ROBERT BORK CALLS MIERS NOMINATION "A DISASTER"

Tucker Carlson ^ | October 5, 2005 | Press Release

[Sam Hill]

ROBERT BORK CALLS THE HARRIET MIERS NOMINATION "A DISASTER" ON TONIGHT'S "THE SITUATION WITH TUCKER CARLSON"

SECAUCUS, NJ - October 7, 2005 - Tonight on MSNBC's "The Situation with Tucker Carlson," former judge and Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork tells Tucker Carlson the Harriet Miers' nomination is "a disaster on every level," that Miers has "no experience with constitutional law whatever" and that the nomination is a "slap in the face" to conservatives.

Following is a transcript of the conversation, which will telecast tonight at 11 p.m. (ET). A full transcript of the show will be available later tonight at www.tv.msnbc.com. "The Situation with Tucker Carlson" telecasts Monday through Friday at 11 p.m. (ET).

[Soul Seeker]

I personally wouldn't define your desire as elitism. It's certainly not the tone in which Ed defines it.

Elitism, as is being charged by Gillespie, is the belief someone must come from the 'right' school. If they do not, they are unqualified. If we follow his line of thought, Owens wouldn't have been embraced. Nor would many others being circulated. This is untrue, as everyone knows.

The heart of your concern is what is mine....

to demonstrate that he or she has done some deep and sustained thinking about American history and our constitution, and has come up with basically right answers

[cynicom]

Its true. You can google it and read it.

[Cboldt]

See Post #2.

[Wormwood]

You know, of all the knee-pad mantras, that's my favorite

[skr]

I only found out recently that Judge Bork doesn't interpret the Second Amendment as an individual right (yes, I must get out from under my rock more often), so I'm not much in charity with his views at the moment. I'll take someone with common sense for a change. Any number of us could make the right decisions on the USSC, so I have no problem with lack of judiciary experience or Ivy League parchment.

Why would Ms. Miers work hard to put conservative/originalists into the lower courts and then not want the same for the SCOTUS?

[sinkspur]

She's supposed to decline because HB personally thinks that she's not qualified to serve on the Supreme Court. She thinks it, but lacks the character to get out of the way.

You drooling slugs are starting to get personal with your attacks. Your comment is way out of line.

[Fitzcarraldo]

We don't have to defend anyone - she will defend herself.

[Texas Federalist]

Irrelevant - As this question could be answered by anyone who was presented it whom then would have time to research and come to a conclusion. To suggest only those in the Legal field are qualified is ridiculous.

[OldFriend]

Loudmouthed self annointed experts.

[Dane]

Mark Levin just called Gingrich stupid for suggesting that Meier is acceptable because she's been involved in the vetting of the previous judges nominated by the President.

Levin suggested she's nothing more than a paper stapler

Isn't that rich coming from the person who vetted Justice kennedy.

[cynicom]

Sink..

Abv you spoke of HATE...You should reread your posts.

[Soul Seeker]

The Honorable Robert H. Bork, RINO

LOL! I'm curious how many other previously well thought of people will be sacrificed by those upset that everyone is not happy about this nomination and exercising their constitutional freedom to say so.

Savaging everyone that speaks up is becoming a huge joke on the part of those engaging in it.

[jwalsh07]

Good question and even a better one if your substitute the name Bush for Miers.

The answer I'm afraid will have to come from somebody else, I can not for the life of me come up with a logical answer to that question unless I devle into the realm of body snatching.

[Callahan]

Clinton originally wanted Bruce Babbit according to Stefa-whats-his-lous.

[jwalsh07]

And O'Connor. Heavn knows we can't forget O'Connor. And you can add Bork to that list. They vetted Bork and never asked him his goldang views on the RTKABA.

[Cboldt]

The woman gets nominated to the Supreme Court by the President of the United States, and she's expected to decline just because you don't like her qualifications.

That just doesn't follow from the comment you are criticizing.

If Miers had been such a modest thoughtful person, she would have considered the fallout and declined ...

Now, you may disagree with that contention, but the contention has nothing to do with any poster on FR. Consider the fallout, and advise your client, errr, the President.

Your comment just misses the point entirely, and doesn't refute it in any substantive fashion.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Bork is an moonbat, troll, freak, whiner, dirtbag....</sarcasm> LOL!!!

[OldFriend]

Clinton knew very well of Ginsberg. It's her husband who is a crony but could never be confirmed. Ruth Buzzy was an ACLU attorney and to suggest slick willie never heard of her is ludirous.

People have to make stuff up to prove their point, as I am sure you noticed.

Hatch saw Ginsberg's name on the list and said she could be confirmed.

Hatch was playing by the old rules of allowing the President the prerogative of choosing his own Court nominees.

[rlmorel]

I can't find it...can you provide a link?

[bray]

As a stinking, lousy, one step below DemocRat Bushbot; I could care less what Bork says. He never made it and neither would anyone I wanted. Flame away at us lousy, stinking, dirtbag Bushbots!! Getting real sick and tired of Conservatives!!

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