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I also recall President Gerald R. Ford reassuring Senator James A. McClure that Judge John Paul Stevens was a good Republican and would vote like a good Republican. Maybe that is Ford's idea of how a good Republican would vote. It certainly is not mine.
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Whatever the president was looking for was on the federal bench. There are many well-qualified scholars waiting in the wings as well.

In a way, this second paragraph is begging the question, undermining Weyrich's whole point. We've witnessed appointment after appointment go sour. Haven't they all come from the federal bench? Granted, by itself that's not sufficient, but if something keeps failing why do the same thing again?

For the record, I'm not necessarily pro-Miers, but just feel the need to stand up to the public crucifixion until we at least know a little more about her.

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"For the record, I'm not necessarily pro-Miers, but just feel the need to stand up to the public crucifixion until we at least know a little more about her."

You people are silly. Just how do you expect to learn more about her? You will not know any more about her after the confirmation process than you do now. This is a 100% "trust me" candidate that used to be a democrat and that has zero credibility as a conservative. Every article that supports her does so on the ground that she is a good lawyer, head of a law firm, we cannot get a real conservative through the senate, etc. Her conservative credentials are nonexistent other than "trust me", she is conservative and she will be fine, etc. The problem is that we have heard this exact same thing over and over with every republican nomination that has gone south. It is like a freaking broken record. And the funny thing is that there are still conservative fools that keep on falling for it. What a joke.