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Audacity of Truth
It’s The Fault Of The “Extreme Right Wing”
That seems to be the official Dem talking point today in response to Harriet Miers’ USSC nomination withdrawal. Via the San Antonio Express News:
Democrats accused the White House of buckling to extreme right wing of the Republican Party.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a member of the Judiciary Committee, said not one Republican lawmaker called for the withdrawal.
“It was the very extreme wing of the president’s party,” Schumer said. “If the president continues to listen to that extreme wing, on judicial nominations or anything else, it can only spell trouble for his presidency and for America.”
“It’s an astonishing spectacle,” said Ralph Neas with the left-leaning People for the American Way.
“The un-elected power brokers of the far right have forced the withdrawal of President Bush’s own Supreme Court nominee, before a confirmation hearing has even been held,” Neas said.
Watch for the media to pick up on this talking point as well. I’m reminded of a piece Media Research did on how the media treats Republicans and Democrats differently in terms of how they portray fulfilling campaign promises to their respective bases. Flashback:
– On ABC, Peter Jennings claimed that “President Bush begins by taking a tough line on abortion.” White House reporter Terry Moran alleged that the re-instatement of a ban on U.S. funding of pro-abortion groups overseas “was designed to appeal to anti-abortion conservatives.”
But exactly eight years ago, on January 22, 1993, Jennings said the opposite deed by Clinton was the act of a promise-keeper: “In a moment, President Clinton keeps his word on abortion rights,” he announced before a commercial break. Introducing the story by Jackie Judd, Jennings repeated, “President Clinton kept a promise today.” No one at ABC that day said Clinton was merely trying “to appeal to pro-abortion liberals.”
— CBS’s Dan Rather spun the news of Bush’s new order as a pay-off: “This was President Bush’s first day in office, and he did something to quickly please the right flank of his party.” White House correspondent John Roberts stated Bush had “waded into controversy on his first day….abortion rights activists fear there’s more to come.”
When a Democrat president does something to, in part, please his base, he’s “keeping a promise” or “keeping his word.” When a Republican does it, he’s acting to “quickly please the right flank of his party.” I’m sure over the next several weeks we’ll hear a lot of terms being thrown around by the MSM like “extreme right wing” or “far right flank” and other such descriptions of the people who opposed Miers nomination.
More: Jeff Goldstein writes:
Question: how many “bases” does the President have, exactly? I mean, for years we’ve been hearing from Democrats and the legacy media how James Dobson, Hugh Hewitt, the evangelicals, et al, are Bush’s “right wing” conservative base—but these are the very people who, in addition to GOP party pragmatists, by and large were most supportive of the Miers nomination.
And yet today, all I’m hearing is that Bush caved to his “extremist” “right wing base.”
Read the whole thing. I’m with Jeff in wanting the media to please clarify just exactly who they think “Bush’s base” really is in hopes that they’ll settle on one definitive description.
(Cross-posted at Blogs For Bush)
Friday a.m. Update: From a ‘Senior Administration Official’ (heh) in the comments section here :
We used the “extreme right wing” phraseology in a flowchart we just made of what we can expect from Barbara Boxer and her ilk when they get the next nominee in their sights. We think it’s kinda funny; it shows a Republican President just can’t win.
If interested, it’s here.
It’s called the “Bork-o-matic” 
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Sister it is all Blah, Blah, Blah when these infants open their mouths. Like anyone really listens to, and believes, anything that Chuck Schumer says. This grows soooo tiresome. Her own letter of resignation says it is to protect Presidential prerogatives. The fact that all of these Dem Senators wanted to look at her work for GW so they could make an “informed” choice was the reason for her resignation. Why is it these people always have to make someone look like a liar. “NO Harriet!! You are wrong. You resigned because of the extreme right wing.” Don’t they know how stupid they sound. Jesus, God people the horse is dead. You can stop beating on it.
I find it interesting just how badly these dems want to look at confidential White House records. They wanted to see them for John Roberts work, and now they “had” to have them to determine Harriet Miers work, after all, she has never been a judge. They are crazy for this information and I for one want to know why.
As far as Trent Lott’s comment. In a month you are going to be looking at Harriet Miers for the Appellate court Sir, so please remember her name. Which I would completely back her for. We shall see what kind of judge she will make. Then we can all make an informed decision. – Lorica
Lorica,
The Democrats want to see if there are any memos like David Bossie found that the Senate Democrats had from their special interests. The MSM didn’t want to publicize those memos, but anything they can turn to hurt Bush for their Democrat friends, the MSM is drooling like a vampire in a college dorm.
I guess I’m left wondering whose fault this is. Who shot this nominee down? Edited. –ST. No Democratic bullets were fired in this case (although there was plenty of smirking and muffled laughs).
Maybe your problem is that when Democrats have talking points, they’re based on the truth, as opposed to the nonsense the Republicans spew all the time.
Democrat talking points based on truth?
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
Man, step away from the Kool Aid! No WMDs have been found! Err, sorry, that’s not true. Bush Lied! Err, no, the intel was wrong, but everyone else had it wrong too, and something was in those trucks vacating towards Syria. Iraq is a QUAGMIRE! Err, no, it’s progressing, messily, but progressing reasonably well, and the insurgent terrorists are having more and more problems. Wilson is a noble whistleblower! Err, no, Wison is a lying hack trying desperately to extend his 15 minutes. The Moral Standing of mothers who have lost sons in Iraq is ABSOLUTE! Err, what about those that support the war, not just Cindy “I want another 15 minutes” Sheehan?
