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).

[Paulus Invictus]

I just saw what the press is now saying (braying) about the whole matter. Those infamous liberal mags, Time, Newsweek and The Economist have cover stories that say things like "The Republicans in total disarray," "The end of conservatism." "Bush fails at everything," and inside it's all about De Lay, Rove, FEMA, Bush and, of course, Harriet Mier. They have all jumped upon the bandwagon and love all of the so-called conservatives, including several on FR, attacking the Prez.

I'm tired of it and hope that the elections in 2006 will prove again that the RATs are unelectable regardless of their attacks.

[andy58-in-nh]

And, I would sense, you have the soul of a poet.

The mariner remembers when a child,
on his first voyage, he saw it fade and sink
And when returning from adventures wild,
He saw it rise again o'er ocean's brink.

Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same,
Year after year, through all the silent night
Burns on forevermore that quenchless flame,
Shines on that inextinguishable light!

- The Lighthouse
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (a fellow New Englander)

[Sam Hill]

Don't apologize or anything.

[born in the Bronx]

If I were working for the President of the United States, and was helping him pick his nominees for court positions, it might, just possibly come up at least once in 10 years.

[Paulus Invictus]

"Miers is NOT a constitutional scholar."

So what? Are Souter, Kennedy and Ginsgerg Constitutional scholars? They don't appear to have read the document and certainly think it is a "mutable" document that they can and do change at will.

[Sam Hill]

"The poster was a troll. He got zotted in seconds."

Right.

What the hell is going on around here?

I said it was a press release. The simplest Google would show that Bork has said this in interviews.

This is thanks people get for trying to post breaking news. Sheesh.

[rcocean]

He did NOT Support Ginsberg!

You might as well say that Ginsberg supported Bork!

Once, again you can't trust the Bushbots.

There are either DU trolls or so in love with the Der Fuhrer, they will trash anyone who disagrees. The Bushbot Philosophy : Eine Riech, Eine Volk, Eine President.

[NittanyLion]

Just heard the news on WABC radio, 9pm.....quoting Bork verbatim. How nice!

It's a shame the President put himself in this position. A week ago I was certain the right would be united in an effort to get a conservative nominee appointed. Amazing how different things look now courtesy of this ill-advised nomination.

[cynicom]

As a non party person, I contributed a goodly amount to conservative republicans at the behest of Bush. Voted for him and other pubs, supported the war, justified the Iraq deaths, but what was happening at home????

Spending has been out of sight, pork is given out by the bbls, illegals are swamping the country, big government is growing by leaps and bounds, on and on. Enough.....

[msnimje]

Bork said it all, its a little late at 60 years old to develop a judicial philosophy.

Gosh, I hadn't even thought of that.

Imagine a 60 year old lawyer with little or no Constitutional law experience going to a Junior College to try and get a job with lifetime tenure to teach Constitutional Law.

The odds are quite high he or she would never get that job.

And here the same nominee has been nominated for the sober and serious job of enforcing Constitutional law that will effect 300 million people.

[SevenMinusOne]

You know Miers is a lawyer right?

Of course - (and made that clear in my first or second post)

[cajun-jack]

nope...they are all seeing and all knowing...they don't need no stinking facts!!!!

[NittanyLion]

So what? Are Souter, Kennedy and Ginsgerg Constitutional scholars? They don't appear to have read the document and certainly think it is a "mutable" document that they can and do change at will.

Interesting that the justices you cited as closest to Miers in Constitutional experience are not exactly originalists...

[SevenMinusOne]

But what GWB has done here is poison the waters for years, if not decades, for anyone wishing to nominate a good mainstream conservative Judge for the US Supreme Court.

Now this is the height of hyperbole! - Such drivel - GWB will appoint another fine SCOUTS in 2007 (probably JRB) and she will be confirmed.

[Graymatter]

"...Those precious liberties include free speech, freedom to assemble, freedom of liberties, access to public places, the right to bear arms and freedom from constant surveillance. We are not willing to sacrifice these rights because of the acts of maniacs."

Thank you. While not conclusive, that is some consolation at least. The quote seems to have been written by Miers in 1992 in "Texas Lawyer," in an article wherein she discussed crime prevention in a free society. She may have been referring to Texas law specifically---I believe RKBA is enshrined in the state constitution---and "we are not willing to sacrifice these rights" doesn't quite rise to the level of judicial philosophy. But it's better than nothing at all.

[zook]

Amazing. All these people I used to respect like Bork, Krauthammer, etc., all going off the deep end. A "disaster"? That's just loony. What it smells like to me is that these people can't imagine anyone, especially a Texas woman, being nearly as smart as they are. You know? It *is* elitism!

[msnimje]

GWB will appoint another fine SCOUTS in 2007 (probably JRB) and she will be confirmed

I will bet you five American dollars if he gets another nominee it will be Alberto Gonzales.

[ShadowDancer]

Ooops, I was dead wrong on that. Sorry. However, how did she go from Reagan to Gore?

[ShadowDancer]

Ooops, I was dead wrong on that. Sorry. However, how did she go from Reagan to Gore?

[ShadowDancer]

Ooops, I was dead wrong on that. Sorry. However, how did she go from Reagan to Gore?