posted on October 31, 2005 11:22:13 AM new
Funny how the neocons use the term, "activist judge" when referring to any judge they disagree with. Yet, this is an obvious "activist" for the anti-abortion ultra-conservatives. His religious beliefs influence his judgement, rather than following the constitution.
Bush Nominates Alito for Supreme Court
By RON FOURNIER, AP Political Writer
President Bush nominated veteran judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court Monday, seeking to reshape the judiciary and mollify conservatives who derailed his previous pick. Ready-to-rumble Democrats said Alito may curb abortion rights and be "too radical for the American people."
Drawing an unspoken contrast to failed nominee Harriet Miers, Bush declared that the appeals court judge "has more prior judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee in more than 70 years."
Abortion emerged as a potential fault line. Democrats pointed to Alito's rulings that sought to restrict a woman's right to abortion. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, a Republican who supports abortion rights, said that Alito's views on the hot-button issue "will be among one of the first items Judge Alito and I will discuss."
Alito's mother shed some light. "Of course, he's against abortion," 90-year-old Rose Alito said of her son, a Catholic.
Alito, 55, newly installed Chief Justice John Roberts, 50, and the more than 200 other federal judges Bush has pushed through the Senate could give the Republican president a legacy far beyond his two terms.
In a political twist, Republicans who helped sink Miers' nomination rallied to Alito's side. A leading Democrat who backed Miers led the attack against Alito.
"The Senate needs to find out if the man replacing Miers is too radical for the American people," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada. He chided Bush for not nominating the first Hispanic to the court.
"President Bush would leave the Supreme Court looking less like America and more like an old boys club," Reid said.
So consistently conservative, Alito has been dubbed "Scalito" or "Scalia-lite" by some lawyers because his judicial philosophy invites comparisons to conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. But while Scalia is outspoken and is known to badger lawyers, Alito is polite, reserved and even-tempered.
Given solid Republican support in the Senate where the GOP controls 55 of the 100 seats Democrats would have to filibuster to block Alito's confirmation, a tactic that comes with political risks. Alito also enjoys the early support of conservative activists who used their sway in the Bush White House to derail Miers' nominations.
The fight to nominate Alito, a judge on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since 1990, is one step in Bush's political recovery plan as he tries to regain his footing after a cascade of troubles including the Iraq war and the indictment of the vice president's chief of staff rocked his presidency.
If confirmed by the Senate, Alito would replace retiring justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a decisive swing vote in cases involving affirmative action, abortion, campaign finance, discrimination and the death penalty.
"The Supreme Court is an institution I have long held in reverence," said the bespectacled Alito, a former prosecutor and government attorney who has argued 12 cases before the Supreme Court, winning 10 of them. "During my 29 years as a public servant, I've had an opportunity to view the Supreme Court from a variety of perspectives."
Miers had never been a judge.
Praised by Democrats when confirmed for a Philiadelphia-based appeals court 15 years ago, Alito has staked out positions supporting restrictions on abortion, such as parental and spousal notification.
The jurist from New Jersey favors more restrictions on abortion rights than either the Supreme Court has allowed or O'Connor has supported, based on a 1992 case in which he supported spousal notification.
Bush called for confirmation by year's end, but Senate leaders said the vote may wait until next year.
Wasting no time, Alito went to the Capitol shortly after the announcement to meet with lawmakers. Accompanied by two of his children and Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist, Alito paused first to pay his respects at the coffin of the late civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks in the Capitol rotunda.
Specter said he would not ask Alito directly about whether he would overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion rights ruling.
"There is a lot more to do with a woman's right to choose than how you feel about it personally," he said. Specter cited adherence to legal precedent in view of a series of rulings over 30 years upholding abortion rights.
With no sign of irony, Republicans demanded that Alito get a vote in the Senate something they denied Miers.
"Let's give Judge Alito a fair up or down vote, not left or right," said Sen. John Thune of South Dakota.
Republicans who frowned upon Miers said Alito's selection was in keeping with Bush's promise to conservatives who helped elect him twice. "What I've been hoping for is we would get nominees with a paper trail so we can know their views," said Sen. Sam Brownback (news, bio, voting record), R-Kan., a potential presidential candidate courting conservative voters.
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson called the pick "a grand-slam home run." Gary Bauer, a conservative activist who challenged Miers nomination told CNN, "At least now the president is having a battle with his political opponents and not with his friends."
Alito, who was nominated to the appeals court by Bush's father, signaled his alliance with Bauer and other conservatives by speaking of the "limited role the courts play in our constitutional system."
