A Big Thank You to George W. Bush

A voice of Sanity ^ | July 2, 2012 | Robert Ringer

[Daveinyork]

George W. Bush did many memorable things during his time in office. He gave us No Child Left Unharmed (officially mistitled “No Child Left Behind”), a massive, unfunded prescription drug benefit (Medicare Part D), and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the real cost of which will ultimately be in the area of $4 trillion.

As of last Thursday, however, one could make an argument that his most memorable “achievement” was nominating John Roberts to the Supreme Court. What a super pick that turned out to be. Clearly, Bush knows a stealth liberal when he sees one. (I’m not buying the theory that Roberts is a cunning chess player who did conservatives a big favor by imposing limits on Congress’ power to make a mockery of the Commerce Clause.)

If the left succeeds in fundamentally transforming the United States of America into the Union of Soviet American States, Chief Justice Roberts, by virtue of a single unconstitutional decision, can proudly claim that he played a major role in that transformation by bludgeoning the Constitution at a critical juncture in our decline.

[ZULU]

The Socialists have a party - the Democrats. They took it over fair and square by seizing it.

We have to do the same with the GOP from the bottom up.

[txrefugee]

W’s father appointed Souter, an equally bad choice. Too bad they don’t appear to be good at judging of judges.

[rashley]

None of this is going to matter soon enough. The Western economic system is set to collapse anyway. Obamacare simply confirms its inevitability and accelerates it.

[Sudetenland]

I am as angry at Roberts' pandering to the press as anyone, but the comments here are pathetic and intellectually dishonest.

Yes, Bush 43 screwed the pooch with Roberts, but it's not some malevolent Bilderberger plot to appoint liberal justices under the guise of appointing a conservative, it's simply a matter of not being able to determine exactly how a newly appointed allegedly conservative justice will behave once he is on the Bench. To attack Bush 41 and Bush 43 for their poor choices without taking into consideration the rest of their picks is wrong--it also ignore the history of Republican attempts to appoint conservative--originalist jurists to the bench.

Eisenhower appointed Warren, because he believed him to be a conservative. Warren turned out to be a wild-eyed liberal. Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor. Any of you Bush-haters believe that she would have ruled differently than Roberts? Her record is far worse than his.

The fundamental difficulty Republican Presidents face when appointing a truly conservative justice is liberals' willingness to lie about their core beliefs. All that is available for evaluation and all the advice given about Roberts indicated that he would be a strong conservative voice on the Court.

There is no way that Bush could have known that Roberts would turn into an MSM wind vane. Until liberals begin telling the truth, this sort of betrayal will always remain a possibility.

There is very little difference between this Roberts abandonment of conservatism and that of Souter. Bush 41 believed he was appointing a true conservative when he nominated Souter--he was unaware that Sununu was working against that desire and was lying when he assured Bush that Souter was a reliable conservative.

Yeah Bush 43 was a moderate-liberal. Those of us who were paying attention knew that going in. I think his record on judicial appointments speaks for itself (Janice Rogers Brown is an excellent example). So far Roberts is the only turncoat I know of.

Roberts betrayal of conservative principles is not GWB's fault, it is Justice Roberts' fault. He chose to put appearance ahead of principle, he chose to abandon the conservative principles which got him nominated, he chose to burden the American people with a destructive program so that he could be popular.

It is Roberts who is the scum-sucking weasel.

[DannyTN]

It’s Karl Rove’s most devious plot yet.

[mongo141]

“Then we need a Conservative Party of the United States. The watered down GOP is not working for me anymore. Actually, the two ruling parties should split along the following lins: the right (conservative) wing of the GOP should pull out out and form the Conservative Party of the United States of America with very clearcut principles and agenda. The moderate republicans and conservative democrats should form something like a Social-Democrat Party. And the left wing of the Democrat Party should stop kidding themselves and everybody and turn into the Socialist Party, which they already are. This would make much more sense.”

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I am in complete agreement, However I would have live just about forever to see that happen.

[jonno]

Do you disagree with Roberts position on DC v. Heller?

Do you think a dem president would appoint anyone that would have sided with the majority in Heller?

[re_nortex]

And Republicans nominated Souter, Kennedy and Roberts.

Add President Eisenhower's nomination of Earl Warren to that list of those shredding the Constitution.

[Clump]

Correct me if I’m wrong but the last reasonable justice appointed by a democrat was Byron White (appointed by JFK). He joined Rhenquist in the 2 justice minority on Roe v. Wade.
Note that 3 of Nixon’s appointments (including Blackmon- Roe’s author) forced that atrocity on this nation.
Now days the rule is that democrats get to appoint the most radical liberals they want with no challenge and they never miss a chance.
If you want a conservative on the court you have to elect a Republican to get a chance at that.

[Theodore R.]

No, he came up with Roberts some three months before he floated “Harry” Miers, as he calls her.

[Theodore R.]

“Watered-down” is the choice of Republican primary voters, uninformed as most of them are. But they know how to make money!

[Theodore R.]

GWB has named some other turncoat judges, but I can’t remember the names. One was the judge in PA (very common name) who went soft when a relative of Charles Darwin came into the court in an “intelligent design” case that this judge threw out.

[Theodore R.]

You have a point, yes, but it’s still uninformed Republican primary voters picking these pitiful nominees.

[dead]

Bush I and Bush II destroyed the Reagan legacy.

Reagan gave us Sandra Day O'Connor. Nobody's perfect.

[Perdogg]

Douglas - FDR

Brennan, Stewart - Ike

White - JFK

Marshall - LBJ

Berger, Blackmun, Rehquist, Powell - Nixon

[ari-freedom]

"Then we need a Conservative Party of the United States. "

Would it be any different?

[Perdogg]

Before we get too preachy, there was a US federal district court judge, Reagan appointee, whose vote upheld 0bamacare. Had he voted the other way, it would have been struckdown at the district level.

Democrats pick activists, republicans pick academics. In fact, 15 years ago Reagan’s failed third pick to SCOTUS, Bork, said that govt could ban songs(He said this on Rush’s show in 1996).

[G Larry]

Grow UP!

There is no way to predict that a Justice with Roberts’ Conservative credintials, would make a decision like this.

This is simply a mechanism for Bush bashers to continue the meme “He wasn’t consrvative enough”....

[Perdogg]

The President who is elected in 2012 may have three appointments (Ginsburg, Scalia, maybe Breyer or Thomas).

I will would be willing to take my chances with Romney over 0bama.

Mark Levin for Chief Justice.

[ZULU]

daed,

The problems with Jorge El Segundo go FAR beyond his Supreme oOurt nominee.

ALSO, the LIBS get Kagan AND Soda-Jerk. Why do WE always have to “settle”?????