The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
More reactions to Republican "appeasement"
John Cornyn is spinning this as a Democratic "Admission of guilt". And while I agree with him about Justice Owen, I do not think the public sees it like Mr. Cornyn does. I think they see this as I see it: Republicans who were afraid to do something daring lest they be called names by the mean old Harry Reid, Howard Dean and Ted Kennedy. Pass the airsick bag, please.
Meanwhile Thomas Lifson is looking at things from the John "Benedict Arnold" McCain angle and not liking it much. But I don't think there is much to worry about there; I now think it will be a cold day in hell when McCain gets anywhere near a Republican nomination for President. The base (read: the South) will never allow that to happen. But Lifson does have a point that this will temporarily allow McCain to eclipse Frist in wielding more power in the Senate. I do not expect the country, nor the Republican party, to benefit from such an exercise.
The American Spectator's Washington Prowler thinks it won't be long before Bush has a Supreme Court nomination to make, with Renquist set to step down, and Gonzales appears to be the money pick. We may find out pretty quickly whether the Democratic definition of "extraordinary" is as maleable as their definition of the word "is". And if the Dems do decide to fillibuster Alberto, we will find out what kind of backbone these 7 traitors in the Senate really have.
Finally, Hugh Hewitt has two great posts, just chock full of the kind of political analysis we have come to expect from him:
Post one, filed this morning, in which Hewitt joins me in officially declaring the McCain candidacy DOA and also agrees with me that if Frist can't hold a 55-45 majority together, it doesn't say a hell of a lot about how he would handle foreign leaders and a hostile press.
Post two, filed later in the day, in which the turncoat Lindsey Graham is given both barrels, and in which we also get Hugh's educated guesses on which Republicans actually benefit from this fiasco (a good case is made for Thune). Oh, and Hillary gets off easy too, because now she doesn't have to go on the record about up or down votes. Nice...
In the meantime, I think it is time for a Newcastle Brown Ale, because this is about as much thinking about this betrayal that I can take right now. I'm taking the rest of the night off. Our Constitution has been sold down the river to Kleagle Robert Byrd, Ted "I shop at Scuba World" Kennedy, the whole lot of their fellow band of merry socialist activists, and the turncoat Republicans who gave the minority the majority by handing them an undeserved and unearned victory out of the jaws of defeat. Nice work guys. We won't forget this, either; you can put that in the bank. Enjoy your time with Katie Couric while you can because your day is coming too.
Meanwhile Thomas Lifson is looking at things from the John "Benedict Arnold" McCain angle and not liking it much. But I don't think there is much to worry about there; I now think it will be a cold day in hell when McCain gets anywhere near a Republican nomination for President. The base (read: the South) will never allow that to happen. But Lifson does have a point that this will temporarily allow McCain to eclipse Frist in wielding more power in the Senate. I do not expect the country, nor the Republican party, to benefit from such an exercise.
The American Spectator's Washington Prowler thinks it won't be long before Bush has a Supreme Court nomination to make, with Renquist set to step down, and Gonzales appears to be the money pick. We may find out pretty quickly whether the Democratic definition of "extraordinary" is as maleable as their definition of the word "is". And if the Dems do decide to fillibuster Alberto, we will find out what kind of backbone these 7 traitors in the Senate really have.
Finally, Hugh Hewitt has two great posts, just chock full of the kind of political analysis we have come to expect from him:
Post one, filed this morning, in which Hewitt joins me in officially declaring the McCain candidacy DOA and also agrees with me that if Frist can't hold a 55-45 majority together, it doesn't say a hell of a lot about how he would handle foreign leaders and a hostile press.
Post two, filed later in the day, in which the turncoat Lindsey Graham is given both barrels, and in which we also get Hugh's educated guesses on which Republicans actually benefit from this fiasco (a good case is made for Thune). Oh, and Hillary gets off easy too, because now she doesn't have to go on the record about up or down votes. Nice...
In the meantime, I think it is time for a Newcastle Brown Ale, because this is about as much thinking about this betrayal that I can take right now. I'm taking the rest of the night off. Our Constitution has been sold down the river to Kleagle Robert Byrd, Ted "I shop at Scuba World" Kennedy, the whole lot of their fellow band of merry socialist activists, and the turncoat Republicans who gave the minority the majority by handing them an undeserved and unearned victory out of the jaws of defeat. Nice work guys. We won't forget this, either; you can put that in the bank. Enjoy your time with Katie Couric while you can because your day is coming too.
