In Praise of Candid Republicans
If Republicans have one decent quality it is that they are candid and frank about their craziness, lack of knowledge and misanthropy.
For instance, this weekend we had a wingnut admitting that “conservative” foreign policy is framed by the view that the United States must continually show the world that we have the biggest d*ck by acting like trigger happy cowboys. Very matter of fact, candid craziness flowed like unprocessed poop down the Brandywine after thunderstorm.
On the national stage, we also have John Thune candidly explaining the GOP’s opposition to Sonia Sotomayor’s appointment to the Supreme Court.
“She doesn’t have the punch out there in terms of fundraising and recruiting, I think — at least so far,” said Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who most likely will be elected as the No. 4 Republican in Senate leadership this week.
Get it? They wanted to raise some money. That’s all. No big whoop.
In this respect Castle is an anomaly. He us much more sneaky and less candid about his craziness.
Supreme Court nominations are all about raising money. For both sides. Opposing SC nominees is a cottage industry.
Please stop using oxymorons like “candid republicans” in your headlines.
“In Praise of Candied Republicans” would have been better.
The problem with the Sotomayor attacks is there really isn’t much for the Republicans to work with – not that it stopped them!
Seriously, how dare Obama nominate a moderate!
Now onto the real problem – given the R’s over-the-top reaction to Sotomayor – how do they react if Obama gets another pick and chooses a liberal. I’m seeing the little boy who cried wolf scenario… or in the words of their patron saint: There you go again.
I’m with you pandora. I think it’s fascinating to watch the negative effects of the Republican message machine. Now every moronic statement that comes out of Rush or Newt is amplified to the traditional media.
The Republicans aren’t raising money because there’s nothing there. The more people look at her record, the more they like her. And Republicans are using up all their ammunition. If Obama is really playing 11-dimensional chess, he’s pretty brilliant.
“The problem with the Sotomayor attacks is there really isn’t much for the Republicans to work with – not that it stopped them!”
You could easily replace Sotomayor with Roberts and Republicans with Democrats in that statement.
I agree FSP. The opposition to SCOTUS nominees is generally a money game and Roberts and Alito were foregone conclusions. I thought Miers would have gotten in too, if Republicans hadn’t killed that nomination.
I put SCOTUS nominees into the “elections have consequences” category.
I thought Miers would have gotten in too,
Wow. You are even more cynical and jaded than me.
Shit, all the Sotomayor process has showed the entire English-speaking world is the blatant, un-filtered (funny that they think the hate was filtered enough to claim plausible deniability, but sadly, no!) hate that emanates from the right…like gamma rays from a pulsar….set your atomic clock to it.
“I put SCOTUS nominees into the “elections have consequences” category.”
Yup. Doesn’t mean people can’t have a little back and forth, but unfortunately this SCOTUS nomination has helped support the old adage that says ‘the reason Republicans are so protective of guns is so we have something with which to shoot ourselves in the foot.’
I have to agree that I’m pretty cynical. You don’t think Miers would have gotten in? Harry Reid supported her. I’m sure he would have gotten a significant amount of Democrats to vote for her.
Pretty soon, FSP and I will start fist-bumping.
I think Miers would have gotten in — Miers and Bork represent lines that can’t be crossed even when elections are won. (And adding in Bork’s case, so real hubris in terms of the confirmation process.)
“Pretty soon, FSP and I will start fist-bumping.”
Beware the apocalypse.
Harry Reid supported her (Miers).
That was purely a tactical political move on Harry’s part. He knew the repubs were going to eat themselves over that nomination, so he figured that he’d let them do it all by themselves while the dems stayed above the fray.
One of Harry’s better moments, actually.