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MIERS FOUND CHRIST, TURNED REPUBLICAN
www.drudgereport.com ^ | TUE OCT 04, 2005 | matt drudge

Posted on 10/04/2005 3:49:42 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45

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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE OCT 04, 2005 18:02:01 ET XXXXX

MIERS FOUND CHRIST, TURNED REPUBLICAN

By 1979, Harriet Miers, then in her mid-30s, had accomplished what some people take a lifetime to achieve. She was a partner at Locke Purnell Boren Laney & Neely, one of the most prestigious law firms in the South.

But she still felt something was missing in her life.

The NEW YORK TIMES is set to splash the "something" on Page Ones on Wednesday, newsroom sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

It was after a series of long discussions with Nathan Hecht, a junior colleague and sweetheart, that led her to a decision that many of the people around her say changed Miers life.

"She decided that she wanted faith to be a bigger part of her life," Hecht said. "One evening she called me to her office and said she was ready to make a commitment," to accept Jesus Christ as her savior and be born again, Hecht said. Miers became an evangelical Christian and began identifying more with the Republican Party than with the Democrats who had long held sway over Texas politics. Developing...

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To: quantim
No matter what I can't get past someone donating to Algore.

In 1988, Al Gore was masquerading as a pro-life southern politician. Texas was a one-party state.

Republicans were a non-factor. You had your conservative Democrats and your liberal Democrats and a few weirdos who voted Republican and wasted their votes.

Nearly all Republicans over the age of 50 in Texas are former Democrats.

61 posted on 10/04/2005 4:06:50 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: hiredhand

If there's one thing that simply pushes leftists over the edge, it's conservative "born again", Christians.

ANY CHRISTIAN!


62 posted on 10/04/2005 4:07:24 PM PDT by JohnLongIsland
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To: linkinpunk; xzins; Buggman; blue-duncan; Corin Stormhands; Alamo-Girl; betty boop
Her judge-friend also says that she treats the Constitution just like she does the Bible....

Let us pray then that she is a fundamentalist blibical literalist and not one of those preteristical replacement theology scriptural allegorists.

63 posted on 10/04/2005 4:07:54 PM PDT by P-Marlowe
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To: linkinpunk

So was Regan.


64 posted on 10/04/2005 4:07:57 PM PDT by roylene
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Coulter referred to herself as being a jesus freak.

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I'm in the pro-Miers camp, but her religion does not need to be emphasized after the recommendations from Dobson and the others. Of course this is the NYTimes though.
66 posted on 10/04/2005 4:08:40 PM PDT by bahblahbah
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To: Para-Ord.45; AppyPappy

New York Times getting ready for a frontal assault on Miss Miers' Evangelical Christianity. While they like "diversity" they only like it when you can count shades of gray or X and Y chromosomes.


67 posted on 10/04/2005 4:08:53 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: JohnLongIsland

I'll go along with that. :-)


68 posted on 10/04/2005 4:08:56 PM PDT by hiredhand (My kitty disappeared. NOT the rifle!)
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To: sinkspur

Well, I think we agree He cares for *us* in all ways. A little different from caring for certain actions we may do.


69 posted on 10/04/2005 4:09:02 PM PDT by k2blader (Hic sunt dracones..)
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To: Raycpa
Our leaders are determined by God.

I thought we voted for them.

70 posted on 10/04/2005 4:09:37 PM PDT by sinkspur (Breed every trace of the American Staffordshire Terrier out of existence!)
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To: Made in USA

LOL! I almost clicked the red "x" to get off this thread!


71 posted on 10/04/2005 4:09:37 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: advance_copy

that's GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!! Count me in as a encourager for Miers!!!!!


72 posted on 10/04/2005 4:09:39 PM PDT by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: flashbunny

And what happens if she gets denied?

Well, the president just goes back and nominates someone else. It's not "be approved the first time or you can't nominate another".

and in the meantime, the partial-birth abortion case scheduled in the SC will be heard, and decided one way or the other, and becomes the law of the land. I'm not sure we have a lot of time to waste on filibusters and such.


73 posted on 10/04/2005 4:10:08 PM PDT by tazannie
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To: Dog Gone
what kind of questioning went on during the rehnquist confirmation, as opposed to the dog and pony show of today??

It would be nice to either:

A: Have a proven track record of decisions that illustrate a
political philosophy

or

B: Be able to find out exactly what the beliefs a nominee has during the confirmation process.

But because of the precedent set during the clinton years, and followed today, B won't happen. And with Miers, A can't happen.

So all we are left with is "trust us".

Just like we're supposed to "trust them" on securing our borders or controlling spending.

I'd like to have a nominee that is something more than a crapshoot.
74 posted on 10/04/2005 4:10:34 PM PDT by flashbunny
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To: Para-Ord.45

This is a load of horse manure, to put it plainly.

I have no objection to born-again conservative Evangelicals, but I find it highly suspicious that this woman turned Republican and joined a Texas church at a moment most convenient to her career. I also find it suspicious that someone leaked this story to Drudge, with the obvious hope of pulling Evangelicals back on board the train.

What this reminds me of, frankly, is John Fitzgerald Kennedy. All the Catholics voted for Kerry because they liked the idea of a Catholic in the White House. The only trouble is that Kennedy was, to all appearances, a lousy Catholic. Not only that, but he firmly promised not to let his Catholic views influence his decisions, and he kept that promise to the letter.

There's no way on earth that an outsider can say whether or not a conversion was genuine. Maybe this one was. But it still doesn't mean that she would be a good Supreme Court Justice.


75 posted on 10/04/2005 4:10:46 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
He was alos pro gun in those days.

Gore is an exceptionally despicable sort.

76 posted on 10/04/2005 4:10:55 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: k2blader

Romans 13
Submission to the Authorities
1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you.


77 posted on 10/04/2005 4:11:23 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: flashbunny

"How has she ruled in the past?

Oh wait, she never has."

William Rehnquist hadn't either when selected by Nixon.


78 posted on 10/04/2005 4:11:25 PM PDT by conservativepoet
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To: Made in USA

79 posted on 10/04/2005 4:11:41 PM PDT by flashbunny
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To: Cicero

You are totally misreading the situation, this is not an effort to support Harriet Miers, it is an effort by the New York Times to disqualify her because she is an Evangelical.


80 posted on 10/04/2005 4:12:17 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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