Posted on 10/06/2005 6:44:13 PM PDT by aft_lizard
After a few days of arguing over the Miers nomination for the Supreme Court I am rather sick of it. I have been arguing for her even though I know little about her. I think she is a fine individual and probably a good Christian , and I think her qualifications are just fine. After all 35 of 55 Founding Fathers were lawyers, does that mean the other 20 werent qualified?But I digress to write this because I am moving into the No category.
I decided this not because I dont like her, I personally feel that she would make a fine Justice, but her simple nomination has torn the base apart. I think it would do us and the RNC good if we all united against her, because as it stands right now we are becoming laughing stocks to the otherside, and if there is one thing I hate ,and thats to be laughed at by commies. We all need to stop the name calling, the troll insults and the Bush-bot insults and well all of them, and yes I am guilty of it too. I wont be a vociferous voice against her, you will probably still hear me defend her and the President, like I have been doing.
I urge a consensus from the base to emerge over this.The poll on FR is showing the Yes crowd with 30.3% the nos with 24.4% and the need more info at 41.8%(the hillarys dont count), and this is the member poll results.I dont think it would be to unfair to reason that if you were to poll the base outside of FR the results would be the same, and that is dangerous for any party. Sure it shows that we arent a lockstep party, or a lockstep ideology, with the powers that be. But if a movement is to survive it has to have a secure foundation, and right now I see the foundation rumbling as if to fracture.
You must be on Ed Gillespie's speed dial.
Think of the men on the cables.
Matthews
Ron Reagan
Anderson Cooper
Aaron Brown
Tucker Carlson
Keith Olbermann
(Does Rita Cosby count as a man?)
They're HORRIBLE.
Yeah, he's been stymied since he didn't get the West Wing gig a few years ago. Being caged up in DC hasn't done his senses any good.
Yeah, Kristol is such the conservative, that McCain was his choice for POTUS.
Next weak arguement please?
LOL...............you had me going there for *just* a second............LOL.
"That's because you're not reading your own posts like we have to."
Oh, is that it? Well thanks for straightening me out! I guess I will need to go back and read my own posts. WOW...deep!
Kristol is a McCainiac. That should tell you all you need to know about Kristol.
It's really amazing, isn't it? And these pundits are supposed to be so smart. They need to live off an audience, to buy their books or to listen to them, yet they continue to throw any their base.
LOL!!!!!!!!
Her tenure on the court might "work out," but she's not the best available.
MOOSEMUSS!
I'm not, but I noticed yesterday he was channeling my vast intellect.
He's a very big supporter of Bush..............har!
Yeah, Kristol never got over backing the wrong horse (McLame) in 1999. He's been Johnny Anti-Bush One-Note Kristol since then.
In 2000 and 2004 according to Krystol, Bush lost every presidential debate (and would get beat in each election). Every speech Bush ever gives is a dud with Kristol as a Fox reviewer.
This guy is soooo beltway, he couldn't find a city in Texas with a map.
It is. You know what a rage we were in during Katrina; well, my "list" has gotten longer.
That's the only way to make money as a "commentator."
A few of us remaining oldtimers that haven't died, wandered off, or been banned, remember when Maureen Dowd was making fun of Bill Clinton's antics. She was far more playful and funny about it, but she spanked him a little. Now she feels free to stir the pot with an industrial-sized egg beater.
I'm just using her as an example. Even among conservative columnists, the temptation is to be against something than for something. The news and publicity comes with being against something, and that's especially true in today's environment when GET BUSH on something is the only media game in town.
Yes, I did..........but I already ranted on him up the thred!
Have you ever given the thought that the intellectual heavyweights who've critcized this woman in the Conservative media, haven't met the woman? They've been questioning the judgement of the guy that's known her for a decade, and completely ignoring collegues of hers for the last 30 years.
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