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Joseph Farah: "Miers to Withdraw"
WND.com ^ | 10-13-05 | Farah, Joseph

Posted on 10/12/2005 2:52:26 PM PDT by Theodore R.

Miers to withdraw

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: October 13, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

Harriet Miers is never going to be grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

She is going to withdraw her name from consideration before such hearings ever begin.

You can take that to the bank.

Why? Because, even though Democrats in the Senate seem more pleased with the choice of Miers than do Republicans, the questions that must be asked of the nominee for Sandra Day O'Connor's Supreme Court seat would be among the most embarrassing ever raised about her boss, President Bush.

Most of the attention on the nomination so far has focused on her lack of experience, her track record, her opinions on abortion, etc.

But the silver bullet that will do in the nominee is her cozy relationship with Bush – one that likely placed her in a position of covering up scandals in the Texas Lottery to keep secret the preferential treatment the president received as a young man to enter the Texas Air National Guard.

All it will take is a subpoena or two to get the whole sordid story on the public record – in front of a national television audience.

I don't think George W. Bush, already experiencing unfavorable public opinion ratings, will allow that to happen.

Democratic senators will overcome their apparent enthusiasm for the Miers pick when they realize they have an opportunity to embarrass Bush over the way he avoided Vietnam service.

All they would have to do is to subpoena two witnesses – former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes and former Texas Lottery director Lawrence Littwin.

It was Barnes, also a former House speaker in the state, who testified under oath in 1999 in a lawsuit brought by Littwin that he called the head of the Texas Air National Guard to put in a good word for Bush. Barnes later parlayed that favor into multimillion-dollar leverage as a lobbyist-consultant with a company called GTECH that won the business of running the scandal-plagued Texas Lottery.

After Littwin was hired by the Texas Lottery Commission, he made the unfortunate decision of questioning why GTECH should get Texas' business without facing competitive bids. He also questioned why the company should be paying former state officials like Barnes and contributing money, perhaps illegally, to other Texas politicians.

As a result, the commission headed by Miers fired Littwin. GTECH paid him off with a $300,000 settlement and bought out Barnes' contract for $23 million. The unusual settlement required Littwin to destroy all of his lawsuit documents, and Harriet Miers, the chairman of the Lottery Commission and future White House counsel and Supreme Court nominee, avoided testifying as to her knowledge of the whole sordid affair.

Does anyone really expect President Bush will allow this can o' worms to be reopened in Senate hearings?

No way!

In fact, every day Bush allows this nomination to remain on the table is another day he risks embarrassment over a scandal everyone thought was dead with the retirement of Dan Rather as CBS anchorman.

Can you imagine John Kerry's friends in the Senate passing up an opportunity to revisit the high-water mark of the Democrats' 2004 presidential campaign? I don't think so.

Frankly, I'm amazed the Democrats have been able to keep still as long as they have. They are keeping their powder dry for a reason: They want Harriet Miers to testify.

Somehow, this story has remained largely below the radar screen of the national press. Maybe they, too, can't wait for the real fireworks to begin in televised hearings.

So, now it's back to the drawing board for President Bush. Maybe Harriet Miers will decide she can't put her favorite client through this ordeal. She may suddenly decide she doesn't really want to be on the Supreme Court, after all.

In any case, mark my words, Bush is looking for his third choice to fill Sandra Day O'Connor's seat right now.


TOPICS: Government
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To: PresidentFelon

I deleted my link to WND also. Old Joe got to much for me.


81 posted on 10/12/2005 5:40:10 PM PDT by squirt (POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED, FOR THE SAME REASON)
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To: Rokke

To call Art Bell, dial 1-800-618-8255 (toll-free).

East of the Rockies, 1-800-825-5033.

The First-Time Caller Line, 1-775-727-1222.

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82 posted on 10/12/2005 5:42:25 PM PDT by Uncle Vlad
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To: Revolting cat!

Yes, it's a piece of bread - so????


83 posted on 10/12/2005 5:44:51 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Not too worry - we'll all be united again under the next Clinton presidency!!)
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To: Theodore R.
It's time, folks.

We need to start keeping track of these predictions. And those that put forward predictions that turn out to be total ka ka (as I believe this one will) must be ruthlessly dogged until they cease to prattle on at the expense of REALITY.

Now, to be honest, that applies equally to pro and anti Miers forces and their respective predictions, regardless of my own prejudices. I do think that those siding with the President and Harriet Miers are far less extreme and "over the brink" than those opposed, but only time will tell.

But this is a turning point.

There are forces at work here that are totally divorced from reality and will do harm to the continuation of human civilization. It's that serious.

One side or the other in this debate has gone over to evil. That is, in essence, the charge laid down by those opposed to Miers.

Fine. I take up that challenge.

I claim to champion right and good. I am no longer neutral and urging patience. This post has driven me over the edge. I will stand with the leader of the free world in his fight against the forces determined to enslave humanity.

