Add conservative commentator Peggy Noonan to those grumbling about President Bush’s nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court. She wrote in The Wall Street Journal that the president would have been better served politically by a bench-clearing brawl:
“A fractious and sparring base would have come together arm in arm to fight for something all believe in: the beginning of the end of command-and-control liberalism on the U.S. Supreme Court. Senate Democrats, forced to confront a serious and principled conservative of known stature, would have damaged themselves in the fight. If in the end President Bush lost, he’d lose while advancing a cause that is right and doing serious damage to the other side. Then he could come back to win with the next nominee. And if he won he’d have won, rousing his base and reminding them why they’re Republicans.”
Or here’s a wacky alternative: Forget the politics and nominate someone else like Chief Justice John Roberts who has impeccable legal credentials.
Posted by Phillip Brownlee
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Nominate a federal judge for the US Supreme Court? Sounds too much like common sense to happen in the current administration.
Bush is neither Christian nor Conservative, he is just a potitical coward of the worst order. America would be a much better place had Pat Buchanan been elected President!
Well, anybody would be better than Bush, Ian.
I grudgingly have to agree with you on that.
Amazing, isn’t it, Galahd, when one has no choice but to agree with Ian Santiago? I guess that’s one of the things that happens when a President’s approval rating reaches 37%.
And judging from the direction things are headed, I’d say we’ll probably have to get used to it.
I have to take this rare chance to agree with Ian.Buchanan sucks less than Bush.There, I did it.
Kinda funny,
Ian is certainly not a Christian in any sense of the word that I understand, and I’m not even sure he’s a conservative. Maybe he’s “conservative” in the same sense that Heinrich Himmler was.
As to Bush versus Buchanan..why can’t we split the difference and have McCain or Cuomo?
Kinda funny,
Ian is certainly not a Christian in any sense of the word that I understand, and I’m not even sure he’s a conservative. Maybe he’s “conservative” in the same sense that Heinrich Himmler was.
As to Bush versus Buchanan..why can’t we split the difference and have McCain or Cuomo?
Kinda funny,
Ian is certainly not a Christian in any sense of the word that I understand, and I’m not even sure he’s a conservative. Maybe he’s “conservative” in the same sense that Heinrich Himmler was.
As to Bush versus Buchanan..why can’t we split the difference and have McCain or Cuomo?
Kinda funny,
Ian is certainly not a Christian in any sense of the word that I understand, and I’m not even sure he’s a conservative. Maybe he’s “conservative” in the same sense that Heinrich Himmler was.
As to Bush versus Buchanan..why can’t we split the difference and have McCain or Cuomo?
excuse the double posting…computer reported a time out, not a successful post the first time.
excuse the double posting…computer reported a time out, not a successful post the first time.
Brian,
I am much more a true Christian than those kosher katholics who sanction abortion, gay marriage and vote for filth like Kerry and Kennedy!
As for McCain, he is a traitor and deserves to swing with Bush, Clinton(s) and the rest!
Ian,
Did you ever notice that Jesus preached compassion for his fellow human beings. I don’t recall his ever calling anyone filth, or mud people, for example.
As for abortion, perhaps you should read the Old Testament a bit. God put no value on the life of children below 6 months…never mind those in the womb. So go talk to YHWH about whether abortion is OK with Him.
As to homosexuality in the Bible..committed, same sex relationships were unknown in Biblical times. The “homosexuality” being condemned was male prostitution and pederasty…things we all still condemn today.
And, as far as you’re concerned…well, let’s not go there.
Ian,
Did you ever notice that Jesus preached compassion for his fellow human beings. I don’t recall his ever calling anyone filth, or mud people, for example.
As for abortion, perhaps you should read the Old Testament a bit. God put no value on the life of children below 6 months…never mind those in the womb. So go talk to YHWH about whether abortion is OK with Him.
As to homosexuality in the Bible..committed, same sex relationships were unknown in Biblical times. The “homosexuality” being condemned was male prostitution and pederasty…things we all still condemn today.
And, as far as you’re concerned…well, let’s not go there.
I’m glad I agreed with Ian while I had the chance.
Now back to the hatred and condoning violcence, that I just can’t agree with. I’m sure Ian doesn’t need my permission to have those views though.