Definately needs more cowbell...
Posted on 10/07/2005 2:34:38 AM PDT by pookie18
Definately needs more cowbell...
Tony Snow always gets the "DUH! Mr. Obvious!" Award from me...hyuk, hyuk!!!
Interesting article and take on the political savvy of the President. I would like point out that many Conservatives who dislike this nomination are not elites.
I would support Tony for the SCOTUS.
Definitely could learn how to spell a little better.
Yes --- remember this:
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GWB: HBS MBA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1070924/posts
The American Thinker February 3, 2004 | Thomas Lifson
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One final note on George W. Bush’s management style and his Harvard Business School background does not derive from the classroom, per se. One feature of life there is that a subculture of poker players exists. Poker is a natural fit with the inclinations, talents, and skills of many future entrepreneurs. A close reading of the odds, combined with the ability to out-psych the opposition, leads to capital accumulation in many fields, aside from the poker table.
By reputation, the President was a very avid and skillful poker player when he was an MBA student. One of the secrets of a successful poker player is to encourage your opponent to bet a lot of chips on a losing hand. This is a pattern of behavior one sees repeatedly in George W. Bush’s political career. He is not one to loudly proclaim his strengths at the beginning of a campaign. Instead, he bides his time, does not respond forcefully, at least at first, to critiques from his enemies, no matter how loud and annoying they get. If anything, this apparent passivity only goads them into making their case more emphatically.
I saw pictures of her as a tennis star in college. She was not unattractive. Take off the black crap, Harriet! ......... and get rid of the crazy bangs.
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Yep.
There are a lot of folks who do not know how to dress and put on make-up. Just go to an airport, or a movie theater, or... I'm especially attracted to the 300 pound 50 year old in tights with her boobs tucked in the waiste band! LOL
As mad as I was about the pick of Ms. Miers, I'm starting to think that President Bush has roped the dopes again.
So what! She will be nothing but a VOTE when it comes down to it. She can be just as dumb as a rock but if, as GW says, "she has my judicial philosophy" and she has it for the next 20 years, who cares?!
She can sit and read comic books or do a good cross word puzzle and then ask some really good lawyer questions then VOTE Pro-life, Anti-Gay, Pro-business, Anti-envirowhackos and on and on and on...
A VOTE that will back the President and all of us on the Right.
I'm starting to think that this pick is nothing more than the dopes got roped again.
Bushbot article. I think a lot of these people overrate George W. Bush. Even as the Democrats underestimate him, I think many Republicans overestimate him.
GW's pros:
Places high importance on character
Disdain for beltway culture
GW's cons:
Sometimes bows to political correctness
Unwilling to fight his political foes
That's a possibility, I guess. I was hoping for someone bright enough to know how to vote on those instances, for example, where Scalia and Thomas DON'T vote the same way. But we'll see. She might be able to do more than read comic books. Personally, I don't want someone who votes anti gay, pro business, etc. I want someone who votes pro constitution no matter where the chips fall.
Overestimate or oversell? I think he's just trying to be positive.
LOL
The upcoming confirmation hearings will determine her fate — and the president's. If she defies expectations, George Bush will look like a genius. If the Senate rejects her nomination, his presidency will come effectively to an end.
Good article but for that tidbit at the 'end'. The fact is this: W is the leader of the GOP, now, and will remain so for a long, long time. His stamp of approval for future nominees in future elections will be very eagerly sought. The Harriet nomination, whether it goes through or not will only strengthen W (primarily b/c of her Biblical World View).
Tony was right about the genius part, but if the nomination is torpedoed, the fault will solely rest w/ Rinos first, demonrats second. Harriet and Bush will have done their part to fantastically encourage or motivate the base. Either way, the Rinos/Demonrats are going to suffer b/c of Ms. Miers and her boss.
I'm considering taping the hearings it will be such a joy to watch....
I think if you take a principled conservative with her belief in strict constructionism, and combine her with Roberts as Chief Justice, Scalia and Thomas, you get a court that can persuade anyone but Ginsberg to vote as a strict constructionist.
The latest from the Snow Man.
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