Abortion-rights activists denounced the pick. "Now, the gauntlet has been, I think, thrown down," said Kate Michelman, past president of NARAL-Pro-Choice American.
"I believe this nomination is aimed at appeasing the most right-wing elements of the president's political base," said Sen. Barbara Boxer (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif.
Miers bowed out last Thursday after three weeks of bruising criticism from members of Bush's own party who argued that the Texas lawyer and loyal Bush confidant had thin credentials and no proven record as a judicial conservative.
Bush had a lengthy interview with Alito after O'Connor announced her retirement in July. White House officials said he was Bush's favorite among the candidates who were judges, but loyalist Miers won out.
Bush called Alito on Friday. White House chief of staff Andy Card talked on the phone with Alito two or three times on Thursday and Friday. Bush formally offered Alito the job when the two met in the Oval Office at 7 a.m. EDT Monday, nearly an hour after the news of his choice leaked out.
The White House immediately reached out to its conservative network to prepare for a fight with Democrats. Steve Schmidt, who was the White House spokesman on the Roberts nomination, told supporters on a conference call that they are already considering themselves 22 votes down in the Senate the 22 Democrats who voted against Roberts.
In the early 1990s, Alito was the lone dissenter in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a case in which the 3rd Circuit struck down a Pennsylvania law that included a provision requiring women seeking abortions to notify their spouses.
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AP White House reporter Deb Riechmann and AP Special Correspondent David Espo contributed to this report.
posted on October 31, 2005 12:19:07 PM new
Yes Linda. You just proved my point. Anti-American through and through. Instead of wanting balance for this country, you want extreme ultra-right winged activists for judge appointments. You claim yourself a conservative, but you are really nothing more than a hypocrite.
There is no whining about it for liberals. We have enough sense to want what is best for this country, but the conservative agenda does nothing but ruin the real moral fiber of this country, something that the Republicans have attacked, and attacked, and attacked.
posted on October 31, 2005 12:24:49 PM new
Let's see.....it was YOUR candidate who said HE would REQUIRE a litmus test for any USSC judges he nominated. Not ours...I'll point out to those who wish to pretend differently.
So liberals, in your opinion, would have placed a moderate on the USSC...not an out and out liberal.
Sure...rusty.....don't know what you're smokin'.....but it's taking you away from the true reality of how these judges would have been nominated by your loser kerry.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on October 31, 2005 12:49:22 PM new
Just curious Linda, but how many "out and out liberals" did Clinton nominate? How many moderates? I prefer politics stay out of this process, and the new nominee obviously doesn't believe so. He is an "activist", and if you seriously think that Bush would nominate someone who was pro-choice, you were obviously dropped on your head as a baby. You know, as well as every single other American knows, that Bush has a litmus test. Saying he doesn't and meaning he doesn't are two different things, just like "I'm a uniter, not a divider"... "Iraq has WMD's"..."I'll fire anyone involved in a CIA leak", "I take responsiblity for Katrina"... and so on, and so on... That would make him a LIAR. Something I'm sure you know alot about.
posted on October 31, 2005 01:24:48 PM new
Now why would you NEOCRATS oppose a nominee that currently sits on one of the most liberal leaning courts in the nation and has sided with those same liberals more often than not.
October 31, 2005
A Look at Alito's Legal Career
By VIKAS BAJAJ
Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. has a long record of rulings on highly charged issues from abortion to the First Amendment as a member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Though he is considered the most conservative member of a generally liberal-leaning court, Judge Alito has joined the majority on the court on several notable decisions.
Here are some highlights of his time on the court and as a federal prosecutor in Newark:
Abortion cases
In 1991, Judge Alito agreed with most of the Third Circuit in the Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania v. Casey decision upholding a law that imposed several limits on abortion. The law required girls younger than 18 seeking abortion to get their parents' consent or a court order saying such approval was not necessary, and it also required all women seeking abortions to be counseled about the procedure and wait 24 hours before they could have the procedure.
But Judge Alito broke with the majority in asserting that Pennsylvania could also require women to notify their husbands before having abortions. This dissent is often cited by conservatives as evidence that the judge shares their beliefs. The late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist quoted Judge Alito in his own dissent in this case when it came before the Supreme Court, which also upheld the other portions of the law by a 5-to-4 vote.
