The Roberts nomination is all about a trust issue for the President — why should we trust George Bush when he says that John Roberts is the most qualified man to become the next Supreme Court justice? Bush has lied over and over again. Now, he expects us to trust him blindly to know what’s good for our country.
Bush lied about the Niger-Iraq Uranium connection and looked the other way as Karl Rove committed treason by outing Valerie Plame, wife of the US diplomat and American hero Joe Wilson. Bush actively conspired with others to fix the facts around the case for War in Iraq. Therefore, the burden of proof should be on Judge Roberts to show us he is the best man for the job.
From what we can tell, Judge Roberts has been a partisan hack all his life. He has said in the past that Roe was a bad decision for the country and that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to Al-Qaeda suspects.
His defenders may argue that what he said as a lawyer and how he would rule as a judge are two different things, and that he had pledged to uphold the rule of law as a judge. Fine, then. Let him give a detailed accounting of his views on Brown, Roe, Griswold, Title IX, gay rights, school prayer, and other controversial legal issues so we can determine for ourselves how well qualified he is to serve on the Supreme Court.
The most troubling thing about Judge Roberts is that Emperor Dobson and his ilk are already singing the praises of Roberts and demanding that Bill Frist invoke the nuclear option if the Democrats filibuster him. If that happens, all government business will shut down, and there will be a massive public outcry against the GOP’s abuse of power.
Judge Roberts has had hardly any experience on the judicial bench. Therefore, we have no way of knowing how he will rule on critical situations. George Bush expects us to just trust him to pick the right man and go back to watching to see who the next blonde is that gets kidnapped.
But George Bush has forfeited that trust a long time ago. As long as he continues to employ Karl Rove, there is no way he can earn it back.
Earn it back? Shit, the man, and I say man lightly, should be hauled before the World Court for war crimes. Trust? He doesn’t give a damn about you or me, least of all the women of this country. We are long since past any questions of trust with Bush. You can bet everything you have on him doing precisely the worst for our country. He is a deviant sociopath who needs to be removed. Period.
I think we should concentrate on electing Democrats in 2006 and develop a case for impeachment in the meantime. His lies to the public over the war would be a good place to start, given the fact that the GOP tried to impeach Clinton based on his lying about a blowjob. Once the Democrats get elected to Congress, we should hold impeachment hearings against Bush and Cheney both. Once they get removed from office, Nancy Pelsoi would be the next in line to succeed as US President.
You might want to do some impeachment diaries from time to time and see what people think.
Not to be sounding snarky, because I say it in all seriousness, but we can’t trust George Bush’s decision on anything.
Except for his marriage to Laura and the successful procreation of two daughters, is there anything in his 59 years where he hasn’t been a failure and had to be bailed out by someone? If you count Governor of Texas, it is a pretty weak office when compared to other states.
He’s always been petted, pampered, and spoiled by his parents and their political friends.