Actually just someone who was a known conservative would have been a nice start from a president who promised one. Not someone who gave money to Al Gore or who calls abortion protesters 'terrorists' or who supports affirmative action.....
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Yes, I hope she does sleep well. She did her country a great service today. I don't know why she was put through all of this, but I'm sure of one thing. That she didn't think she'd make it to the Supreme Court. Perhaps someone will write a book some day.
Miers was the wrong choice, get a grip. The fight for an established conservative nominee to the court is almost as important as putting one there.
The media attack on W right now is relentless, it's the perfect time to bring the party back together.
I didn't suffer through the 2004 campaign to watch Harriet Meiers get nominated to the bench.
You know BS...I do not know where you get off claiming to be a conservative and then attempt to lecture us with the bona fides....
No one knows, including G.W. Bush, where H. Meiers stands on most issues. It is most likely she does not know herself.
That is the problem, or was. It has been solved.
End of story. Let the new story begin.
Get over it.
Oh, but it is. Its the law of the land.
And those who ultimately understand on how the layers of a representative republic work regardless of pundits don't need it 'splained to us.
Pray for Harriett, and for President Bush, and for those who, through no malice, maligned a fellow human being who could not respond or defend herself.
Oh face a fact, the woman was no conservative, no great mind, and from her gibberish laden writings she also lacked common sense. She was a big frog in a small pond and a political hack.
Meirs should have turned this offer down flat and we should never have heard word one about it. I was once offered a job title for which I am not qualified, I turned it down flat. OK, so it wasn't a lifetime appointment, but it was a sop, and therefore to be always and utterly rejected. If for no other reason than to spare oneself embarrasment.
This country will not suffer without her on the Supreme Court. Let Bush fulfill his promise to those who supported him.
We're not the left, we demand excellence.
Early in our nation's history, the Supreme Court appointed itself as the guardian and interpreter of whatever the constitution says, without any authorization to do so from the constitution. That might not be so bad, except that we now have a nomination process which allows the nominees to reveal nothing about what they believe, and if they are confirmed, there's no recall procedure if we the people can't stand what they do on the bench. I never will endorse any nominee to the Supreme Court, because I never really know what I'm endorsing.
I am displeased by some of the comments I have heard attributed to Mrs. Miers, particularly comparing anti-abortion protesters to terrorists. But isn't digging something up someone may have said in 1993 or 1989 sort of comparable to digging up a 1970s drunk driving conviction on the eve of the 2000 election? What I would have liked here would have been hearings where she could speak for herself. It seems really odd to me that at the end of this firestorm, I still haven't even heard this woman's voice.
I was particularly displeased by Trent Lott's comment to the effect that no one will remember who Harriet Miers is in a month--a really snotty thing to say about someone who will continue in her duties as the president's White House counsel.
I've read the constitution several times. It's not long, and it's not particularly complex. But we've now lawyered it up to the point that even conservatives claim that only a small number of lawyers from Ivy League schools actually understand it. Isn't that what the pharisees did to the Old Testament? I would like to have a constitution and a tax code I could comprehend.
One final point is in order. Like most conservatives, I desperately want Roe v. Wade overturned, but I am convinced it will never be done by stealth nominees, who will be as cowardly on the bench as they are during their confirmation hearings. Legislatures will never reacquire the right to limit abortion on demand at all, unless courageous men and women are willing to tell the Barbara Boxers to their faces that the murder of the unborn must be stopped. So I hope conservatives will get the sort of nominee they want, but I doubt that it will happen.
I'm quite fond of President Bush as a man. But as a president, he has a fatal flaw. He is willing to go after terrorists anywhere, but he always avoids conflicts with Americans. He isn't even willing to say no to people who want to spend $250 billion to rebuild a city below sea level. He wants to govern us all with a hug and a handshake, which makes him my favorite president. But it also makes me angry, because some people just aren't worth hugging. I appreciate his politeness, but I want a president who, once in a while, is able to kick someone's rear end without feeling bad about it.