Ping.
"Even if Miers turns out to be a pleasant surprise, her nomination has validated the stealth strategy and gives us no assurances that there won’t be another David Souter next time."
That's an argument I have not seen anybody else make... And I think he has a point although I still support the President.
Didn't this guy back McCain in 2000?
He hasn't changed.
I was over at the Medved vs. Frum thread--all for Miers all the time--but this is where my head says the real understanding of this issue lies...I hope the good woman withdraws her name from nomination.
Funny, I thought you "won the fight" with the votes on the court---something we WILL NOT HAVE if we don't get a nominee who can get put ON the court. Amazing blindness among some people.
Even if Miers turns out to be a pleasant surprise, her nomination has validated the stealth strategy and gives us no assurances that there won’t be another David Souter next time.
I have long since cared what Bauer has to say on many subjects
Harriet sounds pretty good all things considered...and looks
GTG
The borders however need to be closed....STAT
..I chose to click on this thread ..... although I have long since cared what he actually says.
I was once a big fan.
We needed another Robert Bork, another Antonin Scalia. Even if Miers turns out to be a pleasant surprise, her nomination has validated the stealth strategy and gives us no assurances that there won’t be another David Souter next time
Funny how many people said that Miers must be terrific because Gary Bauer recommended her. Then when he sat down, figured out that he had been snookered, and changed his tune, all of a sudden the same people say he's a clumsy clown who falls off stages and isn't worth listening to.
I just don't believe any of the stories leaked by the Bush administration at this point, because they have been proven false one after another.
They said that the other candidates all refused to be nominated. Not true.
They said that Miers was a distinguished conservative candidate. Not true.
They said that they needed a stealth candidate to get through the Senate. I don't believe that one either. Bush could have called in all his chips on this and twisted a few arms if he chose to. Instead, no doubt, he decided to save his political capital for something he considers more important, so he's trying to twist our arms instead. But there is no issue more important than this.
Kissing Kennedy and then turning around and kicking his base isn't smart.
There's no point saying to wait for the hearings, wait for the hearings, because we won't learn a thing in the hearings that they don't want to tell us. The longer Bush waits to withdraw this nomination, or Miers waits to withdraw, the more the President and the party and the whole country are damaged.
Once again, we didn't ask for this fight. We didn't expect it. It came out of the blue as a complete surprise. And it was truly stupid on Bush's part, either as a political maneuver and or to fulfill the duty he owes to our country as President.
Our country deserves better than this.
Bunted??? More like a called third strike.
Souter was a crony? Souter had no paper trail? On the contrary, he was not personally know by Bush 41 and his paper trails was very conservative. Something turned him. A skeleton in his closet?
Souter was a crony? Souter had no paper trail? On the contrary, he was not personally know by Bush 41 and his paper trails was very conservative. Something turned him. A skeleton in his closet?