In 2000, Judge Alito joined the majority when it struck down New Jersey's ban on the so-called partial birth abortions in Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey v. Farmer. In a concurring opinion, Mr. Alito echoed the majority in arguing that abortion limits must have an exception for the preservation of the health of the mother, because previous Supreme Court rulings required that they do so.
Go to Opinion
First Amendment cases
Judge Alito wrote a unanimous Third Circuit's opinion that struck down a Pennsylvania school board's antiharassment policy, which he said was so far-reaching that it would punish students for "simple acts of teasing and name-calling."
Go to Opinion
In 1999, the judge wrote a unanimous opinion on behalf of the majority saying the Newark police department had wrongly fired two Muslim officers for refusing to shave off their beards, which the two maintained they were required to wear because of their religious beliefs.
Go to Opinion
Judge Alito wrote for the majority in another 1999 decision upholding a Jersey City holiday display that was being challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union. The decision cited that the display, which had been modified after previous displays were deemed unconstitutional, was acceptable because it "contained not only a crθche, a menorah, and Christmas tree, but also large plastic figures of Santa Claus and Frosty the Snowman, a red sled, and Kwanzaa symbols on the tree."
Go to Opinion
Notable prosecutions
Before he was appointed to the Court of Appeals, Mr. Alito worked on a bribery investigation with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that focused on three housing authorities in New Jersey. Several former government officials pleaded guilty in the case, beginning in 1990.
Mr. Alito's office secured convictions against three members of the Genovese crime family for plotting to kill John Gotti and his brother Gene in 1989. He also successfully started and prosecuted cases involving members of the Lucchese crime family.
I gave my liberal neighbors son a book for his birthday. He went crazy trying to find where to put the batteries.
[ edited by Bear1949 on Oct 31, 2005 01:27 PM ]
posted on October 31, 2005 01:40:59 PM new
As far as I am concerned, a judge who puts their religious agenda in front of fair and legal rulings will always be an "Activist Judge".
posted on October 31, 2005 02:04:36 PM new
LOL....sure it's okay for atheists to have their own person views on any subject.....but when they make their judicial 'decisions' on that issue...it's because they're personal feelings didn't come into play? LOL how very funny.
But of course when the republican judges do anything the atheists don't agree with....it's because their putting their personal religious values in front of the laws.
Sure rusty.....and extremely laughable.
The religious right was UPSET about the Miers nomination......BECAUSE they didn't know where she'd take a stand on the pro-life issues. You're all off base on that statement. Must have been you who was 'dropped on your head' too many times if you believe that crap.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on October 31, 2005 02:14:22 PM new
Linda - how is it that you have screamed bloody murder that you wanted a strict constitutionalist and yet this person clearly is not and you are jumping for joyu. Why don't you just be honest and admit that you want someone that thinks the same way you do and couldn't care less if that fits into the constitution or not.
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posted on October 31, 2005 02:21:43 PM new
LOL fenix....that's YOUR opinion....not a fact by any means and not a statement I agree with. And his voting history speaks much more loudly....than any one's personal, biased opinion.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on October 31, 2005 02:29:34 PM new
OK - Then Linda - we'll ask this one again. What aspect is it of the constitution that supports the assertion that a husbands consent must be required for a married woman to have an abortion?
Come on Linda - just once today stop dabbling your toes and take a jump and clearly state what you believe. You won't say if it is ok to lie to the FBI and a grand jury, can you at least do this one?
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posted on October 31, 2005 02:44:31 PM new
fenix - Just because you can't grasp what I have written....doesn't mean I haven't made myself quite clear on my feelings about BOTH of these issues.
Truth is: You liberals wouldn't have been happy with ANY nominee that this President offered.
And the fact that he's a strick constructionist must make the liberals blood boil.
Before the liberals decided to ADD abortion to our Constitution....t wasn't mentioned in there either. New amendments DO change the laws. A more conservative leaning judge will also....like it or not.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on October 31, 2005 02:50:18 PM new
Truth is: You liberals wouldn't have been happy with ANY nominee that this President offered.
Well - that is hardly the truth Linda - I liked Roberts.
::And the fact that he's a strick constructionist must make the liberals blood boil.::
I want you to justify that statement Linda - Come on - stop dancing and finger pointing and playing politician and just once have the guts to answer a direct question directly.
What aspect is it of the constitution that supports the assertion that a husbands consent must be required for a married woman to have an abortion?
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posted on October 31, 2005 02:54:46 PM new
Fenix it doesn't and you know it. But that doesn't mean it won't soon be a law in some state and upheld in USSC the next time around.
