Bush to highlight Edwards' role in blocking judicial nominees

[peterh]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0707Bush07-ON.html

RALEIGH, N.C. - Seeking to both reassure his conservative base and challenge a rival, President Bush is making a public push for congressional action on his judicial nominees from North Carolina, one day after the state's Sen. John Edwards joined the Democratic presidential ticket.

In a private meeting with three of his judicial nominees, Bush was using Wednesday's trip to highlight Edwards' role in blocking federal court nominees, while also raising money for the Republican Party in North Carolina and Michigan.

With Edwards joining John Kerry on the Democratic presidential ticket, Bush is expected to pay more attention to a state he won easily four years ago. Polls suggest he enjoys a slight lead in North Carolina over Kerry.

Planned weeks ago, Bush's trip turned out to be timed perfectly, considering Edwards' selection. After North Carolina, the president heads to Michigan to meet other federal court appointees whose nominations have been blocked by Senate Democrats. Bush will also raise money for the Republican Party in each state.




Yeah…and what’s your point….that’s what we expect Edwards to do…to block your friggin’ rightwing ideologue nutcases…

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. the public could care less about judicial nominations

this attack won't work either.

[AP]

3. They blocked 4 of 189 or something like that, and the 4 were awful.

Does Bush really want to talk about why they blocked those 4?

[mzmolly]

2. Good, this will help bring back some Nader supporters.

:P

[Trajan]

4. Could we ask for a better angle ? ..

PLEASE Mister Adolph Bush: PLEASE remind the people how Senator Edwards blocked your right wing extremist jurists from obtaining positions in the nations highest courts ...

PLEASE tell the world how he stopped you from stuffing the courts with ideologues like yourself ...

[aden_nak]

5. Sounds like a dead end argument for Bush.

He will agrue, I suppose, that a man who made a career as a very successful lawyer, should defer to the wisdom of a former baseball team owner when selecting judicial nominees?

[Pastiche423]

6. Edwards din't block D. Brooks Smith

He voted FOR the asswipe!

[2Design]

7. Good I am glad some dem has sense to block bush not like

some of these other old timers who turn over our govenment to bush

[Sandpiper]

8. Thank you George

This will be a great opportunity to remind the public of what a bunch of anti-choice, racist nuts those four nominees were.

[struggle4progress]

9. Good maybe we can tell the public about some of the extremists ...

... Bush has put on the bench. Yesterday's was especially repugnant.

[TankLV]

10. Oooooooooo! Please, oh Please DO go there!

Bunkerboy has had only - what - 4 nominees blocked - and Clinton had HOW MANY?

Oooooo - please go there.

Couple that with the "military experience" thing - I think I'm gonna stock up on popcorn and enjoy the show!

[phiddle]

11. Yeah, Bring it On!

[Carni]

12. Who cares!

The general public wouldn't know one of bush's judicial appointees if they bit them in the ass!

No one but a freeper would care about Edward's blocking the nomination of bush's RW extremist judges.

Is this the best they've got?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

13. Well if Bush were such a great uniter his nominations would be accepted

but he ain't.

[janx]

14. HA! This is great--it'll get us some more votes! n/t