Concerned Women for America (CWA) says Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) is misleading Americans and deceiving the President when Schumer says he wants to work with President Bush to choose "a consensus nominee" for the Supreme Court.
According to the Drudge Report July 6,
"Senate Judiciary Committee member Chuck Schumer got busy plotting away on a cell phone aboard a Washington, D.C.-New York Amtrak--plotting Democrat strategy for the upcoming Supreme Court battle. Schumer promised a fight over whoever the President's nominee was: 'It's not about an individual judge. � It's about how it affects the overall makeup of the court.' Schumer proudly declared: 'We are contemplating how we are going to go to war over this.'"
"Schumer's statements prove what we've said all along, it isn't about whom the nominee is, it's about whom the President is," said Jan LaRue, CWA's chief counsel. "President Bush hasn't even named his nominee to replace Justice O'Connor, and Schumer is caught saying, 'It's not about an individual judge.' Their greatest fear is that President Bush will cut away at the majority on the Court that acts as backup for their failed policies."
In related news, Newsmax [via Jill Stanek] provides a glimpse of where Ted Kennedy is heading:
Giving a hint at the grisly nature of the potential conflict, Kennedy offered this colorful metaphor. "Like sausage and legislation, the confirmation or rejection of a Supreme Court nomination is not always something pleasant to watch or be part of. The course is set by the President. If the President submits an 'in your face' nomination to flaunt his power, it takes time and effort and sweat and tears before the truth about the candidate is fully discovered and explained to the public and voted on."To Kennedy and company there is no supporter of the sanctity of life that would be acceptable in the Supreme Court. An 'in your face' nomination is one that does not meet with Kennedy's approval and it takes "sweat and tears" to destroy such an individual's character as Kennedy did to Judge Robert Bork years ago.
Mr. President, do not be deterred by Schumer and Kennedy's threats!
