Posted on 10/19/2005 9:11:35 AM PDT by Cautor
The Republican National Committee is trying to get names to sign onto a pro-Miers letter. Copy below.
An Open Letter to the Women Senators of the U.S. Congress:
We are (Republican) women from across the country. We are lawyers, judges, law professors and elected officials, from many backgrounds, and we are writing to you today to support the nomination of Harriet Miers as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Like each of you, Harriet Miers has a record of firsts:
• First woman to serve as Counsel to the President. In this role, she has served as the top lawyer to the President and the White House. • First woman elected President of the State Bar of Texas, in 1992. • First woman to become President of the Dallas Bar Association, in 1985 • First woman hired at Dallas’s Locke Purnell Rain Harrell. In March 1996, her colleagues elected her the first female President of Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell, at that time a firm of about 200 lawyers. She was the first woman to lead a Texas firm of that size.
Each of you knows what it takes to achieve these extraordinary accomplishments: it takes brains, courage, tact, and the ability to keep your eye on the ball. These are traits that make for a successful Associate Justice: one who can achieve consensus among her colleagues, and find the common ground that makes for a majority decision.
Look at the many people and organizations that have been impressed by Ms. Miers’ intellect and communications skills. In a distinguished career as a trial lawyer, Ms. Miers has represented clients such as Microsoft, Walt Disney Co. and SunGard Data Systems Inc. These companies had their choice of dozens of lawyers, but chose Ms. Miers. Her peers in the Dallas Bar chose her to lead them, and so did the thousands of attorneys of the State Bar of Texas. She has won the respect and admiration of legislators both in her home state and in Washington.
Make no mistake. We do not argue that Harriet Miers deserves a spot on the