[West Coast Conservative]

She may turn out to be a justice in the mold of Scalia and Thomas. We just don't know enough yet.

[KingKongCobra]

KMA

[quidnunc]

People didn't have much of a clue about Thomas either except that he thought he was a conservative.

He had even less of a judicial paper trail than MsMiers.

[FreeRep]

I support President Bush and have confidence in his appointment, because Harriet Miers is a true conservative and pro-life.
During 9/11 I watch firefighters, police, and emergency services workers bravely trying to help each other and America. Also today our brave solders in battle find that their similarities far outweigh their differences. People in the military, people on 9/11 and people on the FreeRepublic.com, are working to serve this great country.
Miers understands the national security implications of some important court cases and will be the swing vote in certain national defense cases.
As great patriots, in fighting this war on terrorism, we need teamwork, because it is absolutely necessary for USA and President Bush to win. We sometimes forget that fact, but, I can't think of any other site, where conservatives of different opinion's are coming together to accomplish a vital national mission. And that takes teamwork. And that's happening with our solders in battle and here on FR. today. We work together, different conservative opinion's, from different backgrounds, and because we are looking out to win this war on terrorism, we should support each other and our President.
Now we are engaged in a great internal and external testing whether that conservatives or any conservatives convictions so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. Let us have conviction that right makes might: and in that conviction, let us to the end, dare to do our duty, as we understand it to be and give moral support to our President.

My God Bless our Troops, God Bless America, God Bless President Bush and God Bless Harriet Miers.

Thanks

[okie01]

The younger Bush promised a Thomas or Scalia for the same reasons: to tell the believers in constitutional government that supporting him would mean a definitive change in the jurisprudence of this country, jurisprudence which adhered to the basic concepts in our Constitution, not to a sort of current intellectual church of what's happening now.

And, for all you know, Harriet Meirs may precisely fit the bill.

I know. I know. The problem is that we don't know, not for sure.

But, so far, President Bush is notable for having done exactly what he has said he would do. There is no evidence that Harriet Meirs isn't more of the same -- the Scalia or Thomas you crave.

I don't like it either. But, based on his history, I'm inclined to trust him. And I can understand why -- given the spineless nature of the GOP's Senate majority -- why he might choose to avoid the fight we're all spoiling for.

In short, if you have to count on John McCain and Lindsay Graham, you're probably going down.

[Hugin]

Clarence Thomas wasn't a Scalia either when George H. ("Read My Lips"} Bush picked him. Conservatives called him a lightweight affirmative action candidate who was only picked because GHB wanted to replace a black justice (Thurgood Marshall) with another black.

[Old Seadog]

We need another one of these guys.

[LouD]

She's not who I would have chosen - But I still have great faith in the President's judgement. I hope it is not misplaced.

[ladyinred]

You have NO idea how she will turn out, and I am wondering why you would post this.

[Revolting cat!]

In the end, one side will be saying "I told you so!"

Depending on which the other side is, it will offer excuses and more convoluted logic, or repeat that "we didn't know at the time, did we?" The time we don't know is now!

[John Lenin]

Read my lips. You don't know what you are talking about. I trust W over this stupid rant.

[Nephi]

The problem is that Bush is asking us to trust him, but he hasn't earned our trust. In fact, he's proven to conservatives that he can't be trusted. So, because Bush can't be trusted, an unknown is too much of a risk for the Supreme Court. That isn't our fault.

[EDINVA]

Souterphobia seems to have the right firmly in its grip.

One major difference is that 41 knew little to nothing himself about Souter, but counted instead on Rudman and John Sunnunu, as New Hampshirites familiar with him. 43, on the other hand, has known Ms. Miers personally in a variety of roles for 15 years. He has had the opportunity to hear what she has to say when not under the glare of consideration for the "short list.'

If conservatives believe honesty is doing what's right when no one is looking, perhaps W got a better read on Ms. Miers when she had no idea of the impact of what she was saying. I trust the man's instincts. And, I'm getting mighty tired of movement conservatives jumping on the president and his appointee before she's had a chance to define herself.

[ArcadeQuarters]

Watch out for the Bushbots
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[RobbyS]

Thomas but not Scalia. Again: Thomas was derided as a cynical choice because of the thinness of his resume.

[Howlin]

It is a matter of calling out a charlatan, who pretended to be one of our own.

"Our own" what?

You're certainly not speaking for the vast majority of people on this forum.

[doesnt suffer fools gladly]

I think Bush has let a large portion of his base down. With the pool of proven conservative originalists to choose from, his Mier's pick has me just shaking my head.

[Iris7]

No politician who wishes election to national office can avoid telling powerful groups what they want to hear. Look up Thomas Jefferson's campaign speeches, Andrew Jackson's, Lincoln's. Compare what they said while on the stump with what they did in office.

Just the way democracy works. The Demos has a very short memory.

Perhaps the last President that I see as honest was John Adams. Eugene McCarthy was the most honest candidate in my lifetime. Just how it is.

By the way, I was mad as a hornet over the "no new taxes" business. "No new taxes" was the elder Bush's whole election campaign. He got Clinton elected. A bit much.

[bkepley]

When did Bush say he was "one of [your] own"? Whatever that is. A crybaby maybe? I hope I voted for someone who's his own man and can make his own mistakes and have his own successes but always does what he believes is right. What you wanted I guess was a Bushbot.

[Kryptonite]

I didn't vote for the charlatan, I voted against him, because I knew that the charlatan would appoint Ginsberg-types all over the federal court system.

Bush has an impressive track record in the federal court system. Calling him a charlatan puts you on the same level as a TROLL.