Posted on 10/03/2005 5:12:53 PM PDT by Mike10542
Can we beat this pick? I don't think so, but we can try. Here are three options:
1) Try to beat her in committee - A possibility, but highly unlikely. Enought Democrats would vote for her, that it wouldn't matter if we can get 2-3 Republicans not to.
2) Try to beat her on the floor - Never going to happen. We would be lucky to get 4-5 Republicans to vote against her and I believe most Democrats will vote for her. Bush will probably only need 5-10 Republicans once the Democrats decide voting for her as a whole is in their best interests. (45 Dems plus 5-10 Republicans equals confirmed)
3) We force Miers to withdraw her name by making it clear we will sit this battle out (there won't even be one to fight) and the 2006 election if she is confirmed.
While I don't actually think sitting out an election and letting liberals win is ever a good idea, it is our only option here. I suggest anyone with the capability to start a website or petition simply stating "If Bush does not withdraw Miers name and replace her with a known originalist, I will not contribute any time, money or my vote in the 2006 elections. Enough people sign that and we may be getting somewhere.
So I go with my third option. Oh and by the way, before anyone on here accuses me of being a Bush hater, look at my past posts. I supported Roberts the whole way through and bashed people on here that didn't But come on, even I can see the writing on the wall here. Enough is enough. Cronyism + unqualified + 60 years old + unknown judicial philosophy = BAD PICK!!!!!
Seems you are on bob shrum's side.
Not likely to find enough people that care one way or the other to make a difference.
What is your problem? Do you really know that this is a bad pick? NO, you do not. This is just a disgraceful post.
Maybe the point is to allow her to be defeated by Democrats so the next pick they can say "Look, the Democrats are obstructing everything, even Miers, etc"
What's this "we" stuff?
What's wrong with finding out about her before throwing out panic attacks?.
/sarcasm
Sorry but I tend to like her more and more as the day progresses.
Honestly, I was disapointed at first and would still have preferred the fight of a Brown or Luttig but RINOs made that impossible. The NE RINOs came out publically and said they would not support a proven pro-life conservative. A block of RINO's together with a unite Democrat party would be impossible to win.
What's the President to do? The only way it seems to get a pro-life conservative on the Bench is to nominate a stealth candidate. I trust the President knows her and knows what kind of Justice she will be. Bush 41 was screwed over by Sununu who vouched for Souters conservative credentials. Bush 43 personally knows Miers.
Besides being Pro-life she is for an individuals right to bear arms.
"While I don't actually think sitting out an election and letting liberals win is ever a good idea, it is our only option here."
If you don't think it's a good idea, then why are you suggesting it?
Short of getting a filibuster or her having something "unacceptable" in her past, she will fly through. The RINOs, the BushBots and the Dems will see to it she is installed.
Bush knew what conservatives wanted. We know that because he used "Thomas" and "Scalia" in his campaigns. After the elections were over, he didn't care.
We can *TRY* to derail her nomination but I would not expect results. If anything that would make her even more palatable to the Dems. Shumer said as much in his comments today.
"Can we beat this pick?"
Maybe you can just beat oh never mind.
Um...who the hell are you?
Can we beat this pick? I don't think so, but we can try.
Why bother? Mediocre is good, not interested in a flaming firebrand.
A dull, to the letter of the Constitution, strict constructionist is fine by me.
Cronyism + unqualified + 60 years old + unknown judicial philosophy = BAD PICK!!!!!
Agree with this equation 100%.
What a disappointment for backing this President.
Even if she was super conservative, I would have had a problem with her age (60 years??????).
What is an originalist, and why should we support one?
Her age is enough for me to oppose. I need a strict constructionist that can server for 30+ years.
What part of that is difficult to understand?
Great, you have a plan of opposition based on what facts? Supersecret sources that remain unshared? Think I will give more than 12 hours for information to be forthcoming before I push the hysterical button.
Ar 50, Roberts was the YOUNGEST ever confirmed.... 60 is not as old as it used to be.
I am similarly resigned to the fact that she will be installed as a justice. What a disappointment.
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