President Bush nominated his White House lawyer for a seat on the Supreme
Court.
The Catholic Democrat turned fundamentalist Protestant Republican shares Bush's views on religion and basically on how the world and nation ought to be.
His message to his fellow conservatives about his nomination was that she is religious, just like we are, and will vote just like we want her to vote.
In a nation that constitutionally mandates the separation of Church and State, emphasizing her religion as a qualifying factor, is down right unconstitutional. But then again Harriet IS expected to rule according to her religious beliefs and not according to the dictates of our Constitution.
Is President Bush insulting the intelligence of every American citizen with his nomination? I think he is but then he CAN get away with it because he controls Congress or does he?
Some conservatives are actually opposing Harriet. They feel she is not a totally verifiable religious nut case - she may have an independent brain cell somewhere in her head and that would be dangerous. When she was a young Catholic, she actually was pro-choice. Could she revert back to her evil past?
The conservatives want someone that will guarantee them a vote to repeal Roe vs Wade and take away that and many more freedoms granted to Americans by previous Supreme Courts - hell even Rush Limbaugh is against her nomination. On the other hand, Pat Robertson threatened to kill / assassinate or is it just pray for their death, anyone that opposes her nomination.
What we have here is a conservative circus. The sad thing is that Democrats and the rest of the country can basically do nothing about this situation - it is out of our hands. Did we ever think we would come to such a sad point in our history?
Bush's nomination demeans the high court, demeans this nation and demeans the image of this country in the eyes of the world. Bush is a dictator, plain and simple and in the span of two terms in office, he will destroy the American aura that the world has held for so many years. We are now just plain stupid, mean and self serving. The more religious we get the more ignorant and superstitious we appear. Hell we are trying to bring Creationism into our science classes - how dark age can you get.
Something needs to happen. If we care anything about this country and our future, we will need to actually pay attention to what is going on in Washington and use the only tool we have - our vote.
I feel strongly that for the next election we will actually have a Republican candidate that will not be from the same school of idiocy as Bush. That man is McCain and he can have my vote anytime. Will he be too late? Bush has a long way to go and can do a hell of a lot of damage. Lets take away Bush's power base. If your Republican Congressman is pro Bush - get him out of there - now!
Janusz
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