[Wait4Truth]

Gonzales is not a liberal. He voted against parental notification. This will set off another firestorm on FR, of course. However, when George W. Bush ran for office, he said over and over again that he would have no abortion litmus test. Roe vs Wade is not going to be overturned - not by this President or any other. That's just reality. Gonzales is very strong in other areas that are important to the President. The one-issue abortion voters probably didn't vote for him in the first place since he stated early on he would have no abortion litmus test on his judges. The Bush-haters will have a field day with this but most Americans will understand and welcome the first Latino on the bench. Gonzales is very conservative on a lot of issues. I have to go...I know the flames will come swiftly....but it's New Year's Eve and some things just have to get done. Happy New Year!!

[AppyPappy]

Roe vs Wade is not going to be overturned - not by this President or any other. That's just reality.

Neither was slavery.

Exactly HOW is he a conservative? Is he a strong conservative like John Paul Stevens?

[Afronaut]

"Gonzales is very conservative on a lot of issues"
Rhino.

Bush has defined himself enought for me this year.

[Texas_Jarhead]

tell me again why 'most Americans will understand and welcome the first Latino on the bench." Because he is hispanic? so what. Only ethnic and race hustlers care about that. Bush could appoint a Martian for all I care, as long as it's a conservative Martian.

[Spiff]

This will set off another firestorm on FR, of course. However, when George W. Bush ran for office, he said over and over again that he would have no abortion litmus test. Roe vs Wade is not going to be overturned - not by this President or any other.

Why no litmus test!? Why!!!? The leftists and liberals have a pro-abortion litmus test for all their nominees, but for some reason the conservatives are too stupid to have the same. One would think that a principled conservative would only support a nominee who doesn't think that that pureeing a baby and sucking it into a sink is a cool thing. Grisly murder is grisly murder and a litmus test should always be applied.

And if we're not attempting to overturn the demented and unconstitutional Roe v. Wade, then what the hell good are the Republican Party, the Republican majority in the House and Senate, and the Republican President and Vice President in the White House!!? More pork for our side!? Screw that.

The Republican Party, every 4 years at the national convention, reaffirms as a plank of its platform - its very core mission statement - the desire to overturn Roe v. Wade. Yet you say that they shouldn't even try, that the effort should be abandoned, that Republicans should only pay lip service to the goal but to, in reality, cease being the party that respects the sanctity of human life because that is more pragmatic.

You want to dehumanize it and call it an "issue" - as in "one-issue abortion voter". Well, those babies - those human beings whose hearts beat, whose brains function - are being murdered at a rate of 1.3 million per year. They're not just "issues" - they are defenseless, innocent human beings who are being slaughtered - sacrificed on the altar of convenience and lifestyle preservation.

You RINOs need to go find another party. Call it the Conservatives Who Think Abortion Is Just Dandy Party or something. Whatever - but you're not Republicans.

[sweetliberty]

" most Americans will understand and welcome the first Latino on the bench"

Since "diversity" is so much more valuable than human life. < /sarcasm >

[Tribune7]

Roe vs Wade is not going to be overturned - not by this President or any other.

If I believed that I'd start sitting out elections. Roe is an insult to our Constitution and the principles of our concept of republican rule. If you don't believe that you are posting on the wrong site.

[Timmy]

The one-issue abortion voters probably didn't vote for him in the first place since he stated early on he would have no abortion litmus test on his judges.

I love Dubya. But if he nomninates a single pro-Roe judge, my wife and I stay home. I will tolerate him going left on business, economy, education, size of government, etc. I WILL NOT tolerate him going left on guns or abortion. Call me names if you wish, but that's two votes he loses.

[rwfromkansas]

He voted against parental notification!

I am not an abortion-only voter, but if he voted agains that, WHY THE HELL IS HE EVEN BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION????? He would not vote to allow PBA to be banned even!

[Austin Willard Wright]

If he is for quotas, he does not deserve to be called a conservative. Quotas represent a doctrine of repugnant legalized racism. I am stunned that any conservative would defend this atrocious doctrine.

[Kevin Curry]

Roe vs Wade is not going to be overturned . . .

A more accurate statement would be, overturning Roe v. Wade will not eliminate abortion on demand. Roe v. Wade could very well be overturned--but not by a SCOTUS populated by phony "strict constructionists" such as Gonzales.