Posted on 10/05/2005 7:18:07 PM PDT by quidnunc
Ann Coulter is one of many conservative pundits criticizing the SCOTUS nomination of Harriet Miers. I relish the opportunity to debate the matter with those, like Ann, who take a stance different from mine. In fact, because I believe that serious debate is such enlightening fun, I will continue to publish views on this site that differ from mine. Sadly, Ann has taken the low road, rather than debate me on the merits of my argument in favor of Miers.
On her website today (though not in her syndicated column that contains some duplicate verbiage) she dismisses my defense of Harriet Miers on grammatical grounds. It is bad enough that she fails to deal with the substance of my argument. What makes it truly embarrassing is that she is chooses a point which is highly debatable at best. I would much rather discuss subtance rather than the fine points of grammar disputes.
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Ann would be much better off criticizing my frequent and often embarrassing typos. But best of all would be a straightforward critique of my ideas. That would be the high road. The road not taken.
Maybe I am too involved in the matter to be of sound judgment, but it seems to me that Ann has just provided support for the thesis that at least one conservative pundit trashing Miers is nothing but a pompous elitist.
By the way, Ann, if you are going to put me down as a barely-educated moron, at least click on the "contributors" link on the website whose name you dare not mention and check out my background. I have three Ivy League sheepskins on my wall, and taught at two Ivies. I don't really have to try to "sound Ivy League."
It's frankly been this way for a while.
Or something.... Ann is hot. And right.
When she uses DNC slurs to voice disagreement then the gloves come off. I see a lot of talk about the "cult of Bush" from many of you but damn the AC cult is like a damned teenage fan club.
Good point. That was my thought exactly when the same accusation was made on TV last nite, forgot where, about conservatives attacking Miers.
LOL!
Ann "happens to hold a point of view". Meanwhile, people who disagree with her "attack". That is the summary of PD's post.
In reality, Ann dished it out...then she got it back!
Really? He sounds like a TOTAL ASS to me. And if he's so smart, why can't he communicate his ideas in a way that others can understand him.
Here's the deal with Lisphin. He finally sort of got his 15 minutes of fame - except Ann didn't mention his name and he's angry. So this is his way of trying to ride his moment of sort of but not really getting mentioned in an Ann Coulter column.
I mean, if Ann had written she met a really handsome gentleman who made her heart flutter this weekend, and it was me, but she didn't mention my name, I would also take credit for it to a site no one reads and then link to it myself on FR.
Very good. Kind of reminds me of when someone wrote that the Episcopal Church will one day break new ground when the elect an openly Christian bishop.
Turn it around and ask yourself -- if Kerry had won and appointed some lawyer who was his counsel that he knew well and had ties to liberal social organizations, would we have any DOUBT that the lawyer was a flaming liberal?
I think the "problem" is that the Left has portrayed GWB as stupid so much that some on the Right are beginning to believe it. Either that, or they believe he's deliberately going back on his word to appoint Scalias and Thomases.
I think the President is honorable and smart and a good judge of character. I also think that the President, personally, has more confidence that Moers will make the right calls than Roberts -- because he's worked closely with her.
Ann seems like she has always had a glass of wine or two whenever I hear her on Sean Vanity or Drudge. Come across as Rightintelligentsia.
You dont' know if Miers is the best or not.
You are judging a book by its cover.
Before you finish rushing to judgment, why not wait to see what happens at the confirmation.
The nomination has been made... and the continue wailing over spilt milk is just silly.
"The reason Ike and Reagan and GHWB blew it with their picks was because they did NOT know their appointments. GWB knows Miers very well."
I think the Republicans need to get in the gutter and fight with the Democrats when it comes to this. It is absolutly disgusting that only 3 Senate Republicans voted against Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She is on the court thanks to RINO's.
I mean they need to fight dirty, right now they pull the knoife out when the Democrats scream, when that is the time to twist it. They need to reframe the debate along the lines of "Ted Kennedy wants judges who are good for NAMBLA and Al Qaeda, we want judges who are good for America." The MSM will scream, don't retreat, strike back and refer to them as the house organs of the DNC (which is true).
What that kind of charge is lobbed, it usually has to do with a disagreement.
And heaven help the "bot" who doesn't agree with the thread's usually over the top and heavy handed criticism, suddenly, they are morphed in bots or cultists...
Just because someone doesn't agree with your assessment of the situation, doesn't make that person a cultist or a bot. It makes them someone who has a difference of an opinion.
Can you handle it? Because by your post, I would think not...
If one goes by her facial features, one would have to admit that she shares certain facial structure similarities with John Kerry. Both have long, thin faces with prominent chins. Of course, Ann is more feminine and those features work better on a female IMHO. 
Ann bears an even stronger resemblance to the Kerry daughters, especially the blond (Vanessa).
One could even imagine them singing "We Are Family" if one didn't know them and just saw pictures.
P.S. Please don't flame me, this is just an observation, and my flame retardant suit is at the cleaners 8^).
An extremely liberal upper crust law school at that.
I've been thinking about that today; all this talk about "the best."
On any given day at any given time, isn't there ALWAYS somebody "better" than whoever's doing the talking/judging/writing/debating/living etc.?
Well, I can't speak for Pres. Bush, but if I was in his shoes, and personally knew someone from day-to-day contact with them, they might get a stronger reaction from me than even a respected jurist with impeccable conservative credentials who I knew only by reputation.
Actually, it appears you CAN speak for President Bush because that is exactly what Brit Hume has said that people in the White House said Bush said to them when they asked him why her. He said it was her BECAUSE he was POSITIVE she won't change once she's on the court.
Nope. It's nothing more than Miers is not one of three or four people that some very narrow minded people had their hopes set on.
Coulter's reaction to the Roberts nomination was no different. She pitched a fit because the president didn't choose one of the few names which had been bandied about as acceptable.
What makes a candidate acceptable?
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