Viguerie angered over Mukasey nomination.
Viguerie angered over Mukasey nomination.
Richard Viguerie, a right-wing political operative, expresses his great disappointment with Bush’s nomination of Michael Mukasey to head the DoJ. “The fact that President Bush caved in shows even more political weakness considering his willingness to claim and flaunt executive powers of questionable constitutional authority in other circumstances,” he writes. “This nomination is an invitation to liberal Democrats to run rough-shod over the remainder of Bush’s politically weakened presidency. Bush is now the lamest of lame ducks.”
UPDATE: More anger, this time from Mat Staver of the Liberty Counsel:
Whenever Senator Schumer from New York not only recommends this individual as an attorney general, but also, a few years ago, put forth his name as a possible person to go on the United States Supreme Court, that ought to automatically give everyone pause.
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So bush finally does something that on the face of it, appears presidential, concillatory and non-political and the right wing explodes in rage.
September 17th, 2007 at 1:52 pmGo figure.
he is just now realizing what a lame duck Bush is? Wow he must have had some extra strong Kool-Aid
September 17th, 2007 at 1:52 pmPlus Mukasey is a stupid last name.
September 17th, 2007 at 1:54 pmInvitation? To run rough-shod?
HAS HE SEEN THE NEW FISA LAW? THE NEW WEBB AMENDMENT?
Liberal Dems dont run over anything. It is nice to see, however, the righties get their panties in a bundle over some joker they don’t even know.
September 17th, 2007 at 1:55 pmThe disappointment of the rightards over Bush finally nominating someone who may actually have some respect for the Constitution and Rule Of Law shows how far out-of-touch they are with real American values. The GOP should be the renamed the Benedict Arnold Party, with Treason its leading platform. We must crush them and sweep them into the trashcan of history; they are no better than a terrorist front.
September 17th, 2007 at 1:57 pmSo Bush can show, “his willingness to claim and flaunt executive powers of questionable constitutional authority ” (better known as running rough-shod over the Constitution), but the big problem is Liberal Democrats running “rough-shod over the remainder of Bush’s politically weakened presidency” ???
A window into the mind (SIC) of a right-wing political operative.
September 17th, 2007 at 1:59 pmWait, isn’t this guy always going on Ed Shultz to talk about how Bush has ruined conservatism by not respecting the rule of law?
Now he’s blasting Bush for nominating someone who at least appears to support it?
September 17th, 2007 at 1:59 pmI’m not buying the right-wing “outrage”. None of them seem to have particular decisions or policies they disagree with.
This might just be their pre-emptive strike to make it look like they disagree with the nomination just so the left lets down their guard and accepts him. Get the left to think the far right doesn’t like him, so they’ll think the man must have some decent qualities.
Don’t forget, they supposedly didn’t think John Roberts was right-wing/conservative enough as well.
Fool me once….
September 17th, 2007 at 2:01 pmbush doesnt want or care if he gets approved – he just put a federalist society founder int eh temporary ag seat – hes set to the end of his term the little wad.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:01 pmThey have not yet BEGUN to understand the term “lame”. Perhaps, after the 2008 election, it will dawn on them what they and the idiot in the White House have done to the Republican party. Treason comes with a price.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:02 pmNo skin off my nose.
Yea!!!! Go Bush!!!!! Maybe that dipsh*t has come to his senses….nah…
September 17th, 2007 at 2:02 pm#
I’m not buying the right-wing “outrageâ€. None of them seem to have particular decisions or policies they disagree with.
This might just be their pre-emptive strike to make it look like they disagree with the nomination just so the left lets down their guard and accepts him. Get the left to think the far right doesn’t like him, so they’ll think the man must have some decent qualities.
Don’t forget, they supposedly didn’t think John Roberts was right-wing/conservative enough as well.
Fool me once….
Comment by FLveteran — September 17, 2007 @ 2:01 pm
Good for you… Most of the sheep here are buying it, hook, line, and sinker.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:02 pmFLveteran sez:
Agreed. The right wants the left to think, “gee…if the right dislikes him that much, he must be good…”.
Before you give Mulkasey a free pass, you should consider the facts.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:05 pmBush is a lame dick.
Alan Greenspan just kicked him in the nads and Vicente Fox also kicked Chimpy in the nuggets too. Now Viguerie.
Tough to be on the losing side of history, eh Chimpy?
