HARRIET MIERS OUTSHINES BORK

MoonbatCentral.com ^ | October 4, 2005 | Richard Poe

[MNJohnnie]

Well said!

[dirtboy]

Yeah, well at least Bork is writing books, one of Borks many achievements not shared by Harriet Miers.

Hillary wrote a book, too. Does that make her more qualified than Miers.

[dirtboy]

However, should not reasonable criticism of Miers be allowed? Just as there are reasonable defenses of her?

I'd welcome reasonable criticism. Instead, she has been ripped as being a possible lesbian, not qualified (when Rehnquist had no prior judicial experience), Bush's crony (that's MSM spin), or a closet Dem because of campaign contributions she made in 1988. Do you consider those reasonable?

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"Brilliant? It is not brilliant to get your side more upset with you than the other side - unless you are dim-witted."

When "my side" is insisting on being dim-witted, I don't give a damn if they're upset.

[Ann de IL]

What was it like when Bush picked Cheney? I was not here then and the situation seems so much the same I was wondering about it all day today. The Cheney choice has turned out pretty well, maybe President Bush knows something the rest of us don't.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"However, should not reasonable criticism of Miers be allowed?"

Let me know when there is a reasonable criticism, as opposed to the gossip and rumormongering (aka "bearing false witness") that's been the rule here.

This nomination has done one very valuable service: it has outed a bunch of FReepers as "Christians in Name Only."

[pollyannaish]

I have always wondered about Bork and read one of his books. I came away feeling that he was a man easily tangled in webs of logic, always brilliant, but sometimes to the point of confusion.

I think he is an amazing intellect, and would have been an excellent addition to the court. However, as for myself, I prefer brilliant...but prizing clarity. The Chief Justice is a case in point. If Meirs is another one, I am going to feel that we have struck gold.

[safisoft]

When "my side" is insisting on being dim-witted, I don't give a damn if they're upset.

Hope you enjoy standing in line to vote, because 'your side' is losing a lot of voters because of comments like yours.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"I've recently noticed a lot of Freepers being critical, if not intolerant, of fellow Freepers who criticize or dissent from President Bush."

I'm generally intolerant of stupid people. And the criticisms of Bush over Miers are really stupid.

[Carry_Okie]

Sorry, but he calls the 2nd Amendment an anachronism.

I scratched around with Google a bit, but was unable to find your reference. This was the best fit:

"The real argument against severe gun control is one of policy, not constitutionality," Judge Bork wrote that "the Supreme Court has consistently ruled that there is no individual right to own a firearm. The Second Amendment was designed to allow states to defend themselves against a possibly tyrannical national government. Now that the federal government has stealth bombers and nuclear weapons, it is hard to imagine what people would need to keep in the garage to serve that purpose."

It's an interesting point. I am not sure from it that Judge Bork actually disagrees with the policy of personal firearms ownership when it appears that his opinion is historical in nature.

Have you something that is a better example of what you said or is this a conclusion based upon a composite of Judge Bork's statements?

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"Hope you enjoy standing in line to vote, because 'your side' is losing a lot of voters because of comments like yours."

Your stupidity is your problem, not mine.

[Common Tator]

It will do no good to point out this woman's attributes. The bash Bush crowd will not be stilled.

The bash bush crowd is no different from the Bash Reagan crowd of 20 years ago.

Click here for the 'tator take on Miers

[Fawn]

However, posting it on the All-New Bush-Hating Free Republic is akin to casting pearls before swine...

I was shocked at the responses when she was announced.....people were going to vote for Hillary, people turned Democrat right then and there, calling Bush all kinds of names....it was unbelievable....the immaturity was eye opening for me.

[Fawn]

DITTO!

[McGavin999]

This is why it's important to have someone who has functioned in the real world on that court. There is a whole different mind set from those who have been nurtured in the cocoon of Ivy League.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"I was shocked at the responses when she was announced.....people were going to vote for Hillary, people turned Democrat right then and there, calling Bush all kinds of names....it was unbelievable....the immaturity was eye opening for me."

This nomination has outed a bunch of "Christians In Name Only" on Free Republic.

[safisoft]

Your stupidity is your problem, not mine.

LOL. You aren't smart enough to figure out that it is your problem? It sounds like all the Country Club Republicans that put their noses in the air at the conservatives in the mid-seventies. Grass-root conservatives took over and delivered a majority by 1992, and a majority government by 2000.

Attitudes like yours reveal why it wasn't worth it. Losing over principle is more important than winning by compromise or by deceit. Maybe you think that is stupid - but history is littered with those who thought like that.

[jwalsh07]

I was just expalining this very thing on MArc Levins thread and here you are with a nice little dust up. Nice work.

[jwalsh07]

I was just expalining this very thing on Marc Levins thread and here you are with a nice little dust up. Nice work.

[Fawn]

Brilliant? It is not brilliant to get your side more upset with you than the other side - unless you are dim-witted.

Yes ...brilliant! The people who immediatly bashed him had NO REASON TOO...as they knew NOTHING ABOUT MIERS. They ASSumed and jumped to conclusions because they were DIM-WITTED!!