FinalSolution
06-10-2005, 02:53 PM
The past couple of weeks, included a weeklong headache and general exhaustion. But this business with the President's judicial nominees is so disturbing that I needed yet another outlet to express myself--and besides the headaches over and I'm pretty rested now. But if ever there was an issue that Americans had better pay very close attention to, this is the one. What we are witnessing is a overt effort by the obstructionists to give special interests groups, what they've been angling for--even greater opportunities to have their numerous agendas bypass legislative bodies and directly enacted into law through the courts. The mere thought of the Bush judicial nominees brought to the floor, must indeed be perilous...because they must know that if Americans actually had an opportunity to hear how the nominees responded to questioning from the committee, they would then find out that these are not the wild-eyed, ultra extremist that the obstructionists have told the nation they were--which is why of course they say the nominees cannot even be brought to the floor to be voted upon---they're too dangerous! Spare me. Initally, I was opposed to the banning of the filibuster because I was still hopeful that reasonsble people would step forward, and because of concerns of a Clinton whitehouse coupled with democratic control of the House and Senate (okay, so I'm extra cautious). But after seeing a flatout rejection of a very fair compromise offer from Sen. Frist, I've slowly come to realize that for the obtructionists this is not about fairness. It's all too clear now--that underneathe those finely-tailored suits, the obstrutionists are wearing komikaze gear. And the republicans are equally prepared to do battle--they are in fact ready to go nuclear. So the question becomes is the nation ready to rollover and allow special interest groups--radical feminists (unfettered abortions--for girls too), gay rights advocates (gay marriage and gay adoption), radical minority groups (affirmative actions and unfettered social programs) and secular humanists extremists (abandoning any and all public references or expressions of God) to implement their worldviews onto the culture without having to bother with pesky legislatures or a pathetic, narrow-minded populace who shouldn't even be allowed to vote in the first place? This is what it boils down to; democrats wanting to deliver for the most extreme (but likely too the most affluent and influential) of their constituency, and republicans wanting to preserve a voice for mainstream America via the constitution.