My reaction to Justice David Souter's announcement that he was retiring was "what does this guy have against the Bush family"?
First, Souter makes George the Elder look like a dupe by going far left in his judicial career. Then, he quits just a bit more than 3 months after George the Younger leaves office. He just couldn't wait to give President Obama a shot to pick a flaming liberal for the Supreme Court.
The sad reality is that he'll be remembered only for being a closet liberal, not for any important legal precedent. He never penned a significant opinion. He was just a reliable vote for the left-wing.
Thanks for nothing, Dave.
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Bitter! Party of one!
John, even you would have waited to resign rather than give another pick to the man who will go down as the worst president in history.
And as for competence, two words: Clarence Thomas.
Please. You're too smart for these misleading, myopic positions.
Rubes:
Come on! I have to have some fun!
Its really Sununu's fault, anyway. He assured George Sr. that Souter was OK. He should have realized that a single guy from New England who lived with his mother was probably not a main-stream Republican.
Seriously, though, Souter really was not an opinion leader on the Court. He just threw in with the libs.
Finally, yes, I am bitter!
Johnny Di,
A serious question? What is a main stream republican? Is it Sarah Palin? Jeb Bush? Mitt Romney? Tom Ridge? Olympia Snow? Rush Limbaugh?
It seems like individuals (Dems and Repubs, alike)have to take positions they may not agree with to keep factions of their party "in the fold."
Example: Obama "opposes" gay marriage but supports civil union. I'm willing to bet that he doesn't personally opppose it, but knows he has to take this middle ground position to keep certain factions at bay.
So, I ask again: can you please define what a mainstream republican is?
Clearly, that is the question that the Republican party has to answer if it hopes to survive.
Of the names you mentioned, I'd say that Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush are surely mainstream. Tom Ridge is probably in there, but at the liberal edge. Olympia Snowe is probably over the edge.
I would not include Limbaugh because he is a talk-show host. His views are intended to get ratings.
One of the problems we have in politics is that politicians and parties end up being labeled by positions instead of ideas.
For example, abortion is a position. If you are in any way pro-life, you simply are not allowed to be a Democrat office holder. There are many conservatives who want the opposite to be true for the pro-choice politician.
It seems to me that no one really wants abortions, unwanted pregnancies, etc. Somewhere in there there is a reasonable position but our national parties have not found it.
The Republican party is going to have to convince Americans that personal responsibility is preferable to government intervention in our lives. We need to formulate non-government solutions to problems like health care rather than just trying to scare people by saying "don't let some bureaucrat determine your treatment".
Its going to be a tough task because for quite a while, the GOP tried to act like Democrats and expand government for its favored constituencies. The economic crisis has apparently led many more people to conclude that government control of more and more of our economy and our lives is a good thing.
If the GOP is going to survive, its going to have to convince people that individuals are better suited to make economic decisions than the government. In order to do so, they can't allow abuses like we saw on Wall Street during the past several years.
I'll be honest with you. I am rather pessimistic about the future. I think Conservatives have already lost. Obama and the left are taking such a firm hold on the country, I doubt our free market system will ever recover.
Unfortunately, George Bush, Tom DeLay and a few other Republicans were major contributors to this situation.
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