Posted on 10/03/2005 9:02:27 AM PDT by hipaatwo
Wow. This really is Souter deja vu!
Maybe Dubya is doing something right.
That's not true. We went with Reagan twice and elected a Republican governor and Republican senators. By 1988, the GOP majority was clearly emerging in Texas. She was defintiely lagging behind.
Very informative post. Thank you.
You can tell a lot about people from the company they keep. An old maid who belongs to a conservative (read fundamentalist) church and is close to her aged mother. Good lawyer who has outstripped most of the members of her class.
BUT I suspect that some of this is spite. Bush says:You movement conservatives refuse to accept Al because of one dubious opinion; OK, this is what you get.
She's a woman of her times. You don't have a career like hers and raise a family at the same time.
If I had to vote for Sam Nunn of 1975 and Linc Chafee of 2005, I'd vote Democrat.
LOL. I noticed that name too.
I remember some leftist Congresscritters some time ago mentioning the president could/should nominate someone from Congress, knowing full well that most of them had never been judges either.
I think it's good she's never been a judge. We've had lots of Supreme Court justices who had never been judges, including Rehnquist, I think. And I am delighted we will have someone who has not in the echo chamber created by happenstance once one becomes a judge. It makes her more "regular people" who can relate to Middle America.
It's is possible just possible this one is a stealth candidate. Being a former dem innoculates her a little. The former dem part troubles me but it is possible for people to change as was the case with W.
Good for you!
I have been more or less active in pro-life activities in Dallas for 15 or so, and Valley View Christiann Church is a wonderful church. I don't that Harriet Miers would feel comfortable there if she weren't pro-life.
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It's is possible just possible this one is a stealth candidate. Being a former dem innoculates her a little. The former dem part troubles me but it is possible for people to change as was the case with W.
As I said, I was a dem in the 80s but I never held to all their veiws, I have always been pro life, have been pro gun and believe in the constitution as it was written.
Judging her on a few donations that may have been required of her to keep her job(read the article) isn't the smartest thing to do.
I am going to keep my options open and see what happens. All of you trolls and DUers trying to cause problems here just roll off my back.
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This is an issue that requires-in the words of John McLaughlin-"metaphysical certitude."
Perhaps she'll turn out to be a stellar associate justice-presuming, of course, that she's ultimately confirmed-but I'd rather not leave it up to chance, especially when there were so many other possible choices who had already established firm, unwavering judicial philosophies, and who would have been absolutely certain to stand with us.
Every conservative life-long Texan over the age of 40 was once a Democrat. 25 years ago the only real races in most counties were the primaries and they were between conservative Democrats and slightly-less-than-conservative Democrats. There really was no Repubican Party in Texas until Reagan.
15 years ago Al Gore promoted himself as a moral, pro-lifer. That changed. She also gave to Lloyd Bentsen, who got out of the Clinton administration as soon as he could. I still consider Bentsen to basically be an honorable man.
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"I voted for Jimmy Carter."
I am a former Demo too. A Rabid Conservative now. I find her pick refreshing and in the interests of conservatives throughout the country.
This is going to be a bad one for the Demos. If she's anything like other converts, this is a truly solid pick.
I think it was regarding the forged Dan Rather doc. Buckhead of FR outed Rather, thereby scooping the MSM.
This information looks very promising.
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