Who Is Harriet Miers?

ABC News ^ | Oct. 3, 2005 | ABC News

[SuziQ]

I voted for this president twice. He fooled me. I no longer support him.

Since he won't be running again, that's a safe bet.

[meandog]

...perhaps Rove believes the RATs will "Bork" her and pave the way for a Janis Rogers Brown ... I remember when the RATs did the same thing to Nixon and Hainesworth was the sacrificial goat.

[SuziQ]

It will undermine her legitimacy on the court for years to come, and most especially call into question her objectivity when hearing any case that may involve the Administration.

That could be said of ANY Justice and the Administration under which he was appointed.

[nickcarraway]

Why impossible?

[Miss Marple]

Boy, I really struck a nerve with that comment! I will have to keep that in mind in future discussions.

The point is not that the President is a coward, dear sir. The point is that there are too many cowards in the Senate (lilke Susan Collins) who would NOT VOTE FOR a controversial nominee. What good would it do to Judge Brown to appoint her and send her through the meatgrinder of hearings, only to have her DEFEATED?

You people seem to play fast and loose with oother people's lives. Judge Brown has already been through this once. She is not someone to be placed in that situation simply to "make a point."

[LS]

No, she is the nominee. Bush isn't Machiavellian like that---both sides are trying to overthink this.

Look, the view apparently is that NO established judge with a track record of decisions can get by this particular Senate, so they have to be people with no paper trail.

[Souled_Out]

"The point is not that the President is a coward"

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I would never think that President Bush is a coward, my comment was that he made a cowards choice.

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"You people seem to play fast and loose with oother people's lives"

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By "You people" do you mean us black people, Hispanic people, gay people, people that have a different point of view or just people that will not blindly trust everything that comes our way?

:~)

In your attempt to categorize people you sound foolish. Stop digging.

[Miss Marple]

I am speaking of YOU and PEOPLE LIKE YOU who wanted Janice Rogers Brown offered up like a target in order to have a big, juicy fight on the Senate floor.

Perhaps President Bush doesn't like to use people as cannon-fodder. Just a thought.

[Souled_Out]

"PEOPLE LIKE YOU who wanted Janice Rogers Brown offered up like a target"

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I do not see a reason to scream.

Amazing that even though we have never met each other you would like to think that you know me and my people well enough to assign your logic to my reasoning.

Let me educate you a little on my thought process. I am a conservative, "my people" are conservatives. When life time appointments to the Supreme Court are made I would like to know that the person appointed to the position is the most qualified and reflects my point of view on certain key issues.

When I am not convinced that this is the case I engage people in civil discourse on this forum to determine their point of view. I do not call people names or try to marginalize their point of view by placing them into made up categories that only I understand.

If this sounds like what you do also, you might just be one of my people.

[rdb3]

You honestly think that had Bush nominated Brown, Luttig, or Owen, FReepers would be complaining?

Yep. Some would be complaining. You better believe it.

If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.
They're going fast!

[RedMonqey]

You're welcome.

[RedMonqey]

We'll all see what Bush Jr. hath wrought.


A Rehnquist?

Or another Souter-Kennedy-O Connors?

Time will tell.

[RedMonqey]

Really? Then WHY did FEMA under Brown BUY and SHIP 100 million dollars worth of ice around the country and few ever reached the katrina-Rita victims.

A sign of a well run organization?


If you believe in croneyism then I guess you're content.

I'm glad he's gone so he can go back to judging Arabian horses.


Maybe he was good at it.

[GraceCoolidge]

I misunderstood your post when you listed "areas of concern to me," and then included as a numbered item the fact that "she is single, and has never been married." You then go on to note that this will "raise questions." It was not apparent to me that your concern was the "questions" rather than the single status which you mentioned first.

Certainly we agree that the fact that Ms. Miers never has been married should not, standing alone, be an issue.

[wagglebee]

Why are you trying to distract attention to Miers' credentials, which are very important, by focusing on Gonzales', because his no longer really matter.

[deport]

which are very important, by focusing on Gonzales'

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Then why did you bring them up?... But I agree and after I made the post I decided that like you just said Gonzales isn't the issue. So I'm not following up on it.. This is my last post to you regarding Gonzales....

Now here are some other threads/articles about Ms. Miers that may or may not be of interest to readers of this forum...

Who is this woman Ms. Miers?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495772/posts


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495688/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495763/posts

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/100405dnnatmiers.bab1b698.html

http://www.aclj.org/news/Read.aspx?ID=1911

[The Foolkiller]

And most of the hysterics are male posters, which I also find interesting.

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Well well... isn't THAT special! Dry up and blow away.

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How the hell could we be sexist when most of us seemed to want Brown?

[johnny7]

I was a little hard on Marple... but I don't take that bilge from no woman.

[The Foolkiller]

You were dead on with post #232.

[The Foolkiller]

I'll admit flat out to you that my primary bitch is her age, not race or gender.