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Bork calls Miers nomination a disaster
MSNBC ^ | October 7, 2005 | Tucker Carlson

Posted on 10/08/2005 6:01:01 PM PDT by arnoldpalmerfan

A conservative uproar erupted over President George Bush's recent appointee to the Supreme Court. Bush nominated Harriet Miers to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. But several key Republican senators say she not the best candidate.

MSNBC-TV's Tucker Carlson talks to former judge and Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork about the Harriet Miers' nomination. He says it's, "a disaster on every level" because she has "no experience with constitutional law whatever". The nomination is a "slap in the face" to conservatives.

TUCKER CARLSON, MSNBC HOST: Are you impressed by the president’s choice of Harriet Miers?

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: harrietmiers; judgerobertbork; miers; robertbork; slappedyourface; supremecourt; wannabe
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To: frankjr

I voted "need more info" and since I've gotten more, I've turned into a "no" although it's too late to change it on tht poll.

Less than a third say "yes" I'm just going bu what it says.

Her support is weak and shallow around here.


81 posted on 10/08/2005 7:02:40 PM PDT by Sometimes A River (Serving on a Meals-on-Wheels program is NOT a qualification for a SC nominee. Call your Senators!)
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To: A.Hun

"Did you see the results of the last election? "
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what? you mean where repubs gained in both senate and house and kept Bush in office is that the election you are using to say conservative values on SCOTUS will hurt US??


82 posted on 10/08/2005 7:02:43 PM PDT by ConsentofGoverned (A sucker is born every minute..what are the voters?)
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To: Reactionary

We won't KNOW about Roberts for a year or so, and if he's a bad pick the Republic is over.

Harriet won't even matter at that point.

Should Roberts be a stout Constitutionalist, we still, absolutely, have to get, an absolute fire breather for the associate position or we still are over and done with.

We need at least one more after that to survive as a Republic.

No time to be guessing.


83 posted on 10/08/2005 7:03:24 PM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com ( Welcome to the Canexico Community!)
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To: ConsentofGoverned

George Bush squeaked by. We have a majority only with the RINOS in the Senate, the ones Bush was trashed for not dumping.

How about a little common sense.


84 posted on 10/08/2005 7:05:53 PM PDT by A.Hun (The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive. R. Heinlein)
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To: Dane

... It's called employing lenin's useful idiot strategy and it seems the right has more than enough useful idiots...

Stand up and take a bow, Useful!


85 posted on 10/08/2005 7:06:05 PM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com ( Welcome to the Canexico Community!)
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To: konaice

the great Republican God Ronald Reagan gave us Sandra Day O'Conner and Anthony Kennedy and they trash Bush for nominating a person who is most likely much more conservative

Bush has also been much more vocal on pro life issues than Reagan was and yet Bush gets trashed and Reagan could do no wrong,, go figure

do we call them Reaganbots?


86 posted on 10/08/2005 7:06:15 PM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: ConsentofGoverned
"... the few facts we have on miers ( that would be Ms Harriet Miers) are not supportive of the (that would be President) BUSH knows she is a conservative jurist. items we have on her: ... "


We have on her? Who exactly would that be? You and Larry Flynt?

Pompacity is a terrible thing to waste, and in your case, face.



87 posted on 10/08/2005 7:07:25 PM PDT by G.Mason
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To: Acts 2:38

Sign up with a new ID and vote "no". Or log off, clear your cookies (so to speak) and vote "no" as anonymous. But then all you did was negate your original "yes" vote. You will need to repeat this one more time and put in another "no" vote to make it a net +1 in the "no" column.

I am not sure Bush checks the poll results, but it is worth a shot.


(ok, so I was being sarcastic. i am still waiting for the confirmation hearings before i decide one way or another. unfortunately, what i think doesn't really matter. either way, i am not voting for Hillary in '08)


88 posted on 10/08/2005 7:08:02 PM PDT by frankjr
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To: LibFreeUSA
but from 'Southern Timbucktoo State College'!

Don't get me wrong. Her strongest suit is that she is from outside the Beltway, not that she is a woman or hands out M&M's boxes with GWB's photocopied signature on them. (That line from another post just weirds me out.)

89 posted on 10/08/2005 7:09:19 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: EagleUSA
I concur, Eagle...for what it's worth. *S*

I have been listening to the Conservative rants -- and reading the drivel from Will and Company -- and his Elitist cohorts on the right -- for a almost a week now.

