It always strikes me as ironic how the Democrats try to take credit for being progressive when it comes to women and minorities. The first woman appointed to the court was Sandra Day O’Connor and she was appointed by Republican President Ronald Reagan. The first African-American Secretary of State; Colin Powell and the first black female Secretary of State; Condoleezza Rice were appointed by Republican President George W. Bush. President Bush also appointed Carlos Gutierrez—a Cuban-American as the first Secretary of Commerce.

But I digress, it is Judge Sotomayor’s activist record that is of grave concern to me and many other conservatives. The following clip shows that she believes in judicial activism and that she also realizes that it is not smart to admit it while cameras are rolling. She is also cocky enough to admit this fact and speak freely anyway.

I think we should all remember who voted for her during the next election and vote the scoundrels out. Senator John McCain—the man who should be President, voted against her nomination. I applaud him.

I am angry that Republicans do not know how to play the game as well as Democrats. Democrats have mastered the skill of painting any qualified Republican nominee to the Supreme Court as too right wing—almost worse than Attila the Hun. Republicans, however, are afraid of going after an unqualified Hispanic woman who recently had one of her cases overturned by the same court that she wants to serve on. I think it is time to forget whether someone is black, white, pink, male or female or whatever other classification you want to give someone and judge them on their merits. Is this too much to ask?

If we called Judge Sonia Sotomayor, nominee “Y” and only allowed nominee “Y” to answer from behind a wall with a computer to distort the voice would everyone be comfortable with nominee “Y”’s record? Would there be serious questions as to whether the nominee was judicially sound and impartial? That is the real question that the nomination process should try to answer.

I have been very quiet on this nomination because I wanted to give the process and Judge Sotomayor a chance to explain herself as well. So far, all I have seen are token questions and evasive answers. The toughest line of questioning was from Senator Cornyn today and even his questions were sugar coated and seemed timid by Democrat standards.

The Democrats would have fifty (or more) special interest groups actively campaigning against a Republican nominee and would badger the nominee to the point where the nominee would want to say “No more. I give up.” I do not like it when Democrats do this, but at least they are fighting the fight that their constituents voted them in to do. I expect the Republicans to do the same. The future of this great country is at stake.

If Senator Obama wins the presidency, we will have established two rings of hell and we will be well on our way to an inferno that Dante could never have imagined. The first ring will be a Congress that is dominated by liberal Democrats and run by Senator Harry Reid and Representative Nancy Pelosi. As if this were not hell enough, we will also have an ultra-liberal president who wants to redistribute our income and change the entire country to more liberal, secular views. Now for the third ring–the one that will bring on the suffering. That ring, the Supreme Court, is the last viable check and balance against Democrat hegemony. 

Obama will be able to appoint two or three Supreme Court justices in his first term. Even worse than that, he could get to appoint two more by the end of a second term. That is five Supreme Court justices that he could appoint with no opposition from Congress. He could appoint the most liberal judges that he can find and establish liberal control of the Supreme Court for decades. Who knows what could happen then? Perhaps infanticide and assisted suicide would become the uncontested law of the land. Keep in mind that five Supreme Court justices would constitute a majority.

Liberal control of the Supreme Court could shape our society more than any other branch of government. The justices do not need to be reelected and are installed for life. They can do whatever they want. If you do not believe it, then go back to January 22, 1973 when the Supreme Court made it legal to have abortions with the Roe vs. Wade decision. It is estimated that over 50 million children have been killed because of that decision. It is reasonable to estimate that if these children had been born, at least 1% would be geniuses or high achievers. Think about how much more advanced the United States would be with an additional 500,000 intelligent, high achievers. What a waste of human potential and loss of human advancement.

If you are angered by the idea of homosexual marriage, the removal of any mention of religion from our school systems, the removal of “In God We Trust,” and the promotion of other liberal causes, then you should be very concerned about an Obama victory. An Obama presidency will guarantee liberal control of the country for the foreseeable future. It is an incredible inferno full of suffering for all and justice for none.

If you are not interested in social issues or religious issues, but instead are worried about your bottom line, then consider a president who wants you to “share the wealth” coupled with a Congress that also wants to tax you into the ground and then couple that with a liberal and activist Supreme Court and what do you have? You end up with a socialist country modeled after many of the countries in the European Union. Is that the path that the United States should take or should it continue to create a path that other countries envy and want to emulate?

What country is feared, envied and respected at the same time? What country has established an empire greater than has ever been seen on the face of the planet before? What country has achieved this sort of global domination in history? Only the United States has done this. Why throw it away to pursue a political and social theory that has been proven a failure repeatedly?

You know the answers to these questions. There is no reason to abandon our supremacy, or to change our way of life. I have written it before in this site, but here it is again, “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid.” We do not need a liberal, inexperienced president or Supreme Court. Let’s stay away from the suffering, vote intelligently and vote often (the often is just to offset Acorn).

Vote McCain-Palin on September 4th and donate to The National Republican Trust so that they can air anti-Obama ads.