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Scalia, Thomas, Miers? Will the Conservatives Help Blow Bush's Stealth Nomination to Court?
The Richmond [VA] Times-Dispatch ^
| October 6, 2005
| Ross Mackenzie
Posted on 10/05/2005 8:58:10 PM PDT by quidnunc
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To: msnimje
She does have certain credentials but there is not one reasonable person who can claim she is the "Best Choice." I'll claim that. She's not been a judge and has been "down among the common folk". She hasn't lost touch with real people as most judges do. Lawyers deal with real people. If she's confirmed, I hope she stays clear of the elitist attitude of judges.
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posted on
10/05/2005 9:55:25 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: quidnunc
All of the arguments against Miers rest on the assumption that the President is either a fool or a coward or a traitor or dishonest or all four. I'm laughing my ASS off at all of the useful idiots who are totally misunderestimating the President, the nominee and especially the strategery.
Please, please Bush-bashers, PLEASE keep attacking him and the nominee! It will reduce the criticism from the Left while, in the end, mattering not at all among Senate Republicans. Then, once she's on SCOTUS -- SHOCK AND AWE, BABY!!
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posted on
10/05/2005 9:57:54 PM PDT
by
You Dirty Rats
(They misunderestimated Roberts; now they are misunderestimating Miers)
To: newfreep
I gotta say I agree with the "troll". Miers is not even close to being the best nominee and that is why we conservatives feel sold out. I agree with this "troll" too. I'm spending a semester in Berkeley, CA. On my jogs, I see all the "Hate Bush" bumper stickers on Volvos known to man. I am tempted to rip one off and put it on my car.
Will he nominate his personal accountant to replace Greenspan?
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posted on
10/05/2005 9:59:40 PM PDT
by
mathprof
To: right right
That's exactly why Bush chose stealth candidates, because of the RINO senators and their weak majority leader.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:13:29 PM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: mathprof
Will he nominate his personal accountant to replace Greenspan?That's not only a cheap shot, it's ignorant. Miers is White House Counsel, not his family lawyer. Belittling her position is uncalled for. She was managing partner of a major law firm and deserves respect.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:15:11 PM PDT
by
You Dirty Rats
(They misunderestimated Roberts; now they are misunderestimating Miers)
To: I see my hands
Her Mama's still kicking at 91. If Harriet pushes it that far, she will have outserved Sandra Day O'Connor.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:17:29 PM PDT
by
The Red Zone
(Florida, the sun-shame state, and Illinois the chicken injun.)
To: You Dirty Rats
His personal accountant might be "deserve respect" too!
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:18:17 PM PDT
by
mathprof
To: DJ MacWoW
I'll claim that. She's not been a judge and has been "down among the common folk". She hasn't lost touch with real people as most judges do. Lawyers deal with real people. If she's confirmed, I hope she stays clear of the elitist attitude of judges. It doesn't matter that she wasn't a judge. But it sure would help her if she had clerked for a Supreme Court Justice or tried cases in front of them.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:20:10 PM PDT
by
msnimje
(Hurricane KATRINA - An Example of Nature's Enforcement of Eminent Domain)
To: mathprof
How utterly UNoriginal. Parroting Ann Coulter. What a dumb ass comparison.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:20:34 PM PDT
by
onyx
((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
To: newfreep
You people want a fight --- the hell with the nominee getting torn to shreds and then defeated.
JMJ, you can't see past your nose.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:22:13 PM PDT
by
onyx
((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
To: onyx
How utterly UNoriginal. Parroting Ann Coulter. What a dumb ass comparison. I'm perfectly capable of independent thought. I had thought of this before reading Ann Coulter's column. I totally disagreed with her about Roberts.
I predict that Meirs will withdraw her nomination next week, which will be good for everyone. We don't need bush league designs to rule the day.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:25:01 PM PDT
by
mathprof
To: mathprof
Maybe he could appoint the WH decorator as Secretary of the Interior or the WH mechanic as EPA administrator. Sorry.
To: billhilly
The fact that she is the President's choice seems to comport with the law of the land. He has won the presidency, twice. Nobody questions it is his choice to make.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:29:08 PM PDT
by
msnimje
(Hurricane KATRINA - An Example of Nature's Enforcement of Eminent Domain)
To: mathprof
Sure you did...lol.
She won't withdraw. No reason to withdraw because you and the DPC are pitching hissy fits along with pundits who are aching for a fight too --- gives them fodder for columns and books.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:30:00 PM PDT
by
onyx
((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
To: mongrel
That's a lie. It is quite reasonable to claim she is the best choice Thank you for calling me a liar. That is a very pleasant way to have a meaningful discussion. I hope you enjoy the rest of your evening.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:31:16 PM PDT
by
msnimje
(Hurricane KATRINA - An Example of Nature's Enforcement of Eminent Domain)
To: DJ MacWoW
I've known a few judges and they can be more in touch with common folk than high-octane lawyers in large law firms. When I was in law school Scalia and Thomas came for a few days and they went out for beers with the first and second year law students.
To: msnimje
It doesn't matter that she wasn't a judge. Yes. It does. And I said why.
But it sure would help her if she had clerked for a Supreme Court Justice or tried cases in front of them.
Help? How? All I care about is that she agrees with the Constitution as it was written. No "Living Document" bullcrap. And no "hidden laws or rights" that aren't even implied.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:32:30 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: Don'tMessWithTexas
Maybe he could appoint the WH decorator as Secretary of the Interior or the WH mechanic as EPA administrator. Sorry. Agreed. I'm sorry too. And I don't need Ann Coulter to program my brain about how this is a possibility.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:32:41 PM PDT
by
mathprof
To: Don'tMessWithTexas
They're conservatives. How many TRUE conservatives are snobs?
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:34:22 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: DJ MacWoW
It doesn't matter that she wasn't a judge. Yes. It does. And I said why. William H. Rehnquist was never a judge and he was a very good justice. But he had a background with the court (clerked for a Supreme Court Justice) and he was the Assistant Attorney General for the United States giving him the opportunity to deal the SCOTUS a great deal.
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posted on
10/05/2005 10:35:27 PM PDT
by
msnimje
(Hurricane KATRINA - An Example of Nature's Enforcement of Eminent Domain)
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