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

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

[AndyTheBear]

You should be more ashamed of acting that way and tryng to put yourself off as a christian. How pathetic

The fundamental qualification for Christianity is acknowledging the need for God's forgiveness and grace. By God's moral standards we are all pathetic. It baffles me why some people seem to think Christianity is about being on a moral high horse.

[AndyTheBear]

This may come as a shock to you, but far more than the text of the Constitution is studied by Supreme Court justices in the performance of their duties, and in the formation of their opinions.

True. A layman like myself wouldn't even know where to find the penumbras emanating from the Bill of Rights.

[flashbunny]

"The fundamental qualification for Christianity is acknowledging the need for God's forgiveness and grace. By God's moral standards we are all pathetic."

Yep---but it's no excuse to act that way.

By professing to be a Christian, you are supposed to be a person who attempts to emulate the characteristics of Christ. Not someone who acts in direct contradiction to that and justifies it by saying "they started it" or "hey, God knows I'm flawed, so it's okay".

Two strongest human drives:
1. Survival
2. Rationalization.

In your post and the others, we see drive #2 being exhibited.

[drlevy88]

The Supreme Court is an intellectual battleground, and a Justice who is not equipped with superior legal acumen will be dwarfed by the more accomplished jurists on that Court.

Dwarfed schmarfed, the only thing that will matter at the end of the day is how Harriet voted. The Supreme Court doesn't persuade, it rules.

[AndyTheBear]

In your post and the others, we see drive #2 being exhibited.

Well I'm glad I have some human drives working in me. But I'm sure what you think I'm rationalizing right now, but if I have misbehaved please let me know.

(As for my position on article--which I do not beleive I have expressed yet, I am closer to Ann's side of it)

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Frankly, I would have settled for Duke.

I find it hard to envision a scenario under which anyone who is now critiquing the qualifications of Ms. Miers-and quite justifiably so-would have denigrated the academic pedigree of someone like Richard Milhous Nixon.

I may have a received an utterly useless liberal arts degree from a branch of the rather unimpressive City University of New York, but even I the requisite common sense to realize that this nomination, in the rather piquant words of another FReeper, "sucks."

[CalRepublican]

Among the coalitions that elected Bush are people who have been laboring in the trenches for a quarter-century to change the legal order in America. While Bush was still boozing it up in the early '80s, Ed Meese, Antonin Scalia, Robert Bork and all the founders of the Federalist Society began creating a farm team of massive legal talent on the right. That might sound harsh, but it is the absolute truth--Bush is not the guardian of the conservative movement. He is unquestionably a latecomer to the game politically. Heck, I'm a young guy and my conservative political thought has been well-developed longer than Bush's has been. As much as I hate to say it, Bush is starting to make this about him when in reality, he is just the product of a conservative movement that finally has been able to take advantage of the fact that Democrats are finally are being perceived as bad for the country. The only example we have of what Bush's constitutional theory means in practice is McCain Feingold--and that ain't good.

[7thson]

Wasn't Hillary Clinton also ranked as a top 100 lawyer?

[linkinpunk]

I hope Ann Coulter doesn't go the route of Pat Buchanan.

Unfortunately, I see her heading that way.

[7thson]

I think your statement is part of the problem. I think the President and the Republicans need to remember who got them there. I voted for Bush. I like him. I think he is right to go after the terrorists. However, there are some things that drive me crazy about his administration. Why are we fighting this WOT with one hand behind our back? He gets slammed - unfairly or not - for having Michael Brown as head of FEMA and yet General Meyers neice is picked to become the head of ICE? He tells us they are doing what is necessary to protect the United States yet the border is wide open? He tells us he is going to put people like Scalia and Thomas on the Supreme Court and he picks Miers? Against Kerry, again it comes down to one state - Ohio - to give Bush the election. He should have mopped the floor with this clown. It is not like Coulter is the only one complaining about this. You got her, Mark Levin, Michelle Malkin, and others that people on this site have defended regularly and - for the most part - have nothing but praise for. Yet now, they are "barking moonbats." I think Ann is right. This is what Advise and Consent means - to prevent Presidents from placing their pals in important positions.

And another thing. Whether we disagree with Ann Coulter or not, she has the perfect right to say it. I think she earned that right. As we also have the right to disagree with her. But to throw her over the side like most are doing here is somewhat akin to being banned from a site because you question the position or argument posed.

[G.Mason]

With all of Anns vitriol oozing through this article I may have missed it, but just whom did Ms Coulter state was the most appropriate SCOTUS pick missed by President Bush?

[7thson]

Do you trust this administration when it comes to protecting our borders?

[chasio649]

truth bump

[Doc Savage]

Take a midol pal? Perhaps you'd better get a bowel cleansing enema since fecal matter has infected your brain! She's 100% right and your comment is deplorable!

[Doc Savage]

Nice tagline! You think that up all by your little lonesome??

[Doc Savage]

Dear Bonnie, please submit glossy 8 x 10 for comparison so we can ascertain exact degree of jealousy harbored in your shallow, hollow soul!

[Doc Savage]

If you have questions genius, ask them instead of hiding behind obscure posts! The woman is NOT qualified for the job. Others are. They weren't chosen. Why? Cronyism!

[dalebert]

Miers is beginning to look like a good choice.

[Doc Savage]

I assume by cheap shot you meant inexpensive whiskey??? Look, the guy was a boozer and party boy while others were more concerned with holding the Constitution together. What is the matter? Afraid to admit your President is fallible?

[BureaucratusMaximus]

How does she get back in our good graces?

When a Dem gets back into the WH...thats when. The hypocrisy will we monumental.