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As expected, Liberals are already moving to attack any of Bush's Supreme Court Nominees.

Before I had even posted about Sandra Day O'Connor's resignation, MoveOn had already sent out an e-mail promising attacks on Bush appointees. This just proves what they've been saying over at UpOrDownVote.com and it really comes as no surprise to me.

Here's the letter put out by MoveOn:

Dear MoveOn member,

Early this morning Sandra Day O'Connor stepped down from the Supreme Court, leaving the first open seat in more than 10 years. As a moderate Justice, she helped protect our rights for decades. With Bush likely to nominate a replacement in a matter of hours or days, our most basic rights and freedoms are suddenly very much up for grabs.

[blah blah blah]

[blah blah blah] In the next few days Bush, the Senate and the media will all be will be listening very carefully–gauging the public reaction to this vacancy and deciding how far they can go.

[blah blah blah]

[blah blah blah] the Republican leadership has exploited every opportunity to attack the basic American right to keep our private choices private, and to make personal decisions without government intrusion.

This vacancy could represent the biggest threat yet.

The only clear indication from Bush about who he might nominate is that he intends to follow the example of his two "model" judges–Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia. These two have weighed in from the far-right fringe for decades, and another judge in their mold could shift the balance on the Court significantly.

[blah blah blah]

On Capitol Hill, today's resignation unleashed a swarm of right-wing fringe groups and corporate lobbyists pushing for a nominee who will favor narrow prejudice and greed over the rights of the American people.

If we can deliver 250,000 signatrures and comments by Tuesday, we can make sure the voice of ordinary Americans can compete with this swarm and tell our senators to stand up for our rights.

Please sign today.

[blah blah blah]

[blah blah blah]

Ben, Joan, Justin, Eli and the MoveOn PAC Team
Friday, July 1st, 2005

P.S. As soon as we heard about the resignation, we put an ad on the air calling for Bush and the Senate to protect our rights and not nominate an extremist. [blah blah blah]

If you like it, help us keep it on the air [blah blah blah]

[blah blah blah]

PAID FOR BY MOVEON PAC
Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

Note that they put an ad on the air "as soon as [they] heard about the resignation."

Of course, MO has no doubt that Bush will pick someone who is too far overboard, but they believe that they and their friends have the ability to influence how far overboard. They also paint the picture of Bush as deciding to listen to public opinion only to figure out how much they can get away with. More nonsensical rhetoric from the leftists.

Don't get me wrong — I'm not worrying about MoveOn. After all, they did everything they could do, and Bush still beat out Kerry 51/48! And as far as Scalia is concerned, Bush could hope to do so well in his nomination!

This entry was posted on Saturday, July 2nd, 2005 at 17:35 by Novac and is filed under All, Conservatives, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, Liberals, Media, People, Politicians, Politics. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

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