-GSD
September 17th, 2007 at 2:05 pmI’m not a duck, I’m all cockified and I’ll do the decidering. Viguerie what kind of name is that? Sounds like a sissy name….not a Texas name at all. You’ll be careful opening your mail now Viguerie, I still got lots of that anithorax stuff to throw around, hehe. Michael in da house, he signed the Bush loyality oath so now I’ll do the decidering about justicifing stuff…Uncie Dick can I push the Red Iran Button now? No, man I need some pretzels….
Pull my finger…hehehe
September 17th, 2007 at 2:06 pmBefore you give Mulkasey a free pass, you should consider the facts.
Fair enough. But the facts aren’t all bad. Bush isn’t going to nominate a saint in any event.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:07 pmAm I the only person that is just waiting for the catch on this guy? I mean, all of this “right wing furor” over this nomination… I dunno, just feels like we’re getting duped again. They’re just acting like they’re pissed and that Bush is conceding when this is really the guy they wanted all along. Or, this is just another Harriet Meiers to soften us up, then someone really Alito-ish will get confirmed.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:07 pm#15 that ass isnt a Texan, hes a transplant from the north; kinda like a triffid only less welcome.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:09 pmHow long until the words “New York Jew” slip out of some Right-winger’s mouth when voicing opposition to Judge Mukasey?
September 17th, 2007 at 2:11 pm“The fact that President Bush caved in shows even more political weakness considering his willingness to claim and flaunt executive powers of questionable constitutional authority in other circumstances”
So, even the right wingnuts admit the flimsy reasoning for Bush’s power grab. Isn’t oversight a neat thing? Wish we had more of it.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:13 pmI agree with other posters on this thread — I’ll believe it when I see some specific “lefty” decisions Mulkasey has supposedly made before I believe he’s not just another neocon stooge. (I admit I know nothing about this guy, so I don’t have any hard evidence that he’s a neocon stooge — but the fact that Bush never appoints any other kind of person casts suspicion that way).
And I’m not just looking for a “consensus” nominee, either — somebody considered “tolerable” by both parties. Is it too much to ask that the AG be somebody who knows the constitution, knows the law, and can stand up for them? Nah — Bush doesn’t want anybody who will stand up for anything except blind, unswerving, puppy-dog devotion to him.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:16 pm#18 I know, that was part of the joke… ;-)
September 17th, 2007 at 2:20 pmProof once again that neocons aren’t interested in compromise. Except for the Padilla case, I don’t know the judge’s record, but if neocons are upset, I’ll assume he is capable of acting independently.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:26 pm#
Proof once again that neocons aren’t interested in compromise. Except for the Padilla case, I don’t know the judge’s record, but if neocons are upset, I’ll assume he is capable of acting independently.
Comment by troqua — September 17, 2007 @ 2:26 pm
I’d say that 90% of the liberals here aren’t interested in compromise either. It’s not just the ‘neocons’.. It’s the extremists on both sides. Any independent thought here automatically gets the poster labeled as a republican, conservative, neocon, nazi, etc.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:30 pmwe dont exactly trust them – you see the last eleven years of ‘f the democrat’ has had that affect.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:31 pmAny independent thought here automatically gets the poster labeled as a republican, conservative, neocon, nazi, etc.
Comment by Don’t Do It. — September 17, 2007 @ 2:30 pm
Comments like this one certainly beg the treatment.
Something about glass houses comes to mind…
September 17th, 2007 at 2:34 pmPlease, tell me about the glass houses in this case. I’m not following what you’re saying, or why my comment would beg the treatment.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:41 pmSo complaining about being falsely labeled a conservative, nazi, etc, warrants such treatment?
September 17th, 2007 at 2:42 pmDon’t Do It is right, it happens here a lot. Views that don’t go along with the far left often get a person labeled libelously. Even one view straying from far-left beliefs gets a person tagged a fascist.
Most people here are reasonable, but there are a few that jump the gun a bit too often. One beautiful thing about the democratic party is that it truly is the Big Tent party. The Repubs squash any dissent. Dems shouldn’t do the same thing. There’s room for everyone and everyone should have a voice.
Perhaps they protesteth too much?
Might the Repukes be trashing this guy to garner Dem support for Mukasey when he might actually be the person they wanted in the first place?
Stranger things have happened.
Stay tuned.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:44 pmI’m not following what you’re saying, or why my comment would beg the treatment.
