Ann Coulter just took apart SCOTUS nominee on the Mike Rosen show (My report)

Ann Coulter's appearance on the Mike Rosen show, 850am KOA ^ | This morning, Mon. Oct. 4th | Report from Mike Rosen show

[ajolympian2004]

Ann Coulter just took apart President Bush's SCOTUS nominee on the air during her appearance on the Mike Rosen show here in Denver on 850am KOA. She called for listeners to write their senators to oppose the nomination. Wish you could have heard it!

Ann said - "Totally unqualified", called Judge Roberts "a 'dream' candidate in light of this nomination", mentioned "cronyism" over and over. Much more that I'm trying to digest. I called the station to see if they saved the audio, but no luck on that. Mike Rosen was just about speechless as Ann went on and on about why this was a lousy choice.

I agree with Ann. Huge mistake and missed opportunity.

Ann's choice, Janice Rodgers-Brown. Not enough intestinal fortitude in the White House to go with that choice.

Can't wait for Ann's column on this nomination later this week.

[Antoninus]

I truly believe Brown and Owens and Jones would have been filibustered. Does that mean don't try. I don't know. I also don't know what Bush heard back from the GOP Senators when these names were brought up. Bush can nominate, but he needs the Senators support (at least 50 of them).

For me, this is just another indication that Bush hews more toward the Rockefeller wing of the party than toward the conservative base. If he had nominated a true conservative, it would have caused a rift in the party that would have exposed the moderate/RINO wing and led, no doubt, to the defeat of some of them in 2006 if they had voted against, say, Janice Rogers Brown. Miers is a safe choice for the RINOs which forces conservatives like Rick Santorum into the position of possibly having to vote against the president.

Bush's support of Arlen Specter in 2004 was the first clue to where is heart really lies. This nomination is another. The fact that he's going to leave office in 2008 without an obvious successor is the final straw. Politically speaking, the Bush presidency may end up being an electoral disaster for Republicans when all is said and done.

[general_re]

Surely some company makes a camera lens that works like those funhouse mirrors - the ones that make you look like you weigh about 17 pounds and are seven feet tall. I mean, that's Ann's trick, right?

[frankjr]

" the agreement breaks down.. the nuclear option is applied and a qualified canidate makes the bench."

I would ok with that if I felt comfortable about the nuke option succeeding. I am not sure it would work now. The GOP should have used it back on the earlier nominees. The stakes on Supreme Court are much higher now and I don't think we could count on any of the RINOs.

[america-rules]

"Ann's choice, Janice Rodgers-Brown"

Why nominate someone who is 100% DOA !

[woofie]

[PhilipFreneau]

Ann Coulter is certainly no "George Bush Kool-Aid Drinker".

[AppyPappy]

Religious groups like the fact she is an evangelical Christian. I have seen nothing to disqualify her.

[ConservativeDude]

This is a very relevant point.

I mean, what would he have done had he had a Senate Majority Leader?

(Of course....guess who lobbied hard to make sure Frist got that job? Frist was the White House's man. I guess they wanted someone they could control. They got that, but they also got someone who can't deliver the RINOs).

[muleskinner]

There must be a bunch of semi-famous conservative pundits, like Ann, who chat amongst themselves before going forth and doing the talk shows. I just heard Jeff Brabyn this morning say the same thing as Ann, almost verbatim.

[Rutles4Ever]

Why the assumption that JRB would lose in the Senate? Yeah, it would be bloody, but is this something not worth fighting for in the GOP?

[ajolympian2004]

If Ann was promoting Edith Jones as more qualified, I would have to agree, but using Brown as her example, fatally flaws her argument.

Brown was her first choice among well qualified candidates she like, Luttig, McConnell, Aleto, Edith Jones, Priscilla Owens. Any of them would have been an excellent choice.

[OESY]

Miers: Second Thoughts


I’ve had a day to reflect on the Miers nomination, and I’ve come to the conclusion that this is an exceedingly good decision. Let’s line up the objections and knock ‘em down.

1. Miers may not be a conservative.

The President has known Miers for a long time, in every sense but the Biblical one. George W. Bush is a conservative who wants to appoint conservative judges. His word on Miers’ ideology is good enough for me.

2. Miers isn’t the best-qualified person.

This matters not a whit. Ideology trumps all. If a mangy yellow dog were the SCOTUS nominee, I’d support it, if it would consistently vote with Scalia-Thomas.

3. Miers is too old.

At first glance, yes. She’s 60; I’d prefer someone 10-20 years younger. But Miers isn’t the typical 60-year-old. She’s very “physical,” and joins the president in some of his more arduous “vacation” activities on the ranch. If she eats her wheaties and continues to stay “physical,” she might frustrate liberals until she’s 90. The fact that she’s unattached is another plus: No family that might cause her to retire early.

4. Democrats, like Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer, seem to like Miers.

So what? Reid’s recommendation of Miers to Bush seems to have been based on senatorial stupidity - she returned his calls promptly; so he supported her for SCOTUS. Having recommended Miers to Bush, Reid will look very weak if his caucus shoots her down; so he’s now stuck shepherding her nomination through the Senate.

-- http://polipundit.com/

COMMENT: Let's not go to the powder room for the Dems, and end up wetting our own powder. Keep it dry until after the hearings have surfaced better information than we have now.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I'm still searching for the one that makes small things look big.

[woofie]

Oops.....wrong rule

[Revolting cat!]

Maroon flavored Kool Aid for everyone!

[vetvetdoug]

This is the third time my beliefs and opinions differ than Ann's. Most of the time she's in sync with my opinions.

[andyk]

I suppose you'd just as soon have your next surgery performed by someone without a medical background too. Good grief!

Oh, good grief. That's a ridiculous comparison. One doesn't need a law degree to understand the US Constitution. In fact, I'd say more laypeople have a better understanding of what it means than do lawyers.

[A CA Guy]

If Miers ends up a Scalia on the bench, then Ann will lose all future credibility. Don't know if Ann needed to go this far out on a limb.

[Lando Lincoln]

Ann's caustic opinions have lost their appeal to me - actually long ago. And, I wish she would eat a few cheeseburgers.

Lando

[jude24]

Just sour grapes from someone who has wasted her own legal education so that she sits languishing on the sidelines of the political process, hurling bombastic personal attacks on those who don't fully agree with her extreme positions.

Who gives a crap what Ann Coulter thinks?