in front of the whole nation - Democrat and RINO alike - and if the chips fall that way, then let em fall, and then you can give us this, "I have to send my staff attorney in there now, she's the best person who can get through."

I'll tell you why this is important, Mr. Source. Whenever we hear stuff like this as an explanation for why something cannot be done before it is even tried, it lends a little more credibility to what the moonbats have been saying for years - that the party really doesn't want to overturn Roe v. Wade, and that you're using it to string us all along and get easy votes.

Personally, I'm done being your cash (vote) cow. You can prove to me that you mean to be a pro-life party in more than name, or I'm going to start giving serious credence to the belief that you really are duping me, and I really hate being duped. You can successfully accomplish this by withdrawing this miserable nomination and at least trying to send up a worthy nominee. If that nominee fails because of Arlen Specter and Lincoln Chafee, then you can come back and talk to me about working to increase your majority even further.

Until then, I'm tired of being told, "I'll respect you in the morning."

Comments

[Dwilkers]

/Agree

We got them the majority in both houses and the presidency. If they aren't willing to go to the mat NOW, then WHEN?

I am quite disillusioned.

We'll see what happens. I think its entirely possible Bush has appointed 2 pro-Roe votes to the SCOTUS. I have never believed Roe was going to be overturned but I would like to see the court allow some reasonable regulation around the edges - and I'd like to see this constant invasion by the courts into our daily lives and social traditions come to an END.

I seriously doubt Miers will be defeated.

[Bob]

If the problem is the squishy Republicans in the Senate, that's still Bush's fault. After all, he actively worked to defeat a conservative challenger to Specter. Why should any RINO fear or help Bush now? There's no cost!

[Jeremy]

Amen to Bob's remark about Specter. The White House had two opportunities to do something about him, one was during the Pennslyvania Senate primary when Toomey gave Specter a great challenge and the other was when Specter shot his mouth off after the election.

Foolishly supporting Specter in the Specter/Toomey primary has made Rick Santorum a dead duck and George Bush a lame duck.

[DL]

Simple math. If Miers turns out to be another morphed conservative. Someone else will have to appoint two conservatives to counter her appointment.

As a long time watcher of long term trends (stock market etc.,) I've noticed when a large group of believers get really burned, they don't come back for years if at all. Their sons and daughters might, but they don't!
Bush will sink the Republican party if this choice morphs. He may have done sufficient damage to it already.

[Wholesale Electronics]

These are all wonderful images and I like the first one best; the fruit and vegetable stand. The look, the colors and whole setup just makes you want to stop and just take in what's there. Nicely done...