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

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

[andyk]

Harriet Miers went to Southern Methodist University Law School, which is not ranked at all by the serious law school reports

Ann, I think you've gone overboard this time.

[Rummyfan]

some jobs are so dirty, you can only send in someone who has the finely honed hatred of liberals acquired at elite universities to do them.

Right on Ann!

[wouldntbprudent]

Personally, I suspect the higher ranked the law school is, the more likely it is to be chock full of certifiable lunatics (faculty, mostly).

There's nothing wrong with picking a person from a real American school.

The Hildebeast went to Yale and she is qualified to . . . whaaa?

[p. henry]

I am a partner in a large law firm. A former president of my state bar association is my friend and neighbor. I am not convinced that service as either a manager of a large firm or president of a large state bar association is either indicative of, or likely to impart, the qualities needed in an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

[aft_lizard]

Nope, I dont peruse those threads because here religiosity shouldnt have a bearing on whether or not she would be a good justice.

But it seems to me that you wish to not even partake in any discussion on this matter, you guys immediately began the full frontal insult assault with in seconds of her nomination, and frankly it isnt very becoming of you or any body else on this site. We were supposed to be better than DU but lately many of you guys are no different than them.

[MJY1288]

ROFLMAO

[Agamemnon]

Perhaps Miers law school is not a top school - that's a valid complaint but she is ranked as one of the top 100 lawyers in the country and that makes up for it.

I generally adore Ann, and I think she went to Colgate if memory serves correctly....

Not to be rude, but can anyone tell me what rank she happens to be?

[LanPB01]

You're exactly right about the law school rankings.

[flashbunny]

"Well, why not?"

"Not advocating it, but hey, what goes around, comes around."

Because people who attempt to put themselves off as christians (mainly in an attempt to show superiority*) shouldn't be the ones engaging in unchristian behavior. It just makes them hypocrites.

"You started it" is a poor excuse when you're supposed to lead by example.

But the bar keeps getting lowered, and people always manage to slink underneath it.

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(mainly in an attempt to show superiority*) refers to the sad fact that people behave one way and then try to redeem themselves by calling themselves 'christians'. If you truly are, it should be evident from your behavior, and stating the obvious should not be necessary.

[perfect stranger]

Thank Pookie18'for that one.

[flashbunny]

yes, your behavior would be funny, if it wasn't so pathetic.

[Republic of Texas]

I agree that she wrote an opinion piece. Of course, so did you, and everyone else here. That's the problem! Bush could have picked someone with facts behind them. Then, we could all discuss facts. But he picked a nobody (in the public record sense). She is not one of the top 100 legal minds in this country, by anyone's standards, and that would seem to be a logical place to start when you are filling a job that only 8 other people in the country do.

[Siena Dreaming]

A spelling error? Really? LOL. After what she said about the "which" and the "that"?

[aft_lizard]

So much better since she had porcelain veneers put on her old rotten stained teeth.

[wouldntbprudent]

She makes a living being outrageous. This is not helpful.

[narby]

I think all the attacks on Miers from the right are just to throw off the idiots on the left. Like Roberts, that Coulter also trashed, Miers will slide on through the Senate, even though she's a hard core pro-lifer.

Brilliant strategy.

[msnimje]

Dear Ann,

Your latest article has been posted on Free Republic were you will be idolized as long as you think exactly like the posters here. But if you dare to utilize your intellect and your decades mired in the fight to advance the Conservative Cause, you will be treated like a hysterical lunatic or a premenstrual maniac.

So in the future Ms. Coulter, please only publish articles that adhere strictly to the RNC talking points and leave the rest on your legal pad. Because we all know, the only "real" Republicans are those who believe 100% of what they are fed by Ken Melhman, Dan Bartlett and Scott McClellan. There is no room in the "Big Tent" party for people who think (or color) outside the lines.

Warmest Regards, The "Right" Thought Police

[MJY1288]

You need to come downh off your high horse and stop with the Christianity straw man

[chaos_5]

"She is a better looking Michael Savage" -AMEN!

I however like them both, and think she has some very good points. As a previous poster from a different thread mentioned, what we have here is a lag of strength in the Senate. So, I say shake them up, and send a message to the Senators to Stand and Deliver!

[Shalom Israel]

I'll be damned if I accept the ideal that only graduates from certain "prestige" schools are worthy of high office.

I agree with you, and disagree with Ann, on the "ivy league" part (disclaimer: I have an ivy league Sc.B.). But ignoring the ivy league bit, the fact remains that we need someone who will apply the Constitution with knowledge and wisdom, and it's not too much to ask that Bush pick someone with the K&W for the job. There's no evidence that Miers is such a person, and like Ann I can't accept Presdient Bush's "trust me". He's let us down too many times already.