My take on this is that I am always suspicious of the guys who have all the answers -- especially the pansy NeoCons who keep lecturing us on Iraq, this nomination, and a host of other national issues -- when I suspect none of them have either heard a whine of incoming rounds (in service of their country), nor had to make a payroll as a successful small businessman in a competitive operating environment. I have done both -- in spades!

Kristol, Will, Buchanan, Limbaugh, Gingrich, Bork and all the rest of these bums can take a hike. Words are a dime a dozen. I suspect none of these men have ever seen the long end of a shovel for eight hours at a pop -- trying to make enough to cover the second semester in college -- let alone really sweat in a start-up business venture, when all a person's life savings are at risk! Been there; done that!

Why should I take their counsel? Limbaugh can't even keep track of his meds. And Bork is nothing but a washed up dreamer, who maybe "coulda been" -- in the last century.
And, Gingrich squandered away his leadership credibility with an uncontrolled ego and zipper problem. Talk about failed and squandered opportunities for conservatives! And, glass houses !!

Get over it boys. This one is going through. And, I'm going to take a long look at the ballot next time around before I again vote a straight ticket.

Fire away!!! Flak jacket is on! *S*
90 posted on 10/08/2005 7:10:29 PM PDT by dk/coro
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
"No time to be guessing. "

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Bump- Do we know anything about her stand on OPEN BORDERS or treatment of ILLEGAL Aliens ..is she the one supporting keeping the borders open as BUSH's attourny in the white-house?? Hope she gets asked about the legal status of illegal immigrants and what actions would be consitutional in deporting and stopping the wide open borders.
91 posted on 10/08/2005 7:11:45 PM PDT by ConsentofGoverned (A sucker is born every minute..what are the voters?)
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To: G.Mason

"Pompacity is a terrible thing to waste, and in your case, face."
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Projecting are we?




92 posted on 10/08/2005 7:12:48 PM PDT by ConsentofGoverned (A sucker is born every minute..what are the voters?)
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To: arnoldpalmerfan

Ping me when Scalia calls Miers nomination a disaster.


93 posted on 10/08/2005 7:14:30 PM PDT by TSchmereL ("Trust but verify.")
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To: phatus maximus

...The right to bear arms will never be taken away, don't worry, there are MUCH bigger issues than that...

No. There are no greater issues.


94 posted on 10/08/2005 7:16:36 PM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com ( Welcome to the Canexico Community!)
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
" We won't KNOW about Roberts for a year or so, and if he's a bad pick the Republic is over. "


Bwahahahahahahahaha


Don't tell me. You got an email from Pat Buchanan and he told you we were going to be assimilated by the Chicoms.


Better not let your dad find out you've been using his computer.



95 posted on 10/08/2005 7:17:17 PM PDT by G.Mason
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To: Wild Irish Rogue

There isn't a person alive who could walk into the Oval Office, even if his father had been president, and know how to anticipate every single reaction to every single action he/she makes. Bush DID consult with key Senators ahead of time. The Senate is supposed to take these nominations seriously under advisement and make their collective judgments on whether or not to confirm after the vetting and hearings. It's the same old same old stinking American impatience -- give us the results before we take the quiz garbage. It's the same as the media making instantaneous calls on what caused this or that problem, ON September 11, when the New Orleans levees broke, etc. "He who makes haste with his feet [or mouth] errs." Proverbs 19:2

Having said that, I agree, W might have saved himself some difficulty if he'd put Miers' name about ahead of time. OTOH, he might have prejudiced an audience of traditional skeptics even more by letting her blood drain into the public shark pond before shoving her into the water.


96 posted on 10/08/2005 7:19:53 PM PDT by GretchenM (Hooked on porn and hating it? Visit http://www.theophostic.com .)
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To: arnoldpalmerfan

If I remember the Bork hearings he was the disaster.


97 posted on 10/08/2005 7:20:43 PM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right >>>>>>>>>>>>>>)
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To: ConsentofGoverned
"Projecting are we? "


You have gotten that right. Projecting so much laughter that the wife is getting pissed at me.

Later ... and keep it up. The show is terrific!



98 posted on 10/08/2005 7:20:46 PM PDT by G.Mason
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To: G.Mason

Sir, you are a fool.


99 posted on 10/08/2005 7:21:26 PM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com ( Welcome to the Canexico Community!)
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To: jwalsh07

Yeah, Miers reads the second amendment and carries a 45.


100 posted on 10/08/2005 7:22:03 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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