Comment by Don’t Do It. — September 17, 2007 @ 2:41 pm
Any independent thought here automatically gets the poster labeled as a republican, conservative, neocon, nazi, etc.
Comment by Don’t Do It. — September 17, 2007 @ 2:30 pm
Whilst you are saying “any independent thought…” YOU automatically categorize ALL TP posters as being intolerant. Not true. Yes, SOME TP posters are flamers, no matter what, but if someone comes here w/ an honest opinion, it can be debated, by some of us.
So many times, the ones that come here to “debate” lead off calling everyone here “Leftards”, “Moonbats”, “Terroris-coddlers”, ad nauseum. It’s that sort of “all-in-one” blanket condemnation and name-calling that gets them flamed. You did that, whether you realize it or not. “Automatically gets labled…”
You are claiming we are all extremists due to the labeling, but you did the EXACT same thing. That make sense?
BTW, I didn’t call you a name here.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:50 pmRe: Post #14 –
I’d like to think that the attacks are real, however, the skeptical side of me can’t be sure.
Could this be similar to two pro wrestlers, when interviewed after a match, both screaming about how they’re going to tear the other limb from limb, only to be found in a local watering hole a couple of hours later, drinking pitchers of beer and yukking it up?
Perhaps time will tell. In the meantime, we must be sure to focus on actions, not words.
September 17th, 2007 at 2:51 pmI didn’t mean that all TP posters are intolerant, but there are enough here that ANY independent thought that strays from TP’s points will get you flamed, because there are enough of them. I am liberal, but not all my thoughts follow those of some of the more extreme (and usually rude and confrontational) posters here. I didn’t mean that everyone on the site will label you. It is just as bad from the other side, as you pointed out.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:02 pmJake is an independent thinker too…..not.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:04 pmTP has “points”? As in talking points? Where?
I’ll throw my two cents in here and say that I’ve noticed that dissenting views are highly tolerated when presented without insulting all of the other posters. Some of the visitors here can be confrontational.
Back to the topic at hand. I don’t trust this so-called right-wing outrage one little bit. These days it seems that anything to the left of Fox News is considered liberal!
September 17th, 2007 at 3:10 pmPoints, talking points, ideology, whatever you want to call it. TP is pretty predictable.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:11 pmIt is just as bad from the other side, as you pointed out.
Comment by Don’t Do It. — September 17, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
What gets painful here is to see how poorly some people manage free speech. Yes, there are flamers here who go after anything that moves. Go to some of the “rightie” blogs sometime and check out the cool “eliminationist” rhetoric.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:15 pmTP is pretty predictable.
Comment by Don’t Do It. — September 17, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
just.. like… the rightie blogs…
September 17th, 2007 at 3:21 pmI’d say that 90% of the liberals here aren’t interested in compromise either. It’s not just the ‘neocons’.. It’s the extremists on both sides. Any independent thought here automatically gets the poster labeled as a republican, conservative, neocon, nazi, etc.
Comment by Don’t Do It. — September 17, 2007 @ 2:30 pm
Thanks, Jake.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:27 pmI never used to care what party a nominee was in, as long as it was their qualifications, experience, and committment to the country and the rule of law that they assessed. Compromise is great when both parties are working for the good of the nation, but the members of the GOP have brought politics to a new low, seem to feel no remorse in lying and cheating, and sadly just can’t be trusted.
September 17th, 2007 at 4:04 pmWe have already had a Gonzales. He sucked.
Mukasey and his son are two out of twenty full-fledged neocon/Federalist society goons in Giuliani’s Neocon Star Chamber, along with Ted Olson, Michael Estrada, Calabresi (co-founder of Federalist Society), Larry Thompson (worked for Gonzales), Carol Dinkins (worked with Gonzales in Texas), Maureen Mahoney (â€the female John Robertsâ€), Doug Cox (litigator in Bush v. Gore), and others.
Guiliani’s Star Chamber:
http://thegiulianipapers.typepad.com/the_giuliani_papers/2007/07/index.html
Out of TWENTY full-fledged Bushco co-conspirators and Federalist Society goons, TWO Mukaseys.
H’yeah, our saviours.
Mukasey? GONZALES. Next.
Another good review of how Giuliani is Italian for GW Bush.
September 17th, 2007 at 9:12 pmRichard Viguerie, a right-wing political operative.You mean the same guy who was going on talk shows a few months ago saying that Bush had ruined the Repuke party because of his big spending ?
September 17th, 2007 at 9:48 pm