Who's the most right-wing poster on this message board?

[J. J.]

AUH20.  Goldie is very rightwing.

[J. J.]

I am a moderate.

In the same vein as Strom Thurmond was.  (That's sarcasm.)

[J. J.]

Stacking the courts is a very liberal position. The communists can't be troubled with little things like the Constitution, so they appoint judges to come up with a "broad interpretation" so contrary to what the framers intended that even they can live with it.

If Bush were to propose it, it would not be liberal.  It was only liberal with FDR because he likely would have appointed liberal judges.  Overall, it's a manuever designed (at the time) to afford the executive more control over the judiciary and thus the laws of the state, which would be seen as quite conservative, as in the same vein of a monarchy.

What president, over the last century, made a serious effort to force his ideology on the court, exclusive of appointment?  FDR.

[J. J.]

What president, over the last century, made a serious effort to force his ideology on the court, exclusive of appointment?  FDR.

Only an example, JJ - stacking the court is not a "liberal" thing to do just because FDR happens to be a Democrat, and I have a feeling that's where Philip is getting his logic.  Anything that is designed to put more power in the hands of the state is inherently a conservative and atavistic manuever.  You have to remove Republican, Democrat, and our politicized ideals of liberal and conservative from any such discussion.

No, I am suggesting that the greatest effort to politicize the Court and to alter its composition in the last 105 years was done to advance an exceptionally liberal agenda.  The tactic is not, in itself liberal but it has been more greatly used by the liberals during this period.

[J. J.]

No, I am suggesting that the greatest effort to politicize the Court and to alter its composition in the last 105 years was done to advance an exceptionally liberal agenda.  The tactic is not, in itself liberal but it has been more greatly used by the liberals during this period.

Agreed - FDR (and thus, as you say, a liberal agenda) was behind the court stacking case.  I was trying to explain to Philip that while liberals may have used such a tactic, it is an inherently conservative idea.

I would argue that creating more government is not a conservative idea.  Using Congress to remove the authority of the Court would be.

[J. J.]

I was joking when I said I was a moderate. Of course I am a right winger and proud of it!

We kinda figured.  ;-)

[J. J.]

I love when people throw around that I'm far right yet can't back it up. Cashcow and J-Mann that is something you have to learn about me. I am not far right and when people insist that I am, I ask for details to which I can never get an acceptable response.

It's an internet message board, kid - it's not like I'm trying to get to know you personally.  I think you're right wing because of what you've posted (or what I've read).  If you are far different in real life, or posts that I haven't seen indicate that you're not a righty, so be it; I'll never know.  I think it's a bit amusing that anyone who has been labeled as a rightist in this thread has come back insisting that they're a moderate, as if being a right-winger is something horrible.

When did I ever say you had to get to know me personally? Personality has nothing to do with it.

Also, I was labeled far right in this thread and wouldn't dare call myself a moderate. I am right wing, not far right win.

Phil, you are by no means a "Right Wingnut" anymore than Harry, Alcon, or Gabu "Loony Left."