Ann Coulter: Miers a 'Complete Mediocrity'

Newsmax ^ | Monday, Oct. 3, 2005

[nickcarraway]

Count Ann Coulter among the conservatives who are unhappy with President Bush’s 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, who’s now out with the paperback edition of her best-seller "How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must),” said:

"No. She’s something new: a complete mediocrity.”

Ouch.

[alessandrofiaschi]

BUMP.

[alessandrofiaschi]

Exactly, many freepers don't know anything about qualification and they think that everyone could be fit for becoming SCAJ.

[alessandrofiaschi]

.... and many, many, many other freepers are Bush donkey-supporters!

[rbmillerjr]

"and how do you know more than Bush does, what she is"

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that she is not Thomas or Scalia...the fact that Reid and Feinstein like her should tell us that.

But there were plenty of Scalias and Thomases to choose from and Bush took the weak route...somebody acceptable to the Dems.

[xzins]

Has Ann Coulter ever worked her way to the top of a 400 lawyer firm -- Miers has.

I can only hope that Coulter's carping is part of a greater conservative strategy to cry crocodile tears.

Miers job was to vet justices for appointment by Pres. Bush to the courts. All of the justices that Coulter wants appointed were picked by Miers. That should say something about her sensibilities.

It should also remind us of the one who vetted VP candidates for Pres. Bush prior to his first presidential campaign -- Dick Cheney. The Pres said he had the best candidate under his nose and then noticed it.

Any complaints about Cheney?

This calls for us to rely on Pres. Bush, but more importantly, to rely on all those prayers over the years.

[P-Marlowe]

Ann Coulter is a victim of Republican success. She is a writer desperately in need of a Democrat Administration.

[xzins]

LOL!

Great Lines!

[xzins]

LOL!

Great Lines!

[truthandlife]

This just shows you how brilliant this pick is and how desperate the lefties have become. I think this is their strategy. The lefties know Bush's numbers are down and they are trying to siphon off his conservative base by throwing some of these thoughts on the Miers pick.

When I first heard about this yesterday, I was disappointed but as I went through the day and heard about the pick, I think it is brilliant. She has no track record as a judge so the Dems will have a dificult time putting her on the hot seat, she is an insider (so Bush knows her better than a lot of other President's picks) and Reid and company have basically endorsed her. The only thing the lefties can say is the conservatives are disappointed with the pick.

I trust this President because he has done exactly what he says. Bush has said he wants more Justices in the Scalia/Thomas mold and I believe him. I have heard she is a Christian and she is pro-life. I truly believe this pick will show how great of a man Bush is and the legacy is leaving behind. He understands the stakes and the opportunity he has to make an impact on this Supreme Court and this country.

I was thinking back in 1997 when 1 million men got together in Washington DC to pray and intercede for this country. I remember Clinton flying over with Marine One to see all the men and he couldn't believe how many evangelical Christians were there. A year later President Clinton is impeached and a presidency starts to unravel.

We elect President Bush (an answered prayer in D.C.) who is not the savior of this country but an evangelical Christian who does what he says he will do and searches after God's heart. I believe we will say Miers is one of the best justices for this country and conservative Christian will be thanking God for Bush's pick in a few years.

[irish_links]

"....Has Ann Coulter ever worked her way to the top of a 400 lawyer firm? Miers has...."

AC does not take exception to th fact that Miers is a successful lawyer. She argues that she is a mediocrity, which is to say she has not demonstrated any of the qualities that truly distinguish her in her profession.

She attended a law school that it would be kind to say was "second rate" at the time. (Perhaps its reputation has improved since). She was not asked to participate in its law review, an honor that is typically bestowed on a class's finest students. She has never written a law journal article. She has never argued a major case before the court. Her firm is considered "second tier" in Dallas, no small accomplishment in itself. She spent five years at the "peak" of her career as Chairman of the Texas State Lottery Commission: a part time job for sure but not the kind of activity that great legal minds usually busy themselves with. She was head of the Texas bar association, for goodness sakes, a politician's job if there ever was one that demonstrates her ability to get along with the legal mainstream and undoubtedly attracted a few litigation clients to her firm but not the kind of thing a legal conservative scholar would waste time on.

