Laura Bush: Harriet Miers' Critics Sexist

NewsMax ^ | Tuesday, Oct 11, 2005 | Staff

[surely_you_jest]

This is a load of BS.

I refused to accept this crap from Hillary!, and I refuse to accept it from Laura. I lived in England for several years during Maggie Thatcher's time, and no one there would have accepted this from Dennis, either.

Laura - nobody voted for you. Your opinion is not only irrelevant, it is immaterial.

Are you listening, Mr President? Did you put her up to this? This was really pathetic. Have some pride. Sheeesh.

[ARCADIA]

Are you listening, Mr President? Did you put her up to this? This was really pathetic. Have some pride. Sheeesh.

The President's biggest problem isn't pride, it is absence of spine. I haven't seen a yellow streak this broad since he paid the Chinese to return our own airplane and crew. Now, he is hiding behind Laura.

[BillyBoy]

>> Rhehnquist had never been a judge either. He had no experience. Why does it make a difference with Miers? <<

Rehnquist:
--Rceived a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in political science from Stanford.
--Class valedictorian
--Worked as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson
--Served as a legal advisor to Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign.
--Served as Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1969 to 1971, making him the 2nd highest ranking lawyer in the country
--Headed the U.S. Justice Dept. Office of Legal Counsel
--Served as the chief lawyer to Attorney General John Mitchell

Miers:
-- Laywer in Texas who served one 2-year term on the Dallas City Council
--Ran Texas Lottery Comission, appointed by Dubya
--Headed the U.S. Justice Dept. Office of Legal Counsel, appointed by Dubya

See any differnce?

One is qualfied for the SUPREME court. The other one might be acceptable for a nice circuit court job, except she knows someone with clout.

P.S. Please spare me the "elitist" charge. Rehnquist could have graduated from Joe Smole College and his list of achivements would STILL dwaft Miers by a mile.

[ARCADIA]

*a few corrections/clarifications

Rehnquist was the valedictorian at Sanford Law school. Aside from his Masters in Political Science from Stanford, he had a Masters in Government from Harvard (he had two masters degrees and a law degree). Also, his private practice specialized on civil litigation. There is no real comparison between he and Miers; Rehnquist was an expert and she is an incompetent political hack.

[TomasUSMC]

ONE thing is for sure. At least Harriet, unlike Laura, is not ProAbortion. Laura Bush is a supporter of the infant genocide in this country and she is how old? I will wait and see how Harriet does at the hearings, nevertheless, those conservatives judges with guts, who have publicly stood in defense of Life, have been passed over by our "Pro-Life" President.

[DJ MacWoW]

Oh please. Even Scalia recognised that Rehnquist had no experience at being a judge. This is what OYEZ, the Supreme Court Multimedia site says. Notice they don't try to "pad" his resume.

William H. Rehnquist

Background

Education/Work/Legal

Bar Admission Arizona, 1953

Experience None

Father's Office None

Federal Judicial Position(s) Law Clerk, Justice Robert Jackson, 1952-53

Federal Political Position(s) Assistant attorney general, 1969-71

Graduate Education Stanford, M.A. 1948

Law Practice Arizona, 1953-69

Law School Stanford, Graduated 1952

Military Service Army Air Force Sergeant, 1943-46

Undergraduate Education Stanford, B.A. 1948

William H. Rehnquist Background

This is Miers bio from the Washington Post.

Miers info from wikipedia.

[dmc8576]

Here is a different example for your reading pleasure. And for the record, it was not Laura's comment that set me off. She just added fuel to the fire. And excusing this by saying "yes it is possible SOME people are going to be sexist" just doesn't cut it. That would be like discussing the amount of money going to the Katrina effort and saying "of course SOME people are going to be racist", and then try to say that you were not speaking of anyone in particular. It was clear that Laura was talking about Miers' conservative detractors, who by the sheer fact that they have women in mind prove that this opposition has nothing to do with her gender.

"But the damage doesn’t stop there. Unable to provide any coherent arguments for the Miers nomination aside from “I trust the President”, Republicans have began to employ the language of left wing Democrats. Republicans can no longer credibly claim to be the party of merit. In the last week, Republican leaders, like Ed Gillespie and Ken Mehlman, have publicly eschewed traditional identifiable credentials, such as relevant professional experience and academic achievement, for the soft relativist credentials of the left, diversity and gender achievement. Worse they have personally attacked the defenders of traditional merit with charges of “elitism” and “sexism.”"
-National Review

"The truth is that the longer this goes on, the more and more his ordinary supporters get split up — and not just split, but angry. Ed Gillespie jerily calls Miers’ critics sexist and elitist."
-ConfirmThem.com (a branch or RedState.com)

"At one point in the first of the two off-the-record sessions, according to several people in the room, White House adviser Ed Gillespie suggested that some of the unease about Miers "has a whiff of sexism and a whiff of elitism." Irate participants erupted and demanded that he take it back. Gillespie later said he did not mean to accuse anyone in the room but "was talking more broadly" about criticism of Miers."
-Washington Post 10/6/05

[rbmillerjr]

The more Rino's talk the better off we are.

I'll have raisin oatmeal please.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

To quote from Michelle Malkin's site:

This is hardly worthy of intelligent debate, but it's pretty absurd that the president can make it clear that he based his choice of Miers on affirmative action principles, yet anyone who dares to point out any perceived lack of merit is accused of sexism.

What a joke.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

They were not posed because they were nominated or even considered by the POTUS. They were mentioned because there was an earlier accusation that certain critics of this nomination are elitists because they went to elite schools. They were candidates that did not go to the "elite" law schools, but were, nevertheless, supported by those accused of elitism. Thus, rebutting the charge.

[BillyBoy]

See post #124.

Are you actually trying to argue a guy who had previous WORKED for the SUPREME COURT as Justice Jackson's Clerk and was the second highest ranking lawyer in the nation is LESS qualfied that some white house aide who's claim to fame is running the Texas Lottery Comission?

Silly me, I thought actually working for the Supreme Court itself was better than running some state lottery board.

Maybe we should withdraw Roberts and hire some guy who runs the Florida state pension board!

[You Dirty Rats]

Laura Bush: Harriet Miers' Critics Sexist

I see NewsMax has stooped to the tactics of the New York Slimes and deliberately distorted what the First Lady said. Perhaps they believe smearing Laura will cause the President to pull the nomination.

I hope the President turns NewsMax and all of the other distorting moonbats into his own Sister Souljahs. There's nothing wrong with honest disagreement; distorting the First Lady however is frankly pathetic.

[DJ MacWoW]

Are you actually trying to argue a guy who had previous WORKED for the SUPREME COURT as Justice Jackson's Clerk and was the second highest ranking lawyer in the nation is LESS qualfied that some white house aide

He was a law clerk for a year. She's the current White House Counsel. You're being nit-picky because you dislike her. As I said, Scalia viewed Rehnquist as having no prior experience as a judge. He didn't qualify it or make excuses.

Silly me, I thought actually working for the Supreme Court itself was better than running some state lottery board.

Rehnquist, law clerk a year, Miers, White House Counsel.

I didn't think men got hysterical. Guess I was wrong.

Have a pleasant evening.

[DJ MacWoW]

See post #124.

Link? I gave them.

[SmoothTalker]

100% true. And Laura sounds like a lib. Whenever lib's don't want to answer tough questions they throw out a label like sexism, or racism, or elitism or whatever to end the debate.

[SerpentDove]

>>I believe I am fully qualified to critique this woman. Raising the "sexist" flag is as bad as the "racist" flag run up with regularity at any and all criticism.<<

It is a cheap and dishonest attack by the First Lady. Very disappointing.

[SerpentDove]

>>Conservatives are angry with them, and so they decide to attack us as elitist sexists. <<

And the minutemen are vigilantes, and George Bush don't like it when people talk about his friend Alberto Gonzales. So watch it, and remember who's boss.

/sarc

[SerpentDove]

>>Exactky right. It wasn't Laura Bush's comment. It was Matt Lauer's comment and now Laura gets attacked on FR. I'm ashamed of freepers this week.<<

It was Laura Bush's comment. How did you miss it?

[SerpentDove]

>>I still think she was mousetrapped.<<

It's interesting that the Prez and 1st Lady went to the trouble to get on the Today Show to defend the nomination, and only gave the aforementioned reasons for her nomination.

It is interesting to note that the reasons were designed only to appeal to those who wanted the nomination for sexist reasons, not conservative reasons.

Bush was given the opportunity to reach out to conservatives. Did he? Anyone who has the sense of a dying chicken knows the answer to that.

[Cicero]

Good point.