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The Coming Explosion Over Miers – Redux (Too many conservatives going off half-cocked.)
The American Thinker ^ | October 3, 2005 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 10/03/2005 4:35:19 PM PDT by quidnunc

Rush Limbaugh has found the information that Harriet Miers is an evangelical Christian, a member of a church in Dallas that most would describe as "fundamentalist." I believe that this vindicates my earlier analysis based on mistaken information about a Ministry supported by Ms. Miers.

Blue state fundamentalists tend to hate evangelicals the way that Islamists hate Jews: viscerally. It will take enormous willpower for many of them to avoid saying that one who believes in the literal word of the Bible should not be allowed a place on the Supreme Court. They played footsie with the position that a devout Catholic would be disqaualified.

To partially quote my earlier post: this is a battle the Democrat left can't win with a majority of the American public, which sees religious faith as a good thing. As far as I am concerned about the coming attacks, Dirty Harry summed up my feelings: "Go ahead — make my day."

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(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial
KEYWORDS: harrietmiers
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To: right-wingin_It
Just Coyote Ugly.
281 posted on 10/04/2005 7:22:36 AM PDT by JustAnotherOkie
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To: Republican Red
He stumbled down a flight of starirs today and if not for Judge John Roberts grabbing Steven's arm

That adds a new meaning to "judicial restraint."

282 posted on 10/04/2005 7:24:05 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: JustAnotherOkie

You said...this is GW's last good chance to get a conservative judge on the court.
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I believe that Pres. Bush will appoint one or two MORE S. Ct. justices. I am hoping he will replace Stevens and Ginsburg. They are not swing votes, and I would like to see Brown or Owen in those slots.

I like the appointments Bush has made to the courts thus far. I will trust him on this until he proves me wrong.


283 posted on 10/04/2005 7:24:09 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: Don'tMessWithTexas
It should be added that Scalia and Thomas are not constructionists, they are originalists.

I agree regarding Thomas. I disagree regarding Scalia. He succumbs to temptation from time to time in making the Constitution mean what he wants it to mean.

284 posted on 10/04/2005 7:25:12 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: Cautor
Surely you can't believe that two dunces like McLame and Hagel, both of whom harbor presidential aspirations (foolish but true just the same) and our little senator from SC called Graham (a member of the gangsta of 14) couldn't have been persuaded by Bush to back his man or woman? I certainly don't buy that hogwash.

Yeah, don't let the recent history of the Senate get in the way of your opinions.

285 posted on 10/04/2005 7:29:06 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: Ninian Dryhope
Stephens is an old fart and could drop dead tomorrow.

And RuthyBG could lose another 12 pounds and disappear entirely!

286 posted on 10/04/2005 7:33:47 AM PDT by TheRightGuy (ERROR CODE 018974523: Random Tagline Compiler Failure)
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To: dirtboy

McLame wants to be Prez. If he were seen blocking a qualified conservative for the SCOTUS, that would end his chances once and for all. I think anyone who looks carefully at the politics know Hagel, McLame and the rest of the RINOs would have to roll over for Bush. Now they don't. He gave them an unqualified wus, a FOB(Friend of Bush).


287 posted on 10/04/2005 7:34:57 AM PDT by Cautor
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To: Cautor
McLame wants to be Prez. If he were seen blocking a qualified conservative for the SCOTUS, that would end his chances once and for all.

Since WHEN did McCain ever give a damn about conservatives? He thinks he can win in the middle because he thinks the media loves him, not realizing that the media uses him like a rented mule.

I think anyone who looks carefully at the politics know Hagel, McLame and the rest of the RINOs would have to roll over for Bush.

I think you need to look at recent history, namely the Group of 14. THEY set the parameters now for the nomination process. THEY broke Dem filibusters but also took the nuclear option away from the GOP.

And power is a funny thing - once a politician has it, they are loathe to give it up. The Gang of 14 now has almost absolute power over the parameters of the nomination process. They will stick together. And they are moderates. A RINO distrusts a strict constructionist as much as a Dem. They would not vote to confirm someone like JRB for SCOTUS. As an appeals court judge, her rulings can be overturned by SCOTUS. But once she's on the Supremes, that's it. That's the final word. And they will not willingly let a professed strict constructionist on the court.

