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!!!!!
Her mother is 93.
When I first heard President Bush's pick I was disappointed because I had hoped for Janis Rogers Brown to be his pick. And I asked myself, "What was he thinking?" Then flashed the memory of him stopping, looking back for his CIA agent. Seeing him being kept from entering the building President Bush accessed the situation, stepped right into the fray and pulled his man through.
That's someone I can trust. A President who stepped right into the crowd, put himself into the mix, and he did it for an underling, and he did it without a second thought.
What ever his reasons for his pick, I trust this President to have made his choice based on who he believes is the best suited for the job.
With your view on age, why is Stevens still breathing? Why not rejoice that Darth-Bader-Ginsberg is old and won;t last too much longer?
You're a real piece of work... with your "I NEED."
Just don't unload in your adult diapers and choke on your Metamucil when someone calls YOU an "old bat" when you turn 60.
Absotively
This strategy of stealth sets an abominable precedent. It's bad enough the canons of ethics won't allow us to know about judicial candidates we are supposed to vote on in local elections, to be rolling the dice at the SCOTUS level is irrational and smacks of political cowardice.
WAHHHHHHH. Bush didn't pick my nominee. You sound like Barbara Boxer.
LOL!!
We all can agree that this nomination is very unsettling.
I was hoping for JRB, Garza, Luttig, Jones, Estrada types.
This is a bummer.
LOL!! Good one.
The SCOTUS job is a very long-term one, unlike any other job.
This is our chance to leave a long-term justice that is on the strict constructionist side.
I don't see one in Miers.
I can't get over how many MEN are pissed about a woman being selected to take Sandra Day O'Connor's Seat!!!
Is this 1905 or 2005?
What's wrong with her?
This is what I know so far...
Harriet Ellan Miers is described by those who know her as smart, tough and fair, with a legendary capacity for hard work but little tolerance for small talk.
In 1992, as head of the Texas bar, Ms. Miers opposed the endorsement by the American Bar Association's House of Delegates of the right to choose abortion. Carol E. Dinkins, a friend and fellow Texas lawyer, said Ms. Miers thought it improper for lawyers to take public stands on social issues.
A native of Dallas, Ms. Miers is single and described by friends as a devout church-goer. While no back-slapper, she did take part in law firm softball games. She is known to enjoy music, running, playing tennis and watching football.
In 1972, she became the first woman hired at the Dallas firm of Locke, Purnell, Boren, Laney & Neely. She became a top litigator, with clients that included Microsoft and the Walt Disney Company. Judges and fellow lawyers describe her as cool, tenacious and always well prepared.
But never flamboyant, in deed or word, as demonstrated by this observation: "Lawyers by nature are involved in controversy. We expect difficult issues and are prepared to deal with them."
Harriet Miers earned a bachelor of science and a law degree from Southern Methodist University. She got to know George Bush when he was governor of Texas, and Mr. Bush gave her the job of cleaning up the Texas Lottery Commission, which was riven by a nepotism scandal.
The president says his nominee has devoted her life to the rule of law and the cause of justice.
"Harriet Miers will strictly interpret our Constitution and laws," he said. "She will not legislate from the bench."
I'm certainly not pissed over this selection. I trust President Bush to make the right decisions at the right time. If Ms. Miers gets filibustered or voted down, all I can say is "onward, and upward".
So far, there's not a thing I find wrong with this selection.
That makes two of us.
Do I hear four?
Nice to hear that you would be supporting a fresh-out college grad. You may want to think over the experience thing. Just a suggestion, of course.
You must have been furious over Roberts being 50 seeing that the life expectancy of white men in the US is 74, women 80. So she's would, on average, die 4 years before Roberts. IMPEACH BUSH!!!!! (the panic stricken Freepers shriek!)
Roberts was PERFECT. Young 50. At least 30 years on the court.
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