Even more "infallibly optimistic" than Hugh Hewitt
A group of "moderate" Senators from both sides of the isle have reached a "deal" on judicial nominations. After I read this from Michelle Malkin and the following from Kos (no link to the "Screw 'em" pig, look for it at RealClearPolitics if you must), I was infuriated and completely despondent:
There'll be more outrage from their side, since quite frankly, they lost. Obviously we didn't get everything we wanted, but they lost the ability to have carte blanche on the next supreme court justice.I was preparing a barn-burner of a post, agreeing with John at Power Line when he said: "The infallibly optimistic Hugh Hewitt can't put much of a spin on this one."
Then I calmed down.
Then I calmed some more.
Then I read Ace and his commenters, who riled me up again. Then I calmed down again.
I think I've come to a realization:
If we want to be in the majority, we need to put up with all the psychopathic loons like John McCain for a while, until we've gone through a long, slow purge of the liberalism in our society. It's like draining the puss from an infected wound, you've got to squeeze it and irrigate it, and peel out some of the living tissue to get it cleaned, until there's nothing left but the bare, raw, healthy flesh.
We'll slowly get what we want, but it hurts like hell. It feels like we're only making things worse, but we're making baby steps of progress, while the other side thinks they're still winning. It's like seemingly consenting to rape, but while the beast is occupied with his pants around his ankles, you're really pulling out a knife.
By the end of the week, we'll have three more conservatives on the Appeals bench, including the SCOTUS-worthy Janice Brown. Meanwhile, we'll have confirmed the names of the seven weakest pansies in the Republican Party, whom we can target mercilessly (eight, if you count the useless dope of a Majority Leader, who can't even keep a flagpole standing straight up), and the names of the seven most scared Democrats in their ever-dwindling circle of naysayers.
Don't look at this as a defeat, my brothers and sisters - look at it as the next opportunity in the Karl Rove Rope-a-Dope Follies. Wait for the rebound, after we've confirmed these three.
Comments
Nah, I am still pissed.
Posted by: BurbankErnie | May 24, 2005 01:06 AM
Hmmm. I can only say that I'm a bit disappointed at the majority party. It's all about control, and since the liberals don't have the White House, or the Senate, or the House, they believe that the only thing left to them is the judiciary. However, the Judiciary isn't supposed to be political, it is supposed to be concerned with everyone's rights, not just those who are in the minority.
The only problem with this compromise is what is the definition of extraordinary? Could it be "This person believes in God?" Whoops, that's extraordinary. "This one believes that there are consequences for every action." Whoops, that's extraordinary. "That one's a black woman." Whoops that's extraordinary. "That one believes that parents should be notified before an abortion is carried out." Whoops that's extraordinary.
It's going to get bad, because I can just see the stupidity that they'll call extraordinary.
Posted by: Joe Wiess | May 24, 2005 03:49 AM
If you dig at that wound and don't leave it alone, you'll have one hell of a scar. I'm not too bright in politics, but considering I'm considered a right-winged zealot by my "L" friends, I know my instincts are good. I've been seeing alot today of how we really so see this as an accomplishment since the "L"'s are whining there butts off. And I read a great article in SFGazette or something about a Thompson dude that has seen the Truth and walked away from the Left.
Posted by: karen | May 26, 2005 08:24 PM