And on and on it goes. Face it, when you are relying on someone like Teddy “The Swimmer” Kennedy for your moral compass, you’re in deep kimchee.
Severian, You’re telling me to step away from the kool-aid? Wow. This reminds me of the time a drunk cop pulled me over.
First of all, let’s not expand the context of what I said ad infinitum, please. Besides, your statements are rather absurd.. and rabid.
Yes, you must be right. I’m immoral because I don’t agree with you. What a sad perspective. Given my reading of the Bible, should you care about such things, I would rather be wrong myself than be wrong about my judgements of others. I wonder if you even understand that concept.
We used the “extreme right wing” phraseology in a flowchart we just made of what we can expect from Barbara Boxer and her ilk when they get the next nominee in their sights. We think it’s kinda funny; it shows a Republican President just can’t win.
If interested, it’s here.
Hilarious! I’ll add that to the post
>when Democrats have talking points, >they’re based on the truth
Whooohahaha… nothing like a big belly-laugh first thing in the morning! Seriously… this is Halloween, save that one for April Fool’s Day.
Hey Sista, did you notice that the article claiming Bush caved in to the “extreme” right called People for the Amercian Way a “left-leaning” organization. The thing Jeff Goldstien misses in his excellent post is that to the MSM ANYONE supporting Bush is bad, bad, bad! Be they Christians, pro-lifers or just conservatives they will be labeled “EXTREME” or “HARD-LINE” in the MSM. How many times do you hear a reference to the “Hard” left in reference to Code Pink or Moveon? Never.
Maybe I just don’t get it… Who’s doing all the bellyaching over Miers’ Withdrawl???:roll:
The Usual Suspects:
NYT
Pravda On The Potomac (WaPo)
Reid
Schumer
Feinstein
Boxer
Kennedy
All blaming Harriet’s bowing out on “The Far Right Wing” of the Republican Party.
What’s the Big Deal?
Maybe President Bush finally remembered it was those people who gave him a Presidential Mandate of more than 4,000,000 votes. Who’ve been called “Right Wing” (According to Liberal Tenets) since most were in diapers.
Now the Dems and Left may have to contend with a Brown or Owens.:razz:
Let the New and Improved Games begin!:lol:
Jack.
PCD – I know what they want to use them for. The depth of the delusion the Democratic Leadership is under is mind boggling. Why they believe that if they “bring down Bush” they will reap some benefit is beyond me. Even if they do find something on GW it will still not convince me to vote for Hillary.
The Dems need to really take a serious step back tho. What they don’t want is exactly what they might get. The Christian Right is truly only marginally involved in the nomination process. They do not want us to be at the Iowa Caucus in droves setting platform ensuring that our canidate is chosen or any of the primaries. Only for a point of this discussion let’s say Pat Robertson somehow gets the nomination. Is the rest of the Republican party going to vote Dem?? I don’t think so.
Archie’s Grandson – I have to wonder about your posts. Back when I was a Dem, I said of Oliver North how funny it is that these people like to wrap themselves in the American Flag and in Patriotism to make themselves look good. Now as a Conservative I find it funny how Liberals want to run to Holy Scripture to justify their anger. Granted the Kool-Aid comment was abit much. But when saying things such as “Dem talking points are based on truth”, you pretty much are setting yourself up for it. So just to stay on topic. Where did the “Truth” come from on the present Dem talking points concerning Harriet Miers and her resignation?? Not from her resignation letter. Not from the President, neither comment about the “Extreme Right”. Since those are the 2 people in the Know, and they don’t say it is the fault of the VRWC, these talking points are based on “conjecture” which is not truth. Sadly your thinking is in error. You seem like a good young man, someone who is obviously proud of his Grandfather. Which does say alot of good about you. As I have told many of my friends stop using the MSM as your only source of news, they will deceive you everytime. Always – Lorica
Lorica,
I think you ARE going to see a resurgance of the Christian Right at the Iowa Caucuses. Not because of Tom Harkin or Hillary, but because of the GOP moderates dissing the Right and especially the Christian Right.
Also, grassroots Iowa is fed up with Des Moines dictating who our candidates are and then finagling their candidates to the general when we don’t follow in lock step to the Country Clubbers who think they know better.
Yea that is what I was sort of getting at. I might live in Illinois, but I still have alot of contact with folk from Iowa. You can see in alot of the Iowa folk their frustration with the Republican Blue Bloods. The problem with everybody is the Christian right. You see the Dems have basically kicked us out of that party, and the Rep Blue bloods are afraid of us. For many years the Christian right have basically went along to get along. I just don’t see that happening to much longer. GW has backed every moderate that came down the pike, now he is paying for it in one way or another. Either the Dem won the seat or the moderate sides with the Dems. Seems to me to be a lose, lose situation. It is time to get some Conservatives in this Government and see what happens. I personally think that the prosperity would be worth the fight. I think this holds true for the Supreme court too. GW might be tired, and tired of the fight. That is one idea about why GW picked Harriet Miers. The other is to pull a rope a dope, and now bring in Janice Rodgers Brown, and watch folk fall all over themselves. We shall see. I don’t know what my future holds but I am sure of Who holds my future. That has never rung more true that this moment in time. Always – Lorica