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In Midcareer, a Turn to Faith to Fill a Void
NY Times ^ | 10/5/2005 | EDWARD WYATT and SIMON ROMERO

Posted on 10/04/2005 7:55:57 PM PDT by Dan Walsh

DALLAS, Oct. 4 - By 1979, Harriet E. Miers, then in her mid-30's, had accomplished what some people take a lifetime to achieve. She was a partner at Locke Purnell Boren Laney & Neely, one of the most prestigious law firms in the South, with an office on the 35th floor of the Republic National Bank Tower in downtown Dallas.

But she still felt something was missing in her life, and it was after a series of long discussions - rambling conversations about family and religion and other matters that typically stretched from early evening into the night - with Nathan L. Hecht, a junior colleague at the law firm, that she made a decision that many of the people around her say changed her life.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism
KEYWORDS: bornagain; harrietemiers; harrietmiers; supremecourt
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I'm liking her a little better!
1 posted on 10/04/2005 7:56:00 PM PDT by Dan Walsh
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read later


2 posted on 10/04/2005 8:01:54 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Take the high road. You'll never have to meet a Democrat.)
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To: Dan Walsh

I love these stories.


3 posted on 10/04/2005 8:07:29 PM PDT by Raycpa
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Won't set well with Chuckie.


4 posted on 10/04/2005 8:09:41 PM PDT by lawnguy (It works Napoleon, you don't even know.)
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She will not be confirmed. She will be assailed by the left when they find out her views and the right will rip her for being a crony.

Bush better start looking again.

5 posted on 10/04/2005 8:11:29 PM PDT by zarf (It's swollen, yes.)
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To: Dan Walsh

With the anti-Christians on both sides it may no longer be possible to appoint a confessing Christian.

This is not good.


6 posted on 10/04/2005 8:13:19 PM PDT by Raycpa
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In an interview Tuesday on the televangelist Pat Robertson's "700 Club," Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the Christian conservative American Center for Law and Justice, said Ms. Miers would be the first evangelical Protestant on the court since the 1930's. "So this is a big opportunity for those of us who have a conviction, that share an evangelical faith in Christianity, to see someone with our positions put on the court," Mr. Sekulow said.


7 posted on 10/04/2005 8:13:44 PM PDT by Dan Walsh
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She appears to be a God worshipping, pro-life... moderate conservative.

wow, ain't we lucky. Too bad there weren't any God worshipping, pro-life conservative conservatives available.

8 posted on 10/04/2005 8:14:13 PM PDT by shempy (EABOF)
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To: Raycpa

I can't wait to see the democommies prosecute her for being a christian on national tv!


9 posted on 10/04/2005 8:15:08 PM PDT by Dan Walsh
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To: Dan Walsh

Sadly, we seem to have a few closet anti's on our own side.


10 posted on 10/04/2005 8:16:31 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Bahbah

This one makes her a bit more human.


11 posted on 10/04/2005 8:17:11 PM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: shempy

If you were Bush, would you want to go to war with Democommies and the press with only the 50 Rinos and six conservatives in the senate as your troops??


12 posted on 10/04/2005 8:21:11 PM PDT by Dan Walsh
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If you were Bush, would you want to go to war with Democommies and the press with only the 50 Rinos and six conservatives in the senate as your troops??

If I were Bush I would be a moderate conservative, so there would be no problem.

13 posted on 10/04/2005 8:29:55 PM PDT by shempy (EABOF)
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To: zarf
Bush better start looking again.

We can only hope he puts Janice Rogers Brown in charge of finding the next nominee.

14 posted on 10/04/2005 8:42:28 PM PDT by Huck ("If people are disappointed, they have every reason to be." Mark Levin on GW's latest lame move.)
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"Newspapers in Texas have reported that Justice Hecht and Ms. Miers were romantically involved...

"Yes, she goes to a pro-life church," Justice Hecht said, adding, "I know Harriet is, too." The two attended "two or three" anti-abortion fund-raising dinners in the early 1990's, he said, but added that she had not otherwise been active in the anti-abortion movement. "You can be just as pro-life as the day is long and can decide the Constitution requires Roe" to be upheld, he said."

Well, her boyfriend seems to be hinting that she'll uphold Roe. Given that George W Bush never asked about her views, I guess her boyfriend's word is all that we have.


15 posted on 10/04/2005 9:06:15 PM PDT by nj26
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And just where does it say they are more than friends.


16 posted on 10/04/2005 9:18:50 PM PDT by 100American
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To: 100American

If you read the article, the insinuation is fairly clear, including the line about Texas newspapers reporting their romantic involvement.


17 posted on 10/04/2005 9:19:58 PM PDT by nj26
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HMMMMM, let's see she has written (2) terrible articles for
the ABA 1. intl crimal court 2. gay adoption should be legal
and she filled out a questionaire for the GLADD folks that
says "Homosexuals should have equal rights".

And the reasons why I should vote for anyone who votes for
her are..........


18 posted on 10/04/2005 9:28:16 PM PDT by p[adre29 (Arma in armatos)
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To: Dan Walsh

As soon as the ACLU and the other leftist trash bags read this, it will be a whole different tune. You already know they are doubting W's response to the abortion conversation. They have been calling him a liar since right after 9/11 and they aren't going to stop now.


19 posted on 10/04/2005 11:34:44 PM PDT by Cougar66
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HMMMMM, let's see she has written (2) terrible articles for the ABA 1. intl crimal court 2. gay adoption should be legal and she filled out a questionaire for the GLADD folks that says "Homosexuals should have equal rights".

The first 2, were part of an ABA committee memo to be debated by it's members as chairwoman of the committee she signed off on the memo authorizing the debate. She did not vote for wither the international court or gay adoption and do you think that she would work as an integral part of an administration that killed America's participation in the criminal court and promoted a constituional amendment against homosexual marriage if she was for both of those issues.

3, About the gladd questionaire she said equal rights, not special rights, and in that same questioanaire she stated that Texas's sodomy laws should not be repealed.

But you knew that anyway, but decided to go with the lies anyway.

20 posted on 10/04/2005 11:44:48 PM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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