Posted on 10/05/2005 4:03:47 PM PDT by perfect stranger
I'm sure you'd think it was funny if it was directed at Ted Kennedy and not W. Admit it, you've "fallen in love with a celebrity" as another FReeper said.
You may be correct. President Bush may believe she is as good as any of the other potential nominees. George needs glasses then. And Republican Senators should politely reject the nomination. Ann Coulter was rather caustic in her commentary piece but I believe her accurate when she says, "...Harriet Miers isn't qualified to play a Supreme Court justice on 'The West Wing,' let alone to be a real one."
Let's however, pretend that your "independent thought" is actually that and not a weak White House talking point. Ok, so now warm and fuzzy feelings are the basis by which we select Supreme Court Justices as opposed to published judicial opinions by actually qualified people. That may be sufficient standard for you, but not for actual thinking conservatives. The "trust me" argument holds no water.
Conservatives have trusted President Bush for 5 years. He has gotten multiple passes from the conservatives who turned out in droves in 2004 to re-elect him(from the education bill to the first new entitlement program in 40 years to border security that results in borders that leak like sieves) because we counted on him to nominate originalists to the Supreme Court as he had promised to do. He has now has two opportunities to appoint Justices such as he promised to appoint during the campaign. Instead, we have Justice Roberts who, while brilliant, is not an originalist, but at best, a minimalist (as demonstrated again by his questioning during oral arguments yesterday - on the bright side we now only have to wait about 29 years 360 days before we get rid of this stealth nominee and appoint someone with an actual judicial philosophy). And now Harriet Miers, who barely meets the requirements for an Appeals Court Judge, never mind for an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. This is what happens when you appoint people without a judicial philosophy. Someone rooted in a judicial philosophy like originalism doesn't "grow and change" once they are on the Court as have 5 of the last 7 Republican nominees (who undoubtedly met your warm and fuzzy feeling criterion).
The President has blundered badly if he thinks there won't be consequences in 2006 and 2008 for this betrayal of people who have been working for decades for just these opportunities that have now been squandered. For one thing, he won't be getting the automatic support by conservatives for his obscene spending and wealth transfer programs as he once did, since conservatives can now demonstrate to him the same loyalty that he has demonstrated to us. His guest worker/amnesty program is dead. His White House aides got just a sampling of this yesterday in their closed door meetings. This issue won't go away and will become the deciding factor in who conservatives support in 2006 and 2008. A Senator willing to show some backbone and lead the opposition against this boneheaded appointment will certainly generate interest among actual conservatives who still believe in small, less intrusive government and Supreme Court nominees with proven philosophies of interpreting the Constitution in an originalist fashion.
As I said, good but not outstanding. I don't see cum laude or better after either degree. The Mortar Board is for service and leadership, not academic brilliance. One of eight women is impressive, but what was her class rank? There are all kinds of good reasons why brilliant people wind up at second and third tier schools, but if they do, they produce a much more impressive record than this. What this says to me is that she's intelligent and works hard--- and no more than that. Competant, but never influential, never groundbreaking. Add that to absolutely no background in Constitutional law, and you have a pretty poor choice for the highest court in the land.
Excuse me "Idiot Laureate," did I ask for your correspondence?! Go away!!!
The size of this thread would strongly suggest otherwise.
Ann took a header over the cliff and we can't stop gawking.
~smirk~
Just keep telling yourself that.
~eye roll~
You first!
"For one thing, he won't be getting the automatic support by conservatives for his obscene spending and wealth transfer programs as he once did, since conservatives can now demonstrate to him the same loyalty that he has demonstrated to us. "
So, conservatives were agreeing to obscene spending and wealth transfer in exhange for Bush picking who they want on the Supreme Court?
The simple truth is that Bush picked her over others because he thinks that she will produce the most votes over the long run that you and other conservatives are pleased with. He may be wrong, but only time will tell.
Then it's the second of the two options that I listed.
No! We must all worship GW Bush. He is almighty and always right. He has a PLAN!
Huh? What celebrity? WHy do you hate Bush and why are you in this forum?
Hey how are you doing newbie? You're in love with Bush as demonstrated by your posts. I certainly like and have supported the man for a few years now. I rallied with him in Orlando and FReeped John Kerry...twice. Went toe-to-toe with some union thugs at the first FReep. See,the thing is, I'm an American first, a Conservative second and a Republican last. I really do like Bush, but I gotta call 'em as I see 'em.
BTW, I get a real kick out of you newbies who say "why are you in this forum"!
Bushbot.
True, her psychosis is shared...
Elitist snobbery at its finest. Ann is becoming what she once railed against. And the last sentence is a lie - so much for her being against Slander.
By me. Miers does not belong on the Supreme Court and President Bush should not have nominated her. AC hits it right on -- too many other people and are far more deserving of the nomination.
As much as I like Ann, she should put a sock in it.
None of this griping is going to help anyone and it just weakens the President.
Even the Dems are not that dumb!
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