Bring It On
Now's not the time to bunker-hunker: I accept the nomination of Samuel A. Alito as the newest Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. There, that ought to do it. Next? How about J. Michael Luttig to replace Ruth Gator Ginsberg sometime this Spring?
It's hard for a conservative not to be feeling his oats. This is just a great time. They can't stop this guy. Two reasons:
First: Qualifications, etc.
Second: Each honorable Republican Senator has looked deeply into his individual conscience and has discovered...that there's a base out there that can hurt them!
What a stunningly splendid development has come from Harriet. Before Harriet I was a little worried: Could we hold squishy New England? DeWine? MaCain? Graham? What I know now is that passion, commitment, and intellectual stature has EXPLODED! from the right. You can't fight against that combination, at least not without trepidation. I don't think we're going to see any ego grandstanding this time. The pleasures of a little press aren't worth a primary defeat, and that now has got to be a part of the conscience of every gentleman.
I don't think the right is crowing, and I don't think they're complimenting each other on their muscle, I don't think they intend to bully; I think that what they've found is that what individually each thought was a personal and intellectual persuasion, is actually a passion immediately and instinctively felt by millions; and that means it's a movement, and a deep one, with staying power, and this is something that tends to be noticed, both by enemies and by friends. And that gives friends both energy and spine, which means victory.
A splendid faith is splendidly rigorous. It has at its core some accepted tenet, in this case that the Constitution is a controlling document, but after that it's all intellect and there's only one side in this fight with developed intellect. "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive / But to be young was very heaven." This is a good time to feel great, and, largely, it will last. Delight will fade, work will tire, but the testament has been made: There is a conviction out there that there is a proper structure of government, that there is a proper concept of nation, and that is a faith, a very strong faith. It can preserve a nation. Bring It On
Now's not the time to bunker-hunker: I accept the nomination of Samuel A. Alito as the newest Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. There, that ought to do it. Next? How about J. Michael Luttig to replace Ruth Gator Ginsberg sometime this Spring?
It's hard for a conservative not to be feeling his oats. This is just a great time. They can't stop this guy. Two reasons:
First: Qualifications, etc.
Second: Each honorable Republican Senator has looked deeply into his individual conscience and has discovered...that there's a base out there that can hurt them!
What a stunningly splendid development has come from Harriet. Before Harriet I was a little worried: Could we hold squishy New England? DeWine? MaCain? Graham? What I know now is that passion, commitment, and intellectual stature has EXPLODED! from the right. You can't fight against that combination, at least not without trepidation. I don't think we're going to see any ego grandstanding this time. The pleasures of a little press aren't worth a primary defeat, and that now has got to be a part of the conscience of every gentleman.
I don't think the right is crowing, and I don't think they're complimenting each other on their muscle, I don't think they intend to bully; I think that what they've found is that what individually each thought was a personal and intellectual persuasion, is actually a passion immediately and instinctively felt by millions; and that means it's a movement, and a deep one, with staying power, and this is something that tends to be noticed, both by enemies and by friends. And that gives friends both energy and spine, which means victory.
A splendid faith is splendidly rigorous. It has at its core some accepted tenet, in this case that the Constitution is a controlling document, but after that it's all intellect and there's only one side in this fight with developed intellect. "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive / But to be young was very heaven." This is a good time to feel great, and, largely, it will last. Delight will fade, work will tire, but the testament has been made: There is a conviction out there that there is a proper structure of government, that there is a proper concept of nation, and that is a faith, a very strong faith. It can preserve a nation. Bring It On
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