Bush - Man of God?

“My bad... The Onion.
(where all us Libbies get our news)
last edited: 5/05/06 1:31:41 PM”

“Approval rating is up from 31 to 38....and rising....”

“Someone posted this a week or two ago.”

““Approval rating is up from 31 to 38....and rising....”

I love the denial, keep it up please. Repeat after me...

Nothing is wrong, Bush is doing a great job.

Nothing is wrong, Bush is doing a great job.

Nothing is wrong, Bush is doing a great job.


"Republican right abandoning Bush

45 percent of self-described conservatives disapprove of president

"WASHINGTON - Angry conservatives are driving the approval ratings of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress to dismal new lows, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that underscores why Republicans fear an Election Day massacre.

Six months out, the intensity of opposition to Bush and Congress has risen sharply, along with the percentage of Americans who believe the nation is on the wrong track."

Complete story”

“The republicans actually are bent over, and have given Ohio voters the courtosy of painting a target on thier arses for this November's election. It's the first progressive thing they've done in 15 years, and by gawd, it's gonna work!”

“THATS RIGHT LOL...BUDDHA....YOU have us right where you want us/....

I can see Buddha, "VE VILL VIPE ZE AMERICAN PIGS OUT VEN THEY HIT THE GERMAN BORDER>>>>"

Good secret weapons? anything else?”

“I love it when the Right Wing Wack Jobs are in denial, look around... your own party is trying to look, well, like liberials....

"The Great Republican Rebranding

Sen. Rick Santorum wanted to talk.

His purpose, he said over breakfast earlier this week in the Senate dining room, was to "tell the other side of the story" about his record, which his foes use to cast him as -- these are his words -- "a mean-spirited, hard-right country club Republican."

Santorum wanted to describe the work he had done on "nontraditional Republican issues," including faith-based initiatives to help the poor, his work with Bono to expand funding to fight AIDS in Africa and his efforts to secure federal money for Pennsylvania's inner cities.

Poverty is a big deal to him, Santorum explained, because "if you want me to be honest, I'm a Catholic." He added: "How many times did the nuns beat into your brains: the poor, the poor, the poor, the poor?"

The poor, the poor, the poor, the poor are not typical words in a Republican's political litany, and that is the point. Santorum has been running behind for months in his reelection struggle against the popular Democratic state treasurer, Robert Casey Jr. If Santorum doesn't change his image, he loses"

Santorum is nothing if not shrewd. Running with the 1994 conservative tide, he won his seat from then-incumbent Harris Wofford after characterizing AmeriCorps, the national service initiative and a Wofford legislative monument, as a program "for hippie kids to stand around a campfire and sing 'Kumbaya' at taxpayers' expense." (Santorum later became an AmeriCorps supporter.) With the tide running the other way 12 years later, Santorum is eager to cast himself as a champion of social justice.

Santorum is not alone. All over the country, Republicans are engaged in a massive effort at rebranding, reframing and, in some cases, wholesale retreat from past positions. The surest sign that the nation is in the middle of an ideological transition is that Republicans don't want to sound like -- well, Republicans.

Thus are those who once derided Al Gore's environmentalism now painting themselves in very bright shades of green. Last month Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) took a drive in a hydrogen-powered car to show how much he cares about conservation and the planet.

Members of Congress who once eagerly showered tax breaks on the energy companies now want you to know they're tough on Big Oil. Last month House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) urged federal agencies to investigate possible price gouging by the petroleum giants..."

Complete story”

“I'm kinda' interested to see which of you lefties is going to give just a little credit to those conservatives who are disagreeing with Bush & making it known that they don't support his initiatives.

To me it says a great deal that is positive, meaning that we're not all in "lock-step" but actually can think for ourselves & make decisions that aren't in accord with the Nat'l Rep party machine. I think that's a very good thing.”

“There are many Republicans I respect and would vote for, like there are many Liberals I can't stand and would like to see run out on a rail.

To me, the problem is the NeoCons and those fanatics on the Christian Right. They stole the Conservative movement and the party is now paying for it. I hope the moderates can gain control of the party again, if not.......

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

“I'm praying for that right wing right nowwwwww, Opps got some on the seat.”

“My brothers are drunk again.”

“DARN RIGHT ...those dirty NEOCONS...stole the party in 1994....and they haven't lost it yet (LOL)”

“Keep repeating after me....

Everything is going wonderful, Bush is great.

Everything is going to be fine.

Everything is going wonderful, Bush is great.

Everything is going to be fine.

Everything is going wonderful, Bush is great.

Everything is going to be fine.

Everything is going wonderful, Bush is great.

Everything is going to be fine.

Everything is going wonderful, Bush is great.

Everything is going to be fine.”

“You go boy!”

“To me, the problem is the NeoCons and those fanatics on the Christian Right. They stole the Conservative movement and the party is now paying for it.
mtnsteve
9:00:24 PM
5/06/06

I'm not sure how much the party is paying for it. The country is paying for it, sadly.”