I don't think abortion will ever be abolished, restricted yes, but but not abolished.
posted on October 31, 2005 03:01:56 PM new
Ron - I agree with you that abortion will most likely never be eliminated. But as you said, time and time again the pro-abortion groups keeping going to court to argue to take parental rights away...and the other side fights back. Each state has different laws that regulate restrictions on abortions....and then these cases end up in the USSC to be decided.
Anyone who thinks those who oppose abortion aren't going to continue fight to SET limits on this hot issue are crazy.
And fenix - I think you need to read bears link in this thread. Maybe you can see that this Judge does make his rulings by the state laws and what was already decided by the USSC.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on October 31, 2005 03:20:02 PM new
::Fenix it doesn't and you know it.::
You are right Ron but I want Linda to admit it or to justify Alitos assertion that it should be legal requirement with her assertion that he is a strict constructionist.
Quite frankly I think that Linda is full of it when she states that she wants a strict constuctionist on the court and is a blatant hypocrite when she complain that about "liberal activist judges" and would just once like to see her be honest about what she believes.
She loves to call people on avoiding her questions but I have asked her four direct questions today and she has pranced around every one of them, refusing to give an answer because an honest answer will not fit into her hyperbole.
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posted on October 31, 2005 03:34:01 PM new
lol
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on October 31, 2005 03:45:17 PM new
Linda,
Don't get me wrong I am in favor of Roe vs Wade, as unfortunate as it is, it would be more unfortunate in my eyes to have more unwanted children in this world.
People are not adopting like they should and I believe it would be more cruel to have those children living.
We have people who I think would adopt many unwanted children but because of thier lifestyle are denied that.
Ron
posted on October 31, 2005 04:19:08 PM new
"But as you said, time and time again the pro-abortion groups keeping going to court to argue to take parental rights away...and the other side fights back."
Linda's use of the term "pro-abortion groups" is exactly what I refer to. Nothing but a typical talking point from another neocon. Exactly which "PRO ABORTION" groups do you refer to? I'm a little hard pressed to find any true "Pro Abortion Groups" who have actually gone to court to take parental rights away, but let's see if Linda can name one, oh and while you are at it, do you have any specifics as to why you really believe they are "PRO ABORTION" rather than Pro-personal choice?
posted on October 31, 2005 04:36:53 PM new
Let's cut to the chase here as I'm not going to argue the abortion issue with any liberal here tonight...been there, done that way too many times.
THIS subject of this judge's nomination is all about the liberal/dems who want NOTHING to limit or change abortions on demand. IF the USSC majority is more conservative...that is more likely to happen.
Somehow in your eyes it's okay that kerry said HE would use a litmus test against anyone who supported the pro-live views. So to rant and rave over and over that our side is doing just the opposite is nuts.
OF course each side sees the abortion issue differently. That's what winning this election also centered on....and President Bush had the support of the majority of the American voters. And he's been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to place two, so far, on the USSC. I hope he has the opportunity to place another TWO before his administration is over. It's LONG passed due....the liberals had taken over the courts and were legislating from the bench.....BECAUSE they couldn't win in the election process.
With a more conservative court....we will have LESS judicial activitism from the left. And that's absolutely WONDERFUL imo.
So as I said earlier today....piss and moan and whine and complain all you want. What bothers all of you is that it's not a liberal President filling these seats. TOO BAD....it's our turn.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on October 31, 2005 06:37:16 PM new
Rusty, why do you and the others think abortion is the only case this guy will live to hear on the supreme court?
posted on October 31, 2005 07:22:30 PM newNew amendments DO change the laws. A more conservative leaning judge will also....like it or not.
But of course, he won't be an activist when he does it. Only a liberal judge can be the dreaded activist.
So linda, looks like you're ok with judges creating legislation.
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posted on October 31, 2005 09:15:14 PM new
At least I'm not the only person that sees that Prof. For months she has been against ANY judicial activism, now it seems that she has ammended that to fit the current candidate and states that LESS activism will be fine. Of course it's only fine if the activism that is incorporated is conservative based.
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posted on October 31, 2005 09:20:45 PM new
BTW LInda - there was another question I asked a week or so ago that you never answered. Do you feel any animosity toward Bush for nominating a candidate (Miers) that had no chance of being confirmed and therefore missed the opportunity to load the bench prior to the Nov 30th arguements on the New Hampshire late term abortion ban?
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posted on November 1, 2005 07:12:27 AM new
rusty says: As far as I am concerned, a judge who puts their religious agenda in front of fair and legal rulings will always be an "Activist Judge".
