This is what 'advice and consent' means (Ann Coulter)

wnd.com ^ | October 5, 2005 | Ann Coulter

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Ann Coulter thinks the Constitution of the United States requires that someone graduate from an Ivy League school in order to serve on the Supreme Court. Wrong, the Supreme Court is far too lacking in common sense more often found at places like SMU.

Ivy League schools are festering cauldrons of boiling liberal sewage. Sometimes, as in Ann's case, bright people recognize fallacy that infests those places and they adopt a good conservative philosophy. Usually, the blue-state bastions of liberal brainwashing produce dolts.

The dumbest people I know graduated from the Ivy League. And yankee elitism is so not becoming Ann Coulter.

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[Conservatives from elite schools have already been subjected to liberal blandishments and haven't blinked. These are right-wingers who have fought off the best and the brightest the blue states have to offer.]

Good point Ann! The Supreme Court should be filled with the most moral and bright and cream of the crop people; as well as the Senate. Both are populated with fools and nincompoops who couldn't qualify for many simple jobs in private enterprise.
I don't know much about Miers, but I do know that many who like the social life of Washington will be infected with the liberalism that destroys all of us and our children.
P.S. Their are some in these posts who are suspect trolls and do what all liberals do when they don't like something they read or hear and they usually attack the person rather than the issues. They walk like a duck....

[rcocean]

"Unfortunately for Bush, he could nominate his Scottish terrier Barney, and some conservatives would rush to defend him, claiming to be in possession of secret information convincing them that the pooch is a true conservative and listing Barney's many virtues – loyalty, courage, never jumps on the furniture ..."


LOL! Coulter hits another home run.

She is the great one - but I wish she'd have NOT emphasized the SMU vs. Ivy League aspect. Ginsburg, Souter, O'Conner, and Breyer were all ELITE university grads. Given that, I'll take a mediocre SMU grad who agrees with Bork over a Harvard Grad with an IQ of 190 who agrees with Ginsburg.

I'm upset that Bush has ducked a fight that would have educated the country, killed off the liberals, and put a KNOWN, Persuasive conservative on the court.

Instead we get a stealth candidate, a crony, who may or may be another Thomas or a O'Conner or a Souter.

[rcocean]

"Unfortunately for Bush, he could nominate his Scottish terrier Barney, and some conservatives would rush to defend him, claiming to be in possession of secret information convincing them that the pooch is a true conservative and listing Barney's many virtues – loyalty, courage, never jumps on the furniture ..."


LOL! Coulter hits another home run.

She is the great one - but I wish she'd have NOT emphasized the SMU vs. Ivy League aspect. Ginsburg, Souter, O'Conner, and Breyer were all ELITE university grads. Given that, I'll take a mediocre SMU grad who agrees with Bork over a Harvard Grad with an IQ of 190 who agrees with Ginsburg.

I'm upset that Bush has ducked a fight that would have educated the country, killed off the liberals, and put a KNOWN, Persuasive conservative on the court.

Instead we get a stealth candidate, a crony, who may or may be another Thomas or a O'Conner or a Souter.

[aft_lizard]

Bush may be bad on spending and bad on the border issue, prescription drugs. But one area he has done very well in is the Judiciary, off the top of my head I cannot think of one terrible pick for the bench yet(mostly because they were chosen by Miers, but we didnt know that) yet she is nominated some people cry foul, and its ironic.

[Utah Girl]

Thanks for the explanation. I totally agree.

[Colonial Warrior]

"It's not that we don't trust him to get it right; we don't even trust his intentions."
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Sounds as if you are abandoning ship.... Have you truly loss faith in our President? He was given the power to make these decisions by the people...he has made them. No one said everyone is going to like any or all of them.

His only requirement is to do what he thinks is best for the American People. He won't deliberately and with malice of forethought make a mistake. Let this play out.

We need to continue to pray for him.

[traderrob6]

I don't tolerate extremism on either end of the spectrum. The Libertairians and Constitutionalist combined can't get 5% of the vote. That should give you a bit of perspective as to how much "power" the fringe wields.

[flashbunny]

Again, "they started it" is not a Christian defense when it comes to personal attacks.

Either act like a christian or don't say you are one. That's the issue.

But it's little more than a side attraction... and interesting behavior pattern to note.

[TSchmereL]

In other word, "Trust Bush."

Thanks for nothing.

[VRWC For Truth]

Alot of us are saying the same thing. Bush's defenders are tone deaf. To quote El Rushbo ... I can't wait for the "See I told you so" when this is over.

[goldstategop]

I'd like to see the Miers' resume: her list of conservative activities, statements, op-eds and speeches. That you and the President's defenders can cite chapter and verse to shut the rest of us up. But what commends her is her lack of a record. I can't objectively assess what kind of conservative the woman is. I have nothing to go by other than the President's assurance: "trust me." And I'm afraid that's not enough to entrust someone who's judicial philosophy is unknown with a lifetime appointment to the Court.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Rummyfan]

The analogy fits!

[P-Marlowe]

Ann makes a living bashing other people. Her criticism of Miers because she is not an Ivy League Law School professor or great esoteric thinker is way off base. The last thing we need on the bench is another estoteric thinker. We've got 7 of them right now and we've got only 2 with common sense. I suspect that Miers is loaded down with Common Sense and has the advantage of not ever having the experience of being brainwashed by the likes of Alan Dershowitz or Lawrence Tribe.

She is a close associate of this President. Bush has not let us down with his Court of Appeal appointees and he did not let us down with John Roberts. Bush knows this lady like none of us do. I think we owe it to Bush to give him the benefit of the doubt. He is the one who is consitutionally charged with making this appointment. He knew he'd take a lot of heat over it. She will be confirmed. So you and Ann need to get over it. Go eat a twinkie.

[Souled_Out]

"You motivate the conservative base, you gain power. You alienate them, you lose power. Proven by repeated examples over time."

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I have posted some of the same thoughts on different threads.

It is obvious that Republications feel that they do not need Conservatives to retain power and have taken over this site.

Most of them probably never heard of Ross Perot or remember how the Reform party ensured the loss of Bob Dole and gave us 8 years of Clinton.

[flashbunny]

See what happens when the "fringe", as you call it - the republican base - becomes demotivated because the party abandons them.

You don't have to theorize that one - it's happened over and over again.

Hint: It's not a pretty site.

[livius]

The Supreme Court nominations have been a made a political hot potatoe by the Dems...

Yes! And who better than a trial lawyer to know how to deal with them? I think it's very interesting that for the first time in 25 years, Bush is appointing somebody with actual courtroom experience.

Don't forget that much of the "law" that proceeds from the Supreme Court comes from cases conducted by trial lawyers. We have had "scholars" in charge for a long time, and you all see where that has gotten us.

As for Anne Coulter, I think she's said a few good things, many stupid things, and I certainly don't think she's sacred. But then, I'm not a guy, so perhaps the magic is wasted on me.

[Rummyfan]

She quit smoking!

[cgk]

Off-topic, but did you ever see what wikipedia says about FreeRepublic?

Just a slight left-leaning bias. ;)

[livius]

In any case, it's ADVISE and consent.