[writer33]

Chris Davis is the author of two political thrillers: Elective Decisions and In Defense of Liberty, available at Whiskey Creek Press.

[writer33]

Ping!

[prion]

If this is satire, it isn't satire enough, and if it isn't, it can't be accurate.

[SE Mom]

Well done, once again:)

But..."Harriet Miers was brazen and defiant"??? I haven't seen or heard a peep from her since she was introduced to us. Which may, or may not, be a good thing.

[My2Cents]

not asking President Bush to withdraw her nomination to the Supreme Court despite sharp criticism from some of Bush’s conservative allies

Why should she cave in to people having a temper tantrum?

[drt1]

" as well as abortion and other lame conservative issues."

Stopped reading right there. This writer is a moron, or worse.

[Peace will be here soon]

""Scott McClellan. “They should just shut their mouths and be thankful Bush is in office.""

Tell me he didn`t say this.

[writer33]

Ping!

[Ol' Sparky]

Harriet Miers record

The Los Angeles Times:

The written record of President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court is meager. But her musings in the Texas Bar Journal in 1992 and 1993 offer a window into a different era for Miers.

At the time, she was perched atop a fractious organization of 55,000 lawyers that included law-and-order prosecutors, boardroom advisors and legal clinicians paid in chickens on the border. The crosscurrents were fierce, and Miers fought them by choosing a path that could safely be described as politically moderate and, at times, liberal — by Texas standards anyway.

She called for increased funding for legal services for the poor and suggested that taxes might have to be raised to achieve the notion of "justice for all."

She praised the benefits of diversity, called for measures that would send more minority students to law schools, and said that just because a woman was the head of the state bar did not mean that "all unfair barriers for women have been eradicated."

She was upset that although poverty was rising in Texas, impoverished families received a disproportionately small share of welfare and Medicaid benefits.

And she was an unapologetic defender of her profession, even the oft-maligned "trial lawyer."

"Lawyers are about seeking the truth, preserving a system to achieve fairness and justice and protecting the freedom of individuals against the tyranny of the majority view," she wrote.

Still, her emerging record as a lawyer in Texas could foment concern among conservatives that she would not be a reliable ally — and maybe it should, said Jim Parsons, a state district judge from Palestine, Texas, a friend of Miers' and a self-described "dyed-in-the-wool Democrat" who supports her nomination.

"I've never known her to be either a bra-burning Democrat or the comparable Republican," said Parsons, who was president of the bar in 1990 and 1991. "She's just not an ideologue."

[Mogollon]

......many of whom wanted a nominee with a clear record of understanding of the Constitution, as well as abortion and other lame conservative issues.

Lame conservative issues?? Interesting terminology for murder of innocents.

[Rodney King]

In a testy exchange with reporters Thursday, McClellan complained that coverage of the nomination has ignored Miers’ record and qualifications

Which are?

to focus on side issues such as her religion

Uh, it's the White House who brought that up as a qualifications.

or Constitutional law.

God forbid we discuss constiuttional law when discussing a Supreme Court candidate.

[Tarpon]

Sometimes looking in the mirror is the best therapy :-)

[beyond the sea]

Chris Davis is the author of two political thrillers: Elective Decisions and In Defense of Liberty, available at Whiskey Creek Press.

LOL. Beware of ones who speak of themselves in the third person.

;-)

[dead]

McClellan noted that her experience as White House counsel, deputy chief of staff and Bush’s crony gives her the advantage of having leg up on the Supreme Court that few other lawyers have.

That's pretty funny.

[beyond the sea]

With the nomination of Miers, conservatives have been fractured, bringing to an end, a once, great ideology.

Bull......... I hope this is satire. If so...... very good.

;-)

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

one that uses snakes Really?

“Ann Coulter, one of the biggest complainers, wished she had the experience that Miers has,” fired McClellan. “Miers has more gray matter in her pinky finger than Ann’s got in her entire cranium. And that’s one large cranium. She’s nothing but a blowhard stick figure. Bring it on, Ann! Miers is ready!” Did he really say that?

Those who support her are single issue, evangelical fanatics. That's a very cheap shot!

is Bush really as conservative as once cracked up to be? Bush is not conservative. Definitely not fiscally conservative, and only somewhat socailly conservative.

[You Dirty Rats]

Those who support her are single issue, evangelical fanatics.

Hey Bro, looks like we're now evangelical fanatics.

This has to be the least intelligent comment I've seen on this issue yet.

[x5452]

“No one who knows her record and her qualifications would make such a suggestion,” said White House press secretary Scott McClellan.

Ann Coulter would beg to differ on that.

[Paradox]

Let me make a helpful post for some, err, freepers.

SATIRE ALERT!

[onyx]

Before I read the comments, let me guess... we will have some here who won't see it's satire...lol.

Another good read, Chris.

[scottinoc]

Subtle satire is the best satire!