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Harriet Miers the pick AP

Posted on 10/03/2005 4:06:25 AM PDT by johnmecainrino

Harriet Miers


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; evangelical; harrietmiers; prolife; putin; rino; scotus; winwin
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To: TTRR

I'd feel a helluva lot better if I knew she had a husband and kids and grandkids. Generally speaking, single women are far less conservative than married women.

I'm not digging this....


1,121 posted on 10/03/2005 6:59:19 AM PDT by faithincowboys
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To: Howlin
"During Miers' tenure as head of the Texas Bar Association she was a leader in the campaign to reverse the American Bar Association's pro-choice position on the right to choose. Had this campaign been successful, which it was not, the ABA would have been returned to its former position of neutrality."

Who published that analysis? Cite or link if you are able. I'd heard only that she advocated the ABA develop a postion on the issue with the benefit of full member vote instead of a leadership developed action. There is a reasonable chance that, if the entire ABA voted, the position would have been practically the same as it is now stated.

1,122 posted on 10/03/2005 6:59:32 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: alessandrofiaschi

take your trolling garbage elsewhere

http://corner.nationalreview.com/05_10_02_corner-archive.asp#078267

From Political Moneyline, contributions made by Harriet E. Miers in the 2000 election cycle:

$1,000 to Kay Bailey Hutchison for Senate Committee
$1,000 to Bush for President

$5,000 to Bush-Cheney 2000 Recount Fund

$1,000 to Bush-Cheney 2000 Compliance Committee

$1,000 to Dallas County Republican Party


1,123 posted on 10/03/2005 6:59:35 AM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: ohioWfan

If you blindly support Bush, who is not a conservative, then how can you claim to be a conservative? Do you have any objections to anything Bush has done while in office?


1,124 posted on 10/03/2005 6:59:40 AM PDT by raybbr
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To: Kryptonite
Say hello to President Shrillary...I'm about to puke.

Perhaps you will hurl on your keyboard with comments like that.

1,125 posted on 10/03/2005 6:59:43 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: AFPhys

Even under the best circumstances, Miers won't replace O'Connor until early next year.


1,126 posted on 10/03/2005 6:59:46 AM PDT by kabar
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To: NittanyLion
I'm not talking about those here who have 'questioned the pick' Nittany.

I'm talking about those who launched a wholesale assault on her and their requisite attack on President Bush based on NO information, or, as it now turns out WRONG information.

And IT HAS ONLY BEEN TWO HOURS!!!

1,127 posted on 10/03/2005 7:00:01 AM PDT by ohioWfan (If my people which are called by my name will humble themselves and pray......)
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To: Preachin'

"I don't think it will go back to the rats"

I guarantee that the church will stay home in 2006, and Hillary will win the POTUS in 2008.

The church is the GOP base, and Bush just stuck it to us.

I won't be voting GOP anymore.




I'm with ya, brother. I'm done with the GOP for a while. This was it, the last straw.

Hillary will win in 2008; and after the Miers picks, I actually don't care anymore.

I really don't. Isn't that sad?


1,128 posted on 10/03/2005 7:00:02 AM PDT by TitansAFC ("It would be a hard government that should tax its people 1/10th part of their income."-Ben Franklin)
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To: Romish_Papist
She's pro-abort. I'll be surprised if the Dems don't throw rose petals at her feet when she walks into her confirmation hearings. Scalia/Thomas mold my a$$...

How do you know shes pro abortion? I still haven't seen any proof. Only accusations.

1,129 posted on 10/03/2005 7:00:05 AM PDT by beckysueb (God bless America and President Bush.)
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To: ohioWfan
We have a right to be disappointed.
Miers may be a fine woman and a good pick for an appeals court, but this is the Supreme Court. This is the Big Time. There's only 9 SCOTUS Justices in all the land. No matter what, Bush could have done better. We were expecting another homerun like Roberts, and instead Bush decided to bunt.
1,130 posted on 10/03/2005 7:00:10 AM PDT by counterpunch
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To: AFPhys

When was I off the reservation before?


1,131 posted on 10/03/2005 7:00:30 AM PDT by B Knotts
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To: Jotmo
Would you agree that disabled Americans are supposed to have inalienable rights and they are supposed to be protected by the Constitution?

Supposed to be.

