I know the story about how there was so many highly qualified Conservatives he could have picked from Bill Kristol's list, but I want to know why she isn't qualified?, and why she is such a poor choice?
I see the same dozen or so people trashing this woman and for two weeks now nobody will answer what disqualifies her as a SCOTUS nominee.
When Bush nominated her, I never remember him saying "Trust Me", yet I see this term used by the "Hang Harriet" crowd day after day.
My position is that the President has the right to nominate who he wants, and the Senate can say yes or no. And considering all the top notch judges President Bush has nominated and fought for since 2001, he has earned my patience with this nominee. Keep in mind that Janice Rogers Brown, Luttig, Owen, Pryor and Estrada were all Bush nominees, 230 + Top notch conservative nominees since 2001 and yet so many are ready to jump ship because they know little about Harriet Miers....
And you say you've lost respect???
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MJY1288 wrote:
"How well do you know the nominee? Do you know for sure that Miers will be another Souter or will she be another Scalia?"
This question is becoming very tiresome. A more appropriate question would be: “How can you NOT know the nominee so well?” With all of the facts that we have in front of us about this nominee, as well as the curious lack of supporting arguments from the administration, there is a very real possibility that Miers becomes, at best, another O’Connor. As stated in yesterday’s NRO editorial: “There is very little evidence that Harriet Miers is a judicial conservative, and there are some warnings that she is not”.
It is not reasonable to believe that the hearings will provide sufficient and compelling testimony that will explain or refute these facts. The best evidence of how a nominee will perform is their actual track record. And Mier’s track record is troubling if you are looking for a judicial conservative in the mold of Scalia or Thomas.
The warning flags have been raised. Do you really want to risk a lifetime appointment for another O’Conner or - gasp - Souter?
I will confess: I do not know Ms. Miers very well, but that is the problem. From what I have been able to discern, she is David Souter in drag. There is plenty in her past to suggest that this is the case and nothing to suggest that she will be an originalist in the mold of a Scalia or Thomas. Since the hearings typically devolve into a bully pulpit for the Democrats, I can't imagine I will really learn much from them. I don't want to find out the hard way that she is a judicial activist.
The "Hang Harriet" gloss is a bit much. Those of us who are opposed to Ms. Miers are not giving her the type of treatment that originalist and conservative judges get from the likes of Ted Kennedy and Chuck Schumer. Instead, we are giving rational arguments that when it comes to evidence of the proper judicial philosophy, this nominee is severely wanting.
I have nothing against Ms. Miers personally, I just don't think she belongs on the Court (not when we have a Republican president and a Republican/RINO Senate).