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In one of the most accurate of sweeping political generalizations, Democrats have been calling Republicans \u201cthe party of no.\u201d\u00a0 It was only a matter of time until the Republicans turned the tables with questionable logic.\u00a0 Whether the response of the GOP is unique to Republicans or politics of any party, the GOP chose to take something true and convert it into a falsehood.\u00a0 That will work when all or part of the citizenry are either ill-informed or not paying attention.<\/p>\n

First Newt Gingrich said that Republicans are the \u201cparty of yes.\u201d\u00a0 Technically, this statement might be true if applied to any of the following actions. Republicans are the party of yes when it comes to:<\/p>\n

Protecting wealthy people from paying their fair share of taxes.<\/li>\n
Running huge deficits as a result of ill-advised tax cuts.<\/li>\n
\u201cStarving the beast;\u201d i.e. ensuring that worthwhile programs cannot be funded because of large budget deficits.<\/li>\n
Using wedge issues to distract people from essential economic, environmental and energy issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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GOP’s Frum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Yes they can; the Republicans can turn no into yes and say it without batting an eyelid.\u00a0 Now former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum has taken this form of “new speak,”\u00a0 a step further by calling the Democrats the \u201cparty of no.\u201d\u00a0 Unlike Gingrich\u2019s semantic games, Frum\u2019s words go beyond \u201cup is down and down is up.\u201d\u00a0 In essence he says that judgment on an issue doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n
In a column on the CNN website<\/a>, Frum says:<\/p>\n
Party of no? When it comes to Supreme Court nominations, the GOP is a flock of baby lambs compared with their opposites on the Democratic side.<\/p>\n
His assertion is that Democrats are much more effective at rejecting Supreme Court nominees offered by Republican presidents.\u00a0 And on the face of it, he\u2019s right.\u00a0 The last Supreme Court justice nominated by a Democratic president to be rejected was in the 19^{th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 Two of President Grover Cleveland\u2019s nominees failed to receive Senate confirmation in 1894.\u00a0 This means that we have had a streak of eight straight Democratic presidents (Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson}[1]<\/a>, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama) whose nominees for the Supreme Court have been confirmed by the Senate.<\/p>\n
Frum states:<\/p>\n
The past two Democratic presidents have named three justices between them: Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. All glided painlessly to confirmation.<\/p>\n
Compare that with the mayhem inflicted on Republican choices. Two of President Nixon’s nominees were rejected by the Senate. Ditto for one of Ronald Reagan’s choices (another withdrew shortly after he was nominated). One of President George H.W. Bush’s choices, Clarence Thomas, was confirmed after a fight that still ranks as perhaps the most vicious in confirmation history.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
When Frum says that the Democrats are \u201cthe party of no\u201d with regard to Supreme Court nominees from Republican presidents, he seems to be forgetting something; the qualifications of the nominee to serve on the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
Among the Supreme Court justices nominated by the eight Democratic presidents listed above are Louis Brandeis (Wilson), Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, and<\/p>\n
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Justice Thurgood Marshall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Robert H. Jackson (Roosevelt), Tom Clark (Truman), Byron White and Arthur Goldberg (Kennedy), Thurgood Marshall (Johnson), Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer (Clinton) and Sonia Sotomayor (Obama).\u00a0 Jimmy Carter did not have an opportunity to nominate a justice to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s give credit where credit is due.\u00a0 In the 1950s, Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed three outstanding justices to the court: Earl Warren, John Marshall Harlan, and William J. Brennan.\u00a0 George H.W. Bush also gave us David Souter.<\/p>\n
Is Frum upset that the Senate rejected Clement Haynsworth, who was\u00a0 nominated by Richard Nixon?\u00a0 As a federal judge, Haynsworth\u00a0 had repeatedly ruled in favor of laws enforcing segregation, and he was reflexively anti-labor.\u00a0 He also\u00a0 ruled in cases where he had apparent financial interests.<\/p>\n
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Sen. Roman Hruska (R-NE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Nixon then nominated Harold Carswell, who supported racial segregation during his unsuccessful election bid in 1948.\u00a0 His nomination was doomed by a \u201cwith friends like this, who needs enemies?\u201d remark.\u00a0 Republican Senator Roman Hruska from Nebraska stated, “Even if he is mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren’t they, and a little chance?”\u00a0 Carswell\u2019s nomination was defeated 51 to 45.<\/p>\n
At the risk of generalizing, many Republicans seem to have blind spots when it comes to\u00a0 assessing certain individuals\u2019 lack of intellectual gravitas to hold high office.\u00a0 In less than twenty years, their national tickets have included Dan Quayle, George H.W. Bush, and Sarah Palin.\u00a0 It may be the Republicans who are smart,\u00a0 because among the three of them, they have been victorious in three of the five elections in which they have run.\u00a0 Intelligence and wisdom may not be important factors to Americans as they assess leaders.\u00a0 If so, Frum\u2019s criticism may convince some that the Democrats are the \u201cparty of no.\u201d\u00a0 And if that argument holds, the starting point for educating the American people is teaching that up really is up and down really is down.<\/p>\n
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