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Ann Coulter: Miers a 'Complete Mediocrity'
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| Monday, Oct. 3, 2005
Posted on 10/03/2005 3:07:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Count Ann Coulter among the conservatives who are unhappy with President Bushs nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.
Asked by NewsMax.com if she considers Miers to be what she had called John Roberts after his nomination - a "tabula rasa - Coulter, whos now out with the paperback edition of her best-seller "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must), said:
"No. Shes something new: a complete mediocrity.
Ouch.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: anncoulter; bushbetrayal; bushbotrage; bushlies; coulter; harrietmiers; miers; notscalia; notthomas
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To: nickcarraway
I see Ann is engaging in her perogative to be derogative in order to maintain the fiction that you have to have some sort of lawyerly qualifications to serve as a judge.
Tired of the carp already. Qualifications don't mean jack, what's her temperament? Has she got Thatcherlike spinal qualities and does she want to uphold the constitution as written, rather than as imagined by so many "qualified" jurists?
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:26:07 PM PDT
by
Valpal1
(Crush jihadists, drive collaborators before you, hear the lamentations of their media. Allahu FUBAR!)
To: All
Folks,
You do realize there is no Constitutional requirement that a nominee even be a lawyer. Bush picked someone whose character he knows. Bush Sr didn't know Souter and got blindsided.
Also, exactly why are all these so called conservatives opposing nomination of a devout Christian?
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:26:36 PM PDT
by
Owen
To: nickcarraway
"Even if he was mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises and Cardozos and Frankfurters and stuff like that there."
Fast forward 25 years, insert Scalias, Rhenquists, and Thomases for Brandeises and Cardozos and Frankfurters, and she's nailed it. Miers is the Carswell memorial nominee.
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:27:10 PM PDT
by
Luddite Patent Counsel
(Theyre digging through all of your files, stealing back your best ideas.)
To: sinkspur
"And if she wasn't a skinny blond, nobody would have ever heard of her."
Because she is skinny and she is a blond that is WHY we have heard of her? It's not because she has the courage and moxie to stand up to the liberals and fight for conservative values? Speak for yourself my friend.
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:27:38 PM PDT
by
dmw
To: decal
[ Maybe now all the guys around here (and they are ALL guys) who think AC is such a great pundit will finally realize she's just a bimbo with some snappy patter. ]
She the leanest, meanest RINO exposer on earth currently....
AND major source of insecure feminine, envy.. usually a liberal trait..
(shining fingernails) d;-)~
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:28:36 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
To: XJarhead
Most managing partners I've come across are not exactly known for their legal scholarship. They are rainmakers, good managers, excellent leaders, but given the circumstances which made them the firm's choice to be managing partner, constitutional scholarship generally is not a criterion.
To: disraeligears
When I think of the nominees of first-class intellect and unbending moral spine he could have picked--such as Luttig, McConnell, and Rogers-Brown--whose qualifications and conservative credentials are well-established and unyielding, I am filled with disgust beyond words that he would overlook them and choose his personal lawyer because Reid praised her to him.
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:29:06 PM PDT
by
JCEccles
To: XJarhead
She's Michael Brown in a dress and sensible shoes. Agreed! That statement is just absolutely flat out wrong. So that makes Ann ("I'm getting so full of myself") Coulter flat out wrong. She's turning into an "It's all about me" bimbo.
To: AmericaUnited
Has anyone noticed that Ann has showing almost the identical symptoms as Pat Buchanan did before he went totally 'loco' (and also irrelevant)... Bush could have nominated Dershowitz and had the same defenders.
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:29:43 PM PDT
by
Jim_Curtis
(How do we prevent someone from torching his city if he will be rewarded as a lottery winner?)
To: Right Wing Professor
She's no Julie Myers, that's foe sure.
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:29:44 PM PDT
by
johnb838
(Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue. -- AuH2O)
To: Owen
Also, exactly why are all these so called conservatives opposing nomination of a devout Christian? Why take the time to find out anything about her when it's much more fun to jump to conclusions and bash her?
To: Valpal1
Qualifications don't mean jack... As oh so many other Bush appointments have shown.
To: sinkspur
And if she wasn't a skinny blonde, nobody would have ever heard of her.I've heard the same said of Mark Levin.
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:31:39 PM PDT
by
AmishDude
(Join the AmishDude fan club: "Great point." -- AliVertias; ":-) Very clever" -- MJY1288)
To: decal
We were sort of kidding about AC as SCJ but her qualifications put this lady to shame in terms of constitutional law and her experience at the Court. So I'm not sure what your point is. You are familiar with her resume, right?
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:31:42 PM PDT
by
johnb838
(Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue. -- AuH2O)
To: Artemis Webb
looks like somebody stopped drinking the kool aid.
That's heresey in these parts.
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:32:27 PM PDT
by
birbear
(Admit it. you clicked on the "I have already previewed" button without actually previewing the post.)
To: disraeligears
Most managing partners I've come across are not exactly known for their legal scholarship. They are rainmakers, good managers, excellent leaders, but given the circumstances which made them the firm's choice to be managing partner, constitutional scholarship generally is not a criterion.The constitution is just not that damn hard unless one has to have the ability to peer into the penumbras as the document itself gives off flux from its breathing.
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:32:29 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: Jim_Curtis
Bush could have nominated Solomon and had the same set of knee-jerk, mindless whiners attack him.
To: Turbopilot
I keep wondering just what qualifies one to be an associate justice? I always thought that an honest and sincere person that had the intelligence to understand a complex problem was an acceptable choice.
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:33:33 PM PDT
by
ANGGAPO
(LayteGulfBeachClub.)
To: nickcarraway
Ann's right - the Vice President today - trust GWB and for a lot of people it stands to reason we're ask to take on trust not just one but TWO stealth candidates. Like there's something wrong with being a proud and honest conservative. Her reaction understates the sense of betrayal felt by many on the base. Why do we need to make Democrats happy? To turn the question around, would a Democratic President care what Republicans thought of his nominee? There's your answer.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:33:42 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: XJarhead
I heard some of Brown's testimony in front of Congress. He got a raw deal. His only error was in not having Blanco jailed.
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posted on
10/03/2005 3:34:10 PM PDT
by
AmishDude
(Join the AmishDude fan club: "Great point." -- AliVertias; ":-) Very clever" -- MJY1288)
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