That includes standing with him in this fight. Even those who claim to be our friends can be tricked into serving an evil cause. I believe that is happening now.

I trust George W. Bush.

I do not trust:

Patrick J Buchannan
William Kristol
George Will
Or ABCBSNBCNNBC or the F'n New York Times, who are all relishing and promoting this fight!

or any of the other half baked Bush haters who have made raping this women their charge in life.

I understand the angst of feeble minds not able to understand that there might be some considerations beyond their parochial and limited point of view. Understanding does not equal sympathy or agreement.

George W. Bush is engaged in the fight to save human civilization. Does he truly need this crap? Does he deserve it?

I think not.
84 posted on 10/12/2005 7:18:24 PM PDT by Phsstpok (There are lies, damned lies, statistics and presentation graphics, in descending order of truth)
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To: VRWCTexan
"Ben Barnes was Lt. Governor from 1969 to 1973.

His story was that he helped Bush get into the TANG as Lt. Governor, but Bush enlisted on May 27, 1968."

As former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman likes to say, "the timeline will get you every time."

85 posted on 10/12/2005 11:14:27 PM PDT by defenderSD (At half past midnight, the ghost of Vince Foster wanders through the West Wing.)
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To: defenderSD

A person riding as high as Barnes and the Democrats were in 1968 (remember HHH carried Texas too) cannot be expected to remember if he was house speaker or lt. governor in May 1968. I have often seen people who are considered "experts" who just come to pieces trying to recall specific months and days from some 37 years ago. But it may be that Barnes fabricated his role in the Bush National Guard appointment. His daughter seemed to think so in 2004.


86 posted on 10/13/2005 5:26:03 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Cowardice is forever!)
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To: defenderSD

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46795

Here is the link to Farah's column.


87 posted on 10/13/2005 5:26:28 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Cowardice is forever!)
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To: Theodore R.

I've long suspected Farah was a dope...now I know he's a complete jackass.


88 posted on 10/13/2005 9:12:46 AM PDT by pgkdan
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To: Theodore R.

Who listens to Farah anymore? I think I had WND bookmarked oh maybe 1.5 years ago. His bizarre ranting and raving did it for me. I love how he always has "unreleased/secret" information that no one else has. ROFL.


89 posted on 10/13/2005 9:17:20 AM PDT by rom
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To: rom

Are you aware of the latest report on Drudge that Miss Miers spoke out against the Federalist Society in 1990?


90 posted on 10/13/2005 10:51:47 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Cowardice is forever!)
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To: Theodore R.
Is Farah now saying that Dan Rather was right in the fall of 2004?

Farah is the Crazy Aunt that has broken out of the basement and embarrassed the family.

91 posted on 10/13/2005 10:56:08 AM PDT by You Dirty Rats (Lashed to the USS George W. Bush: "Damn the Torpedos, Full Miers Ahead!!")
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To: Theodore R.

Yep. Though my statement had nothing to do with Miers and everything to do with Farah (the crackpot). I am getting queasier about Miers as time passes by, especially the way Bush (and company) are handling this situation. Disgraceful all the way around.


92 posted on 10/13/2005 12:59:26 PM PDT by rom
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To: Phsstpok
I agree that Washington is in dire need of change and the crybaby ultra-conservatives are not very different from the ultra-liberals and they completely misunderstand G.W. Bush. He does not conduct his presidency by consulting fickle daily polls.

Yes politicians do need to be changed for the same reasons as baby diapers, but replacing them with containers full of recycled (good ole boys and girls) garbage that created the original messes is neither prudent nor is it wise.

Political extremists on either side of the political aisle and that disregard the United States constitution are dangerous to this wonderful country.

93 posted on 10/14/2005 12:02:02 PM PDT by libill (Perhaps 'New Mogadishu' is a proper name for New Orleans)
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To: AntiGuv
I'm no great fan of the Miers nomination, but Joseph Farah comes across like a simpering twit with this nonsense.

I agree with you, if you delete three words:

I'm no great fan of the Miers nomination, but Joseph Farah comes across like a simpering twit with this nonsense.

94 posted on 10/14/2005 12:05:21 PM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: futurekentuckylawyer
"I never understood what all the fuss was over the TANG situation....so Bush got a cushy postition to keep from going to Nam....he was a rich kid of the boomer generation...big chunk of them did that....what's the big deal? It has no effect on who he is or what he is doing today."

While I vehemently oppose the nomination of Harriet Miers to SCOTUS, I also strongly agree with your point. I've never quite gotten what all the fuss was about. Robert Byrd's a former Klan member who defends the KKK to this day and the Democrats defend him. Bush caught a break and the liberals try to run him out of town. Very inconsistent.

95 posted on 10/15/2005 3:09:01 PM PDT by Impeach98
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