1,132 posted on 10/03/2005 7:00:31 AM PDT by floriduh voter (www.conservative-spirit.org Daily Newsfeeds & Weekly Update)
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To: GLH3IL
I see alot of hysteria in the posts that are shamefully similar to the idiotic rants of those beloved libnuts that have been losing elections to us for the last 3 or 4 election cycles.

Well said. Some simple facts regarding this pick are:

A) President Bush said he wants to appoint SC judges in the Scalia mold. I believe he is an honest man, and I take him at his word;

B) President Bush has worked closely with HM for a number of years, and I daresay knows her mind better than any Democrat or pundit;

C) President Bush does not need to choose a nominee just because his/her name is well-known in Conservative circles - it's the results that matter; the steak, if you will, not the sizzle;

D) HM's nomination may be designed to preempt a vicious Senate battle, and while I am just as ready to roll up my sleeves and go get 'em as the next guy, the President may recognize the wisdom of disarming his foes by taking away their most vicious weapon, i.e. their ability to demonize, with the help of a compliant media, any high-profile nominee in the Luttig mold, while at the same time painting the entire administration with an extremist brush.

This has the potential to be a wickedly clever move. It looks moderate and centrist, but (and I hate to beat this word to death) may well be a stealth pick. It may be a Trojan Horse for which the Dems will open the gates, as they misread it to be a peace offering.

One more thing; I think it may be possible to be pro-choice and anti-Roe. Send the matter back to the states, where it belongs.

1,133 posted on 10/03/2005 7:00:36 AM PDT by StatenIsland
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To: RightthinkinAmerican
There a over a dozen picks, and no matter which one he picked, many here would be outraged on the basis of one issue or another.

No, that is not true. You make it sound as if spotting a conservative (Scalia, Thomas) would be hard. It isn't. When the Rats are praising the President's choice, you shouldn't be.
1,134 posted on 10/03/2005 7:00:37 AM PDT by safisoft (Give me Torah!)
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To: Preachin'

Yep, losing the votes of a couple dozen hysterical, irrational, rumor-reacting Freepers will really hurt the GOP.


1,135 posted on 10/03/2005 7:00:48 AM PDT by RightthinkinAmerican (Is the Republican attack machine an assault weapon?)
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To: veronica

I think too many are rushing to judgment on Ms. Miers. Her opposition to the ABA pro-abortion resolution gives me hope.


1,136 posted on 10/03/2005 7:00:48 AM PDT by tdewey10 (End abortion now.)
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To: ConservativeDude
You succeed in those types of environments by being a pragmatist, a compromiser, a go along to get along.

You are correct, unfortunately. To be conservative in the traditional sense (strict construction of the Constitution, pro-free market, limited government, balanced budget, opposition to feminism, "gay" rights, abortion, and other anti-family positions, firm adherence to Judeo-Christian morality, etc.) is to be revolutionary in the present political environment. Calvin Coolidge, Robert Taft, Sr., and Barry Goldwater would be fringe characters in the 21st Century Republican Party.

The ghost of Nelson Rockefeller has had the last laugh. The selection of Harriet Miers as an associate justice of the Supreme Court is evidence of the ideology and practice of the GOP. No spin on the part of Bush apologists can make this sow's ear into a silk purse.

1,137 posted on 10/03/2005 7:01:07 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: dogbyte12; Jotmo; floriduh voter

I missed the original Terri Schiavo comment, but I've seen nearly a dozen complaints that someone dared to mention her name.

I don't know why Terri isn't relevant to this thread. We need justices who stand up for the basic constitutional rights to life and liberty. We need justices who will reverse the judicial tyranny that has brought unlimited abortion and judicial murder to our country. These are fundamental issues.

If Miers is not reliable on these issues, then this is a deal breaker for me and for millions of Christian conservatives who voted Republican in the last couple of elections.


1,138 posted on 10/03/2005 7:01:13 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: TheRobb7

Mike Pence.

Mike Pence.

Mike Pence.


1,139 posted on 10/03/2005 7:01:16 AM PDT by RockinRight (What part of ILLEGAL immigration do they not understand?)
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To: ohioWfan; raybbr
Do you have any objections to anything Bush has done or not done, while in office?
1,140 posted on 10/03/2005 7:01:34 AM PDT by raybbr
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