Southern Baptists, conservatives "seething" at McCain re: filibuster

[Bluebear]

.....Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberties Commission shares that concern.

"Whether this compromise is a serious defeat in the move toward a more conservative judiciary will be tested in coming months when we see if a majority of President Bush's nominees get an up-or-down vote and if the filibuster is rarely, if ever, used," says Land. And he admits being somewhat fearful the compromise might crumble in the face of one or more Supreme Court nominations in the near term.

"If that is the case, then Senator McCain will bear the lion's share of the responsibility for impairing the president's ability to get confirmation votes for the nominees he feels are most qualified for the Supreme Court," the ERLC president says. McCain is one of the GOP leaders who was party to the compromise, which some say undercut Majority Leader Bill Frist.

" Frist had the courage to challenge the status quo and hold the senators' feet to the fire," Land continues. "Had it not been for steadfast leadership, we still would not have confirmation votes on Owen, Brown, and Pryor. Conservatives who are unhappy with this compromise are going to blame McCain, not Frist."

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/5/262005a.asp

[Bouncy Ball]

1. NOMINATE FRIST IN 2008!!!

:rofl:

FRIST!! FRIST!! FRIST!! FRIST!!!

Gawd, he'd be a spectacular failure for the right, it'd be GREAT.

[donheld]

3. I thought the same thing about * in 1999-2000

Now look at us. I thought * had no chance.

[Bouncy Ball]

4. Yes, but America hadn't HAD its worst president ever

at that point. Now we have.

In 2008, we will have had eight years of repuke budget deficits, job losses, bad economy, unprovoked war (wars?), etc etc.

Frist will NOT be a welcome sight.

[Bluebear]

5. Who would want to "have a beer with" Frist?

Oh, yeah, sign me up.

[gratuitous]

2. Crocodile tears

But at least these creeps are honest about their partisanship. Their tax exempt status ought to be revoked by the IRS, though, as they are clearly a political organization and not a religious one.