288 posted on 10/04/2005 7:40:18 AM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: dirtboy

You seem incapable of understanding power politics. So does Bush.


289 posted on 10/04/2005 8:01:36 AM PDT by Cautor
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To: NCLaw441
I've gotten a lot of responses saying 'I think', 'I believe' but this will set the tone for any future nominees. If GW doesn't have the stomach for a battle now when will he? He's burned out. We'll see but I don't have much hope.
290 posted on 10/04/2005 8:15:10 AM PDT by JustAnotherOkie
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To: andysandmikesmom
One can certainly disagree with Pres. Bush...certainly nothing wrong with that at all...

You'd never know that around here.....

291 posted on 10/04/2005 8:57:52 AM PDT by ksen ("For an omniscient and omnipotent God, there are no Plan B's" - Frumanchu)
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To: quidnunc

We need to get Miers on the court and one mone justice to insure that all the socialist laws that the courts have created are terminated. We needed the President to throw down the gaunlet, so we could energize the base in 2006. But he failed to get the job done.


292 posted on 10/04/2005 9:03:56 AM PDT by jimfrommaine
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To: JustAnotherOkie

If Miers votes the way I like on the Court, and I trust that she will, or Bush would not have risked his legacy by nominating her, then that is good a result as there can be. Each justice gets one vote on a case. None of the commentators have ever nominated, or gotten confirmation for, a Supreme Court justice. Bush has. His judicial nominations to date have been right on the mark. There is no reason to think that the Miers nomination is of a lower quality, just because it doesn't give some the fight they want.


293 posted on 10/04/2005 9:08:31 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: NCLaw441

I agree wholeheartedly but I noticed you started your comment with 'IF'.


294 posted on 10/04/2005 9:21:30 AM PDT by JustAnotherOkie
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To: JustAnotherOkie

You said: I agree wholeheartedly but I noticed you started your comment with 'IF'.
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I would say that about ANY nominee. We do not know how any nominee or sitting justice will vote on the next case he/she hears.


295 posted on 10/04/2005 9:52:37 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: NCLaw441

Have you seen the latest Drudge Headline?

In her 1989 run for Dallas City Council, Harriet Miers filled out a questionnaire from the Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition of Dallas, where she indicated her support for full civil rights for gays and lesbians and backed AIDS education programs for the city of Dallas...

HARRIET MIERS SUPPORTED FULL CIVIL RIGHTS FOR GAYS AND LESBIANS; BACKED AIDS EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR CITY OF DALLAS


296 posted on 10/04/2005 11:41:38 AM PDT by JustAnotherOkie
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To: JustAnotherOkie

Who doesn't support full civil rights for gays? As long as she doesn't support special rights for them. Sorry, Bush's nominations have been excellent so far, and I trust him going forward. I might have chosen someone else, but be aware there is NO assurance that Janice Rogers Brown or any other nominee would perform as anticipated.


297 posted on 10/04/2005 3:05:15 PM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: TheRightGuy
"And RuthyBG could lose another 12 pounds and disappear entirely!"

One can dream, can't one?
298 posted on 10/04/2005 4:02:54 PM PDT by Ninian Dryhope
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To: TheRightGuy
"And RuthyBG could lose another 12 pounds and disappear entirely!"

One can dream, can't one?
299 posted on 10/04/2005 4:02:57 PM PDT by Ninian Dryhope
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To: aBootes
I am interested in this. May I ask, without intent to insult, what makes you think so?

Because she's my age, she was a woman in a man's world and so she got their on her own and not as a result of NOW and affirmative action etc. It is a talent I have consistantly seen in women who got there on their own who started in that time period.

It's hard to explain to someone who hasn't been through it, but it is a survival tactic for bright women who blaze trails. I'm talking here about self made women.

300 posted on 10/04/2005 5:28:19 PM PDT by McGavin999 (We're a First World Country with a Third World Press (Except for Hume & Garrett ))
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