Bush and Rove Will Nominate a Rabid Anti-Abortionist to the SCOTUS Now.

[David Zephyr]

ABC today has a poll where only 25% of the nation believe that the White House is cooperating with the Investigation into the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame.

That's suicidal numbers in national politics!

SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF AMERICANS BELIEVE HE IS NOT COOPERATING.

And so, George W. Bush needs his most fanatical base now at his side, more than ever in his failing presidency.

And George W. Bush and his puppeteer, Karl Rove, also desperately need to stop the national press from reporting story after story about the vindictive and revengeful attack by them against Ambassador Joe Wilson and his wife.

How can Bush rally his base to his side now and end the press' preoccupation with the White House's lies and obstruction of justice?

Simple:

Bush will now more than likely nominate a rabid anti-abortionist to the Supreme Court of the United States and...


...thereby open the gates of hell in political warring over the nominee which would drown out any focus on the Plame story altogether by the Press until October when the Grand Jury is shut down...

A known opponent to abortion rights will be nominated and the gates of hell will open up and the right-wing, fanatical base of the GOP will rally to George Bush and Karl Rove and Dick Cheney regardless of any crimes they may have committed.

[Catch22Dem]

1. 10 days ago I might have believed that

Today, I belive there is nothing that can derail this story.

[converted_democrat]

2. Knock on some wood.....quick! n/t

[David Zephyr]

6. I agree.

I should have said "in an attempt to derail the story."

I agree that at this point and with Judith "Miss Iraqi War" Miller in jail that the Plame story will not go away.

But with Iraq spinning further toward Civil War and with the Plame Story eating up the news ink, a national fight over abortion will make a hell of a lot of noise and rally Bush's right wing base which he now needs.

The ABC poll today reveals that less than 50% of even Republicans believe the White House is cooperating with Fitzgerald's investigation.

[Catch22Dem]

10. Yes, "in an attempt to derail..."

I totally agree with you there.

[Walt Starr]

14. They'll do it any way

They're rats in a corner. Won;t work, but they're gonna do it any way.

[David Zephyr]

15. Thanks for making my point, Walt.

You are so right (as always).

It will only "work" somewhat in fogging the Plame story, but "they will do it anyway".

And most of all, because it will rally his nutbag base to his side.

[elfin]

3. Maybe - but odds are

he will nominate someone without a "paper trail" who HE knows is anti-choice but is not apparently so to the media. While a huge fight over this would distract from Rove/Libby etal, he can play it easy with this one knowing that he will have at least one more appointment in his term. That way he can get plaudits from the now surprisingly hostile press.

We can only hope his term is truncatedc by impeachment.

[Inland]

4. I think that's right. He now depends on those who

have a messianic faith that he is there to put Christ in charge of Washington and that he is blessed no matter what their lying eyes tell them.

Everyone else believes what their eyes tell them, and are lost to Bush. All that's left is the theocratic base.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Which will be a big story only if the Dems filibuster.

Considering who they let waltz into the Circuit Courts for sake of "compromise", he'd have to resurrect Torquemada to arouse the "moderate" Dem senators. Oh, wait...Torquemada was merely a torturer. Kinda like that guy that Reid said was OK.

[deadparrot]

7. 65% of Americans want to keep Roe.

Should be interesting to see what happens if/when the nomination is announced.

[David Zephyr]

16. Keep Roe. Dump Rove.

Bush will want to rally his base behind him now. He needs them.

[rzemanfl]

8. Bush can nominate someone even the Repugs will not vote to

confirm, what he wants is a huge distraction and another real war would not go over with the military. He can then placate his base by saying the Repugs who feared defeat if they sided with the holy roller he nominated derailed his choice.

[David Zephyr]

17. Yep.

I will fall over if Bush nominates a moderate to the SCOTUS.

He needs his base now that he's about to have indictments coming at his administration.

[snippy]

9. I agree that Bush will have to play to his base on the nomination, but

his credibility has been damaged with the public which might help build support for opposing his nominee. Democrats should be ready to pounce on the lies that Bush and the other republicans are preparing to tell about the nominee. Democrats need to relate those lies to all of Bush's other lies.

[David Zephyr]

18. Especially the lies about making war in Iraq.

:thumbsup:

[The River]

11. It Would Show The Entire World

exactly how rabidly right they really are.
Bring 'em On! Stir it up. Let them foam at the mouth.
Let them scream and shout & jump about. Push them to
the very edge of insanity and hand them an anvil
as their house-of-cards collapses under them.
Drive them from the closets of Racism, Hypocrisy and
Fear and expose their lies, like rancid sores on the body politic,
to the daylight of truth!
Let them make such an insane spectacle of themselves that
enough not-yet-totally-crazy "moderate"
Repubs would finally say ENOUGH! and
join with Dems to start impeachment proceedings.
All we have to do is stand up to their lies and
put the good of the Country over whats good for either Party.

Film at 11 (and 2006)

[jazzjunkysue]

12. I'm hopin he does. It will be the last nail in his coffin. Asshole.

He doesn't get anything, and just as always, he'll pander to his base, which is stupid, cause they'll follow him over a cliff, no matter what.

Roe is just another brick sinking his ship, along with social security and Iraq and Shaivo and now Rove Rage.

Do it, shrub. Please. Make my day. :smoke:

[blm]

13. Right. Bush needs his base to support him blindly now more than ever.

Before this broke, I would have laid odds that he'd nominate a corporatist who could care less about social issues as long as the corporations were happy.

Now, I think he will calculate that he needs his base to survive the next 3 years.

[David Zephyr]

19. I told ya so.

No moderate at all. Nope.