Political Musings...

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I was reading The Drudge Report this morning and I found an interesting link:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-chait22jul22,0,3359930.
column?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

In this Op-Ed piece, the author talks about whether or not President Bush exercises too much. This question comes about as Bush talked to his recent Supreme Court nominee about his exercise habits. The author talks about how Bush has been out exercising when important events have occurred. Huh?

If anything, I am excited by the fact that our president wants to keep in good shape. I wish I could bench press 185 pounds once, no less five times. It actually makes me proud to know our president is in good health. I find this to be in stark contrast to our previous president who "ran" but really wasn't in very good shape. Do we really think the president wouldn't be informed of something important while he was exercising? There always has to be something...

...speaking of that, Bush recently named US Circuit Court Judge John Roberts, Jr. as his nominee for the recent vacancy of Sandra Day O'Conner. I do not envy Bush having to put up this nominee. Even though Bush campaigned for his second term stating that he would nominate conservative justices (and he won this election with the most popular votes ever), he is expected by Democrats to appoint a "moderate" who can "bring the country together". What a crock!

When Ruth Ginsburg was nominated, she was considered by many to be one of the most liberal appointments to the court. She was passed by the Senate with only four votes against. Clinton was a Democrat and he selected a liberal appointee; no surprise there. However, Senators should realize that as long as a candidate has no glaring issues, they will probably be fine. I am amused that with Roberts's nomination, the pick is considered devisive and partisan. Some Democrats think that there will be a filibuster put in the way. I give up...he'll be a fine justice. Let's just approve the nomination and move on. Until Renquist eventually retires, then the fun begins again.