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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
The Latest Spin
The Senate Judiciary Committee is having their one last Hurrah before they vote on whether or not to send Judge Sam Alito to the full Senate for an up or down vote. A talking head mentioned something interesting... and annoying.
It was pointed out that if Judge Alito is voted in as the next Supreme Court Justice, then the liberals will use it as a point of contention in the 2006 election. My first reaction was "well, duh" and then "oh, great... just what conservatives need"... but then I got to thinking...
Let them (the libs) use Judge Alito as their latest "bad guy." Mainstream America, all of those people that are supposed to be so far removed from Judge Alito's point of view, will see through their rhetoric to what the libs are trying to hide with all of their attacks- they have no real agenda... no real positive plans for America. They only want to defeat President Bush and the GOP. They wouldn't know what to do if they came back into power (well... except raise taxes and strip the military bare).
During their final "speeches" before the vote, I noticed a trend. The Republicans point out how many Democrat judges have come forward to say that they support Judge Alito for the Supreme Court. Then they point out his stellar qualifications. The Democrats, on the other hand, take comments out of context, and make far more out of stare decisis than the Constitution itself. And, in an interesting twist, they're moving away from "a woman's right to choose" (although they are mentioning it... can't upset their backers) and toward Judge Alito's seeming deference to the Executive Branch of government (pointing out that President Bush "broke the law" with the wiretapping... as the President pointed out, if he was trying to break the law, why did he brief Congress???).
The Democrats in the Judiciary Committee are overlooking something very important... the one thing they tend to rely on so heavily... public opinion. In spite of what NARAL might want you to believe, there has never been 50% support for legalized abortion- far less than half of America's population has ever wanted legal abortions with no restrictions. And far more than half of America's population believes that President Bush was in the right to order wiretaps of calls to and from foreign countries when he had compelling information that national security was at risk.
So, let them rant, reading off their talking points (handed to them by... well, who knows... but I can guess which organizations gave them the talking points), and making themselves look like fools. Let them think that America is really worried about the NSA and the FBI and whatever other acronym listening to their phone calls as they call out for pizza or dish the latest gossip. Let them think that abortion is the most important issue on the table. Let them think that Joe Average American thinks that the President is evil incarnate.
Yeah... let them think that. The GOP could use a few more seats in the House and Senate this year.
It was pointed out that if Judge Alito is voted in as the next Supreme Court Justice, then the liberals will use it as a point of contention in the 2006 election. My first reaction was "well, duh" and then "oh, great... just what conservatives need"... but then I got to thinking...
Let them (the libs) use Judge Alito as their latest "bad guy." Mainstream America, all of those people that are supposed to be so far removed from Judge Alito's point of view, will see through their rhetoric to what the libs are trying to hide with all of their attacks- they have no real agenda... no real positive plans for America. They only want to defeat President Bush and the GOP. They wouldn't know what to do if they came back into power (well... except raise taxes and strip the military bare).
During their final "speeches" before the vote, I noticed a trend. The Republicans point out how many Democrat judges have come forward to say that they support Judge Alito for the Supreme Court. Then they point out his stellar qualifications. The Democrats, on the other hand, take comments out of context, and make far more out of stare decisis than the Constitution itself. And, in an interesting twist, they're moving away from "a woman's right to choose" (although they are mentioning it... can't upset their backers) and toward Judge Alito's seeming deference to the Executive Branch of government (pointing out that President Bush "broke the law" with the wiretapping... as the President pointed out, if he was trying to break the law, why did he brief Congress???).
The Democrats in the Judiciary Committee are overlooking something very important... the one thing they tend to rely on so heavily... public opinion. In spite of what NARAL might want you to believe, there has never been 50% support for legalized abortion- far less than half of America's population has ever wanted legal abortions with no restrictions. And far more than half of America's population believes that President Bush was in the right to order wiretaps of calls to and from foreign countries when he had compelling information that national security was at risk.
So, let them rant, reading off their talking points (handed to them by... well, who knows... but I can guess which organizations gave them the talking points), and making themselves look like fools. Let them think that America is really worried about the NSA and the FBI and whatever other acronym listening to their phone calls as they call out for pizza or dish the latest gossip. Let them think that abortion is the most important issue on the table. Let them think that Joe Average American thinks that the President is evil incarnate.
Yeah... let them think that. The GOP could use a few more seats in the House and Senate this year.
