Dear Mr President........Regards Chuck Schumer

[Bonnie]

Schumer's advice to the President
July 12th, 2005

That stench emanating from the Democratic cloakroom in the Senate is all too familiar to close observers of the national political scene: Charles Schumer of New York has opened his mouth again.

Actually, this time, Sen. Schumer penned an op-ed piece for the New York Daily News entitled "What I Need to Know." The piece is a long letter to President Bush, detailing what it will presumably take to keep Sen. Schumer to keep his mouth shut during the Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearings for the next justice of the Supreme Court. Short of the President nominating Lawrence Tribe or Edward Kennedy to the bench, everyone already knows Sen. Schumer is poised for “war” over the nomination, no matter how many back muscles the President pulls in trying to massage the unnecessarily inflated egos in the Senate.

In his Daily News piece, Sen. Schumer declares that the job of the President of the United States in regard to this Supreme Court nominee is “to bring the country together; to unite rather than divide.” He then details some of his brilliant ideas as to how the President can pull this off:

--Consult “meaningfully” with the Senate, preferably - as Schumer suggests - at a Camp David summit or dinner at the White House.

Hey, Chuckie, if you want an invitation to Camp David or the East Room, just ask for a private tour. Sheesh.

Sen. Schumer's rationale for this summit is that, after

“two exceedingly divisive presidential elections and a season of bitter partisanship, Americans want the President and the Senate to unite rather than divide the nation.”

This is a cosmic joke, and another example of how the current crop of Democrats in the Senate and elsewhere love to blend this particular President in with their poisonous practice of politics. Who was responsible for the partisanship and rancor in 2000? Al Gore. Who has treated this President's nominees with constant delay, contempt and rudeness? The Democrats in the Senate. Who, with perfect 20/10 hindsight, have criticized the doers of deeds within the administration for not doing them differently or more effectively? Boxer, Biden, Kennedy, Byrd...you know the rest.

--Sen. Schumer suggests that, at the Judiciary hearings, the President's nominee for the Court should “answer questions about the candidate's views about constitutional interpretation, about decided cases and about what rights he or she believes are protected in the Constitution. The Supreme Court is the ultimate guardian of our most precious rights, and appointments to that court are for a lifetime.”

The Senator from New York may want to consult with his colleague Joseph Biden. During the confirmation hearings for then-nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sen. Biden deemed that it was not necessary for nominees to present their views on various Constitutional issues because similar situations would undoubtedly come before the Court, and a nominee's prior statements might cause a conflict of interest. Nobody expects even Sen. Biden himself to abide by these words during this particular nomination, but they are instructive for many reasons.

--Sen. Schumer opines about what "kind of person" the nominee will be. He writes:

“Twenty-four years ago, when Former President Ronald Reagan faced his first Supreme Court vacancy, after a divisive election, he picked someone who was thoughtful, mainstream and pragmatic. He picked a consensus nominee - Sandra Day O'Connor. She was confirmed 99 to 0. President Bush should take a page from Reagan's book as he faces his first Supreme Court pick, also after a divisive election. He should select a mainstream, thoughtful pragmatist in the mold of O'Connor.”

Let us not forget that “mainstream” to the Democrats
in the Senate is MoveOn.org. “Mainstream” is Michael Moore sitting next to Jimmy Carter at the convention, the NAACP accusing the President of favoring Jim Crow and endorsing hate crimes, NOW, and calling a potential nominee for the Court - the Attorney General who once upheld abortion rights in Texas as a judge - extreme.

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[archangel]

Schumer's advice to the President
July 12th, 2005




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Schummer is a dip shit...however it does not take away from the fact that Carl f'd up...sorry hun..love ya fight though!

 

[Bonnie]

Schummer is a dip shit...however it does not take away from the fact that Carl f'd up...sorry hun..love ya fight though!

Hmm could it be that your dislike for Rove may have you a bit happy to see him convicted before the evidence fleshes out??? Just saying??

 

[archangel]

Hmm could it be that your dislike for Rove may have you a bit happy to see him convicted before the evidence fleshes out??? Just saying??

I just call em like I see em...If ya go back to all my posts on this issue I suggested y'all wait for the investigation to complete...ya all continued with the diatribe...and now must face the facts....sorry...still love ya!

 

[xandy123]

nothing is going to happen to Rove and Gonzales will not be nominated to the supreme court