And as with most liberals he makes a decision when he has NO KNOWLEDGE, himself, of the facts.
This is no activist judge who rules according to his religious beliefs. If he did/were ruling that way...he wouldn't have supported many abortion rights. He rules by law....SET LAW....as he did in the PA case.
He doesn't have a record of ruling as an activist judge...by making laws up like the liberal judges do.
If one learns the facts....they will see this judge supports LAW...not as rusty WRONGLY suggests by his religious beliefs.
Ignorance is bliss to some it appears.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on November 1, 2005 07:18:08 AM new
And fenix - Last night you, several times, kept accusing me of not answering YOUR questions. That's SUCH a laugh....because it's something you do to me...you ignore my questions to you...as you did in your own thread on 'where in the constitution does it say this' thread last night.
There have been other times where you've chosen to ignore my questions to you, so I find it EXTREMELY laughable that you accuse me of something you do all the time.
As far as your thread goes....I've posted a statement that hopefully will explain to you and other liberals that he was ruling on LAW....PA LAW.
As far as Miers goes, I've already posted how I felt about her resignation...about how the right wasn't happy with her lack of judicial experience, etc. And as far as I go....I could care less. As long as this administration keeps appointing conservative USSC judges....I'm in HEAVEN.
Also I wanted to correct a statement you made....when you stated something along the line of telling others I really don't support constitutionists. I do....and both of this President's nomination have been JUST that, imo.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on November 1, 2005 07:25:54 AM new
In saying both....I mean both Robert's AND Alito ARE strict constructionists....no matter what the liberals here say. It can be see in their rulings, in the court cases, etc.
No need to believe liberal hyberbole...anyone interested enough to not believe every word some liberal MSM prints...will see the truth.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
posted on November 1, 2005 07:28:24 AM new
I thought this was a fairly good analysis of Alito and the whole childish political process and its players. I had to laugh at one point where the writer remarks Roberts was sort of "even-stevens" for Rehnquist and the left is rubbed in that they expect the same for O'Conner:
CBS Attorney Andrew Cohen/CBS News and CBSNews.com.
October 31, 2005
No one can reasonably complain about the credentials of 3rd U.S. Circuit Court Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. as he begins the confirmation process that is likely to see him take a seat on the United States Supreme Court.
Alito has the experience, the training and the temperament for the job. In all of these senses he is closer on the sliding scale of political and legal suitability to the new Chief Justice, John G. Roberts Jr., than he is to the woman he succeeded as a candidate for the Court, Harriet Miers.
But Judge Alito also brings with him to this process a universally-accepted reputation as a rock-ribbed conservative jurist who is not afraid to get out in front of the curve when it comes to the types of social issues that get the president's base foaming at the mouth.
For example, he is to the right of the Court's current majority when it comes to abortion rights he voted for a marital notice provision in an abortion law early in his career as a judge and his ascension to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's seat would immediately narrow that majority in practical ways.
If he gets to the Court in time, he might even have a say in the pending abortion rights case this term that will determine whether Congress can ban a certain type of late-term abortion procedure.
Alito also could change the Court's fragile balance when it comes to Establishment Clause cases involving religious symbols on public property. He's already on the record as favoring a weakened wall between church and state.
Moreover, he is on the record as favoring a strong executive branch at the expense of both Congress and the judiciary (and many would argue "civil liberties", which relates directly to the current administration's stance toward the legal war on terror.
If right-wing interest groups were to offer to their constituents a pin-up poster for "Most Promising Justice," Judge Alito's glamour shot would be a best-seller.
And that's precisely why his candidacy for the Court is going to generate the political and legal donnybrook we never saw with the Roberts' or Miers' nominations.
Roberts, for the most part, got a pass because he had carefully avoided taking polemic positions during his brief tenure as a federal appeals court judge. Miers never got a chance to get a pass because she was unable even to make it to her hearing.
Alito is strong enough to get a hearing but not strong enough to warrant the deference the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the Senate as a whole, offered Roberts...
posted on November 1, 2005 07:37:53 AM new
Thanks for posting that article which speaks CLEARLY to his judicial qualifications, dbl.
The problem with the liberals and why some of them will fight this nomination, is as Diane Feinstein (D-CA) said during the Robert's hearings.....[pharaphrasing here] "Democrats are going to HAVE to accept that this President is not going to nominate a liberal judge."
And THAT is what is really pissing them off.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
Not ours...I'll point out to those who wish to pretend differently.
