
If you listen to the left-wing pundits, politicians, and bloggers, you’ll note that they are passing the term “right-wing extremists” around like a poorly rolled joint at a Grateful Dead concert. But who in fact ARE the extremists? Could it be judges like Priscilla Owens and Janice Rogers Brown that Bush has up for nominations to the federal courts? Granted, these are currently the most talked about “extremists” as of now, but according to some leftists, all of us who take the Constitution for what it is, have a strong support for gun rights, are against amnesty for illegal aliens, and all in all uphold conservative values are to them “extreme”. Perhaps if maybe we wanted all the wealth distribution Karl Marx could dream of, and unlimited abortion on demands for 12 year olds, and total appeasement and suurender on the war against terrorism we’d be more in the “mainstream”. See, most libs don’t ever talk or discuss politics with anyone outside of their own thinking. Kind of reminds me of that Pauline Kael quote after being befuddled by Richard Nixon’s historic landslide victory in 1972; “I don’t know ANYBODY that voted for Nixon!”
To understand the idea of “right wing radicals” by the Democratic left, read this article by J.B. Williams at ChronWatch.com.
According to Senate minority leader Harry Reid and his friends, Democrats must block the constitutional appointment process in order to protect you from right-wing radical judges. They say they use the filibuster only in the most extreme situations, to block confirmation of extremely dangerous radicals to the bench for sake of all mankind.
Heroes they are really, at least in their own minds.
I can almost see their point, too. Who would want some extreme right-wing wacko deciding justice in America? I mean, what if judges actually just stuck to the written law and constitution and applied them to cases without any re-draft from their own personal agenda? Can you imagine what chaos it might cause if our judges left all the legislating to our legislature? Who would single handedly thwart the will of the masses if not a judge?
In order to understand what Mr. Reid and his friends mean by this assertion, we must first understand what they mean by “right-wing radical.”
Let’s begin with the simple stuff. If you believe Teddy Kennedy is a drunken coward who should have gone to prison for leaving his girl friend to die in the icy waters of Chappaquiddick as he ran and hid from authorities, you are right. But if you believe this voids his credibility as a national leader, you are a right-wing radical and you are sadly mistaken.
If you believe Bill Clinton should have done more to protect this nation by strengthening the military and our intelligence community rather than destroying them while he focused his attention on using the White House as a personal play-pen, you are right again. But if you believe America was weakened by Larry Flint Lite living in the White House, you are a right-wing radical.
If you believe John Kerry should have produced real evidence to support his claim of war hero status instead of simply attacking the honor of decorated veterans and POW’s who called him a traitor, you are once again right. But if you think America should reject a traitor for president, you are a right-wing radical.
If you believe the founders got it all wrong, that America is one big feeding trough for the world, that the U.N. is more trustworthy than the U.S., that our weaknesses are our strengths and that only Democrats can save you from yourself, you are NOT a right-wing extremist.
If your idea of national security is negotiating away your freedom to avoid a fight, you could never be a right-wing extremist - you just don’t have what it takes.
So Priscilla Owens and Janice Rogers Brown are extremists, huh? What about someone like the 1993 Clinton appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Here’s someone SO extreme, that it sounds like she’d be great paired up with the likes of Ward Churchill or Michael Moore! Thing is, the leftists know that if Bush’s nominees get through, they’ve truly lost. The judiciary is the only stronghold they have left in government now that the GOP has overtaken the White House, Congress, most governorships and state legistatures, and their hold on the media is fading away. So the only chance the Dems have left is to block these nominees from ever getting an up or down vote like it’s Constitutionally intended. I mean after all, they WOULD go on to be nominated, so the Dems are pissing themselves in apprehension of it. Let’s hope they have their diapers on for their sake come Tuesday when it comes time to vote on the judicial filberbuster and it gets voted out.
But if this is what passes for “extreme”, then you can paint me a gun-toting, flag waving, military supporting right-wing whacko. Go ahead. I’ll take it as a compliment.
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