Wednesday, October 05, 2005
I Still Don't Get The Miers Kerfluffle
It's not just the disagreement, its the level of the rhetoric that gets to me. Consider this post from fellow Hewitt/Radioblogger Blog of the Week, Watchman's Words. He compares Bush to George McClellan
Here's what I really don't quite get. The base of both parties are idealists, and in many cases idealogues. Now ask yourself, how have we gotten here? Because the idealists of the Dem party have been willing to compromise and take us in this direction incrementally. Yet we Republicans keep swinging for the fences, and losing as a result. Why can the whacko idealists of the left get the idea that a small victory is better than a loss, while the right just wants to sulk.
Consider this. The overwhelming conservative disappointment in this nomination results in a Republican split. She does not receive confirmation because of that split. Now what do you think the President will have to do? Do you honestly think he can come back with say a Luddig? Oh heck no. At that point, he'll really have to punt.
Good, bad, or indifferent, this is our President's nominee. It may not be what we wanted, but it sure is what we got. Turning on each other accomplishes nothing. And even if the McClellan comparison is apropos (which it is not) we do not have the ability to replace our general. We have got to knock this off pretty quick or its going to get worse, not better.
Let's start chillin' on this. Thanks Ruffini.
And now on the most crucial issue of change--the makeup of the Supreme Court--he keeps punting rather than joining battle with his outnumbered foes. In disgust, conservatives send him this message, "My dear Bush: If you don't want to use the Republican majority, we should like to borrow it for a while."All the criticism of Bush assumes that the Republican majority will line up behind him, not just on the nomination, but also on the constitutional option. Given the compromise that was reached on the appellate court judges, I am not sure that the majority's full support can be relied upon.
Here's what I really don't quite get. The base of both parties are idealists, and in many cases idealogues. Now ask yourself, how have we gotten here? Because the idealists of the Dem party have been willing to compromise and take us in this direction incrementally. Yet we Republicans keep swinging for the fences, and losing as a result. Why can the whacko idealists of the left get the idea that a small victory is better than a loss, while the right just wants to sulk.
Consider this. The overwhelming conservative disappointment in this nomination results in a Republican split. She does not receive confirmation because of that split. Now what do you think the President will have to do? Do you honestly think he can come back with say a Luddig? Oh heck no. At that point, he'll really have to punt.
Good, bad, or indifferent, this is our President's nominee. It may not be what we wanted, but it sure is what we got. Turning on each other accomplishes nothing. And even if the McClellan comparison is apropos (which it is not) we do not have the ability to replace our general. We have got to knock this off pretty quick or its going to get worse, not better.
Let's start chillin' on this. Thanks Ruffini.
