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Shep Smith: Miers True Conservative But Right Wanted Nominee Who Would Poke Left in Eye
Fox News | governsleastgovernsbest

Posted on 10/27/2005 12:39:29 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Can we agree?: Shep Smith is preening ignoramus.

Smith just concluded an interview of Juan Williams by offering up the following pet theory:

"When President Bush nominated Miers, he did so with a big wink and let conservatives know she was 'one of us.' But even though conservatives knew that, they rejected her, because she was not sufficiently in-your-face as a pick, and they wanted to poke liberals in the eye with a nominee."

Has Smith been following the debate that has raged in conservative circles over Miers? Is he aware of the serious doubts that arose as to the bona fides of her conservatism? Did he read her speech that became public yesterday in which she expressed support for "self-determination" on abortion?

For Smith to suggest that conservatives rejected Miers despite being confident of her conservatism just because they wanted to inflict more pain on liberals with a more 'offensive' nominee is idiocy parading as theory.


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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Smith's "queerness" is getting the best of him.


21 posted on 10/27/2005 12:46:21 PM PDT by lilylangtree
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Shep- try sticking to REPORTING the FACTS. You're apparently ill-equipped to become a pundit.


22 posted on 10/27/2005 12:46:27 PM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: al baby

Sure that isn't what he wears for a night out to the piano bars in the village? (He lives in the village you know)


23 posted on 10/27/2005 12:46:36 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Shep's performance after Katrina was an embarrassment. I lost much faith in him. He's another news reader who sometimes is called upon to think and the process is novel to him.
24 posted on 10/27/2005 12:46:43 PM PDT by DOGEY
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Anyone who would rule on the plain language of the law is a stick in the liberals' eye.


25 posted on 10/27/2005 12:46:46 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Liberals: Get your human shields lined up quick or you'll miss the bombing!)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

SHEP wears pantyhose!


26 posted on 10/27/2005 12:47:07 PM PDT by JFC (Proud member of the Bucketheads.)
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To: Owl_Eagle

I'm hearing Sheryl Swoopes for SCOTUS.


27 posted on 10/27/2005 12:47:45 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever (Stuck on Genius)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

"When President Bush nominated Miers, he did so with a big wink and let conservatives know she was 'one of us.' But even though conservatives knew that, they rejected her, because she was not sufficiently in-your-face as a pick, and they wanted to poke liberals in the eye with a nominee."

Shep is upset because we didn't want a CLOSET CONSERVATIVE. He knows alot about closets doesn't he.


28 posted on 10/27/2005 12:47:53 PM PDT by BadAndy (Deep in enemy territory.)
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To: al baby
LOL! :D
29 posted on 10/27/2005 12:47:56 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Hey Shep ... go back to New Orleans and STFU


30 posted on 10/27/2005 12:47:59 PM PDT by hawkaw
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Shepard Smith should stick to what he's good at. Reporting on L.A. police car chases.


31 posted on 10/27/2005 12:48:27 PM PDT by McGruff (Go ahead, vent your anger. You'll feel better.)
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To: JFC; martin_fierro

Courtesy of martin_fierro
32 posted on 10/27/2005 12:48:36 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: Mo1
My thoughts exactly. Sometimes, the truth hurts. (I don't know if the part about Miers is true, but I do think the Poke in the eye is true.)
33 posted on 10/27/2005 12:48:40 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Shep drank too much bayou water down in New Orleans.


34 posted on 10/27/2005 12:48:44 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
He may be saying nice things about her now but so help her if she was standing in a parking space he wanted.

And why, why, why couldn't the government help those people in New Orleans.

35 posted on 10/27/2005 12:48:44 PM PDT by Tribune7
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36 posted on 10/27/2005 12:48:55 PM PDT by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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FWIW, when I posted this thread I had not read yesterday's item alleging that Shep is gay. So by definition, I did not have that in mind at all when posting.

Obviously people can post any comments they want, within FR guidelines, but I'm not sure I see the correlation between Smith's possible homosexuality and the idiocy of the theory he offered here.


37 posted on 10/27/2005 12:49:10 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (read my posts on Today show bias at www.newsbusters.org)
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To: al baby

Pretty funny OM.


38 posted on 10/27/2005 12:49:20 PM PDT by steveo (Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

This debacle will be as bad for conservatives as letting Pat Buchanan grab control of the GOP 1992 Convention. Yes, that fire and brimstone was great rhetoric, but all it got conservatives was 8 years of Clinton. Conservatives have no idea how badly they have hurt the conservative cause. Look for a much more moderate to liberal nominee.


39 posted on 10/27/2005 12:50:35 PM PDT by medscribe
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Uhm...If Shep made his sexuality a big deal, then attacking him on it would be fair.

He has not. This thread is an embarrassment. Disagree with him if you do, but that is just juvenile.

Sheesh.
40 posted on 10/27/2005 12:50:42 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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