Her job at the White House was to push paper through the domestic policy making machinery. She failed to impress the aides on the Hill with her policy knowledge. Moreover, who would argue that the Administration's domestic policy machinery was adept? Perhaps she is not to blame, but she certainly wasn't the cure.

Bottom line: Coulter is right as rain about Miers. She may prove to be a reliable vote in a Scalia/Roberts/Thomas block, but she will do nothing to sway public opinion or swing votes on the court (Kennedy, perhaps Stevens). The conservative movement has no time for mediocrities. It needs stars and Bush missed a golden opportunity to reward a star from the farm system. Instead, he rewarded a reliable crony. This is awful.

[xzins]

I really don't care that she is not a Harvard blue blood. I'll not trash Coulter, cause I generally like her, but I think she's way off on this one.

Like most of the bashers I've seen, they totally ignore the political realities being faced.

We need someone more conservative than moderate liberal Sandra Day O'Connor. The worst decisions of recent years were 5-4 decisions. Had O'Connor been only slightly more conservative, we would have won those decisions.

[xzins]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1496265/posts?page=20#20

[irish_links]

The reason that the Right is gaining ground in America is that we have titans like Scalia and Thomas on our side and our opponents have midgets like Ginsburg and Breyer on their's. Why couldn't Bush has added even more strength to the team? There was no shortage of top flight talent.

Miers may prove a reliable vote when the hot button issues come before the court. But we the numbers still stack up 5 to 4 against us. Our movement needed another intellectual titan to move the hearts and minds of elite opinion generally and Justice Kennedy's in particular. What ever her merits may be, Justice Miers is not the person to do that. Indeed, she will prove to be a demoralizing force to Scalia/Thomas/Roberts and a even greater disappointment than O'Connor.

[xzins]

It is not possible to be more disappointing than O'Connor.

And she was appointed by Reagan....I'm still trying to figure that one out.

Numerous sources are calling Miers pro-life, pro-Christian, anti-activist.

She IS to the right of O'Connor.

And....we have the president's word on it.

[SirLinksalot]

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complete mediocrity
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Can someone explain to me what and what does not constitute mediocrity ?

William Rehnquist never was a judge, yet became SCOTUS justice and Chief Justice eventually.

Clarence Thomas was head of the obscure EEODC before he was elevated to Justice.

Why pray tell, were these relatively unknown nominees not mediocrities and only Miers ?

Do you have to graduate from an Ivy League school like Ann Coulter to NOT be considered mediocre ?

If so, then why not simply write a rule that says, anyone who does not graduate from the top 10 Law schools of the Peterson's Graduate School guide need not apply ?

[kimmie7]

I absolutely love AC - and I am most decidedly female.

[ajolympian2004]

Ann will be on Mike Rosen's show LIVE Tues. Oct. 4th at 10:00am mountain on 850am KOA. Details here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495539/posts

[SirLinksalot]

Here are some additional information about Harriet Meiers for those who still want to think she is mediocre:

Awards and honors

Named as one of "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" and one of the "50 Most Influential Women Lawyers" in America, from the National Law Journal

1997 Woman of the Year, from Today’s Dallas Woman

Women of Excellence Award, from Women’s Enterprise Magazine

Louise B. Raggio Award, from the Dallas Women Lawyers Association

Jurisprudence Award, from the Anti-Defamation League

Hon. Merrill Hartman Award, from the Legal Services of North Texas

Sarah T. Hughes Award, from the Women in the Law Section, State Bar of Texas

American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award

Justinian Award for Community Service, from the Dallas Bar Association

[zook]

Ann is like the "enforcer" on a hockey team. She can fight real good, but her hockey skills are underwhelming.