“Bush is okay ,but other bands are much better.”

“You guys are so cute! With all your talk about “My brand of oppression is better than your brand!” and “My evil is lesser than yours!”. LOL! It’s this type of purely innocent ignorance that lead me to work with the mentally retarded.

Bless your little hearts!”

“The Christian Taliban is on the march.

This wont go anywhere, but it does show what the Right Wing nut jobs would like to do.

Legislating Violations of the Constitution

By Erwin ChemerinskySpecial
Saturday, September 30, 2006; 12:00 AM

With little public attention or even notice, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that undermines enforcement of the First Amendment's separation of church and state. The Public Expression of Religion Act - H.R. 2679 - provides that attorneys who successfully challenge government actions as violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment shall not be entitled to recover attorneys fees. The bill has only one purpose: to prevent suits challenging unconstitutional government actions advancing religion.

A federal statute, 42 United States Code section 1988, provides that attorneys are entitled to recover compensation for their fees if they successfully represent a plaintiff asserting a violation of his or her constitutional or civil rights. For example, a lawyer who successfully sues on behalf of a victim of racial discrimination or police abuse is entitled to recover attorney's fees from the defendant who acted wrongfully. Any plaintiff who successfully sues to remedy a violation of the Constitution or a federal civil rights statute is entitled to have his or her attorney's fees paid.

Congress adopted this statute for a simple reason: to encourage attorneys to bring cases on behalf of those whose rights have been violated. Congress was concerned that such individuals often cannot afford an attorney and vindicating constitutional rights rarely generates enough in damages to pay a lawyer on a contingency fee basis.

Without this statute, there is no way to compensate attorneys who successfully sue for injunctions to stop unconstitutional government behavior. Congress rightly recognized that attorneys who bring such actions are serving society's interests by stopping the government from violating the Constitution. Indeed, the potential for such suits deters government wrong-doing and increases the likelihood that the Constitution will be followed.

Despite the effectiveness of this statute, conservatives in the House of Representatives have now passed an insidious bill to try and limit enforcement of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, by denying attorneys fees to lawyers who successfully challenge government actions as violating this key constitutional provision. For instance, a lawyer who successfully challenged unconstitutional prayers in schools or unconstitutional symbols on religious property or impermissible aid to religious groups would -- under the bill -- not be entitled to recover attorneys' fees. The bill, if enacted, would treat suits to enforce the Establishment Clause different from litigation to enforce all of the other provisions of the Constitution and federal civil rights statutes.

Such a bill could have only one motive: to protect unconstitutional government actions advancing religion. The religious right, which has been trying for years to use government to advance their religious views, wants to reduce the likelihood that their efforts will be declared unconstitutional. Since they cannot change the law of the Establishment Clause by statute, they have turned their attention to trying to prevent its enforcement by eliminating the possibility for recovery of attorneys' fees.

Those who successfully prove the government has violated their constitutional rights would, under the bill, be required to pay their own legal fees. Few people can afford to do so. Without the possibility of attorneys' fees, individuals who suffer unconstitutional religious persecution often will be unable to sue. The bill applies even to cases involving illegal religious coercion of public school children or blatant discrimination against particular religions.

The passage of this bill by the House is a disturbing achievement by those who seek to undermine our nation's commitment to fundamental freedoms laid out in the Constitution. Should it come up for a vote, it is imperative that the Senate reject this nefarious proposal. The religious right is looking for a way to get away with violating the Establishment Clause and is now one step closer to this goal. The Establishment Clause is no less important than any other part of the Bill of Rights and suits to enforce it should be treated no differently than any other litigation to enforce civil liberties and civil rights.

Story”

“For those that miss the point...

"The bill, if enacted, would treat suits to enforce the Establishment Clause different from litigation to enforce all of the other provisions of the Constitution and federal civil rights statutes".”

“O.K. So, just so I'm clear on this, If my child is baptised against my will, I have no civil right to enforce my point, since I'm not rich? Goes well with the suspension of habeus corpus, doesn't it?

Libertarians, wake up! The current "conservative" government has given us nothing in the way of fiscal responsibility, less even in state's rights, and has now claimed the privilege, without any review by anyone at all, to lock up whoever they want, whenever they want, for as long as they want. Under the new statutes, even an american citizen can be disappeared, with no legal challenges at all. Don't think it'll happen? Find someone in your neighborhood who has a spec ops background, get them alone, turn up the radio, and ask. We snatch foreign nationals with the kind of clockwork that makes the current bills send a chill up my spine. I never thought I'd be saying this, as long as I lived, but if you like your bill of rights, vote democratic. What the hell happened in this country?”

“I would be sucked into my own burning pipe bowl and never be seen again.”

“Wolf, what happened in this country is the two two parties merged into one big two ended promotion of BIG gov.and BIG spending. Vote for what you 'believe' even if it means this country has to collaspe first before finally getting on the right path.”