LOL!
"Fawning sycophantic worship....it does a body GOOD!"
Posted on 10/12/2005 12:26:51 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite
MIERS & LAST-MINUTE DROP-OUTS [Kathryn Jean Lopez] A journalist friend just spoke with a top Texas lawyer who spoke with Priscilla Owen last week. He says that she "most emphatically" did not withdraw her name from consideration to the Court. If the White House spin is that Harriet Miers got the job because nobody else wanted it, it would seem that the White House is at a desperation point. Posted at 12:07 PM
Dis-information has apparently become SOP at the White House.
Even if they would have filibustered, so what? He got a fight he didn't want by picking Miers. Wrong war, wrong time, as JF'in K used to say. Would have been better off fighting the bad guys instead of us.
I think K-Lo is referring to statements by Dr. Dobson, who said Rove told him 80% of the women who were on the short list dropped themselves out.
Apparently, one of the qualifiers Bush had was that the nominee had to be a woman.
Don't be surprised if he nominates Edith Clement or Consuela Callahan.
Clement was supposedly the second choice after John Roberts.
You're on the right track here. I've said this until I'm blue in the face, but once more, we are reaping the fallout from not doing the constitutional option when we had a chance. THEN and THERE is where the fight should've been waged to settle this once and for all and codify a simple majority as the threshold to be met for approval of judicial nominations, because of the SCOTUS implications. And I fear that chance is now gone with the wind.
"She is the most qualified female candidate without a paper trail who is willing to go through the confirmation process."
Well, that seals it! Put her on the supreme court for life!
Only if Harriet decides to. Bush will not force the issue.
I think that is minor fallout in the scheme of things. I'm concerned for the advancement of judicial conservatism and preservation of a constitutional republic.
The notion that Priscilla Owen or Janice Rogers Brown withdrew themselves from consideration is totally ridiculous IMHO. They just went through vitriolic confirmation battles and their actions in the weeks preceding the Miers nomination gave every bit the appearance of those who would want to reach the Supreme Court. Moreover, this is the life dream of every lawyer, and they're gonna wait for lightning to strike twice??
I agree. The credibility of this Administration keeps making new lows.
LOL!
"Fawning sycophantic worship....it does a body GOOD!"
LOL...come on, just "trust me"
Would only considering women be a litmus test?
Look for Meiers to withdraw herself before the week is out.
Revolting cat! didn't revoke its name either!
Miers should resume her job helping select federal judges. She was doing a good job with that.
The difference is my friend that we all know (and obviously have different opinions of GWB). I don't know, nor do I particularly care who Kathryn Jean Lopez is.
Probably a good bet, but you should never bet anything you are not willing to lose. I doubt choice #2 will be an improvement.
GW: "I hope we can get you a good deal on Roe v. Wade with Harriet."
The base: "We're not going along on this, GW."
GW: "Wait a minute. That screws up all my plans...!"
The base: "....."
GW: "Couldn't you let me off, just for old times sake?"
The base: "Can't do it, GW"
GW: "I want you to know that it was just...family business..."
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