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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Ahhhh, good to see W's Connecticut side is retaking his brain.
Silly Penske, you don't even understand, do you? If Bush wwent hard right and gave the white trash their constitutional literalist, he'd be dooming the GOP for decades. We'd be taxed senseless by some serious left wing Dem president next time around. We'd be fucked, my dear boy. Fucked. High taxes and a socially right wing SCOTUS? Who wins there?
This is a brilliant pick - it preserves the GOP's future and mutes Dem criticism (Harry Reid suggested Bush appoint Miers).
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1. I am more Connecticut than either Bush or you, and I fail to see the relation to the Nutmeg State;
2. Please review the backgrounds of Federal appellate judges Luttig, Jones, and [hi uknowwho!] McConnell (whose nomination, btw, I believe a well known liberal here would support) [/hi uknowwho!], and explain to me how these people are white trash nominees. You or I should have such a distinguished legal pedigree.
3. If this is Bush's strategy, to appease the Dems for future generations, then he is as much of a liar as his dad (who, as far as I am concerned, can burn in hell, assuming there is a hell). I am not convinced of this rationale, but if its true I will formally and publicly eat every word of support I ever gave this nomination and probably not vote R for a while (much as after Bush's dad, I didn't vote R for 8 years). I see this more as pure cronyism, which is only marginally less bad, but still results in a bad nomination. Bush was not elected by the Dems. He was elected by a consituency to which he made certain representations as to what he would do. He likely just breached one of those reps (and a big one)-the level of substantive egregiousness behind that breach is up for speculation.
