Bush: "I'm just a simple candidate"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

...spoken at the end of his "I'm going to carry the South" tirade in Raleigh NC, 7/7/04:

THE PRESIDENT: Well, talk to -- talk to the schedulers. I'm not the scheduler, I'm just a simple candidate. (Laughter.)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/07/20040707-3.html



...he then gives a stirring, passionate discourse on why he is the "NO LITMUS TESTS" candidate...the "I do believe -- I do believe in making sure that we share a philosophy" candidate. I can almost read his mind..."Some people call you judicial nominees...I like to call you my BASE"

:evilgrin:

Q Could you -- could you offer thoughts as to how that judiciary is different from the one that might exist under a Democratic Kerry-Edwards administration, and perhaps with particular reference to issues of civil damage suits and abortion?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, look, I've -- first of all, on issues like abortion, I don't have a litmus test. In other words, when the nominees come before people in my administration, we don't say, what is your specific position on that issue or another issue. What we say to the person is, what is your judicial temperament? Will you be willing to faithfully interpret the law? Or will you view your position on the bench to rewrite law? And that is the difference of judicial philosophies. I've been consistent in naming people to the bench that will faithfully interpret the law. I suspect that's one of the reasons why a minority of senators are blocking my nominees and creating a judicial emergency.

And after I leave here, I'm going to Michigan to bring up the same point. There are six judges that are being withheld because of their judicial temperament -- not because of a specific issue, but because of their temperament. And I don't believe in litmus tests. I do believe -- I do believe in making sure that we share a philosophy. As I said before, I want the legislators legislating. I don't want the judges legislating.

[truthspeaker]

1. He got that right - very, very simple

[ashling]

2. "Simple Minded", hell yeah!

[stellanoir]

3. too simple to be President. . .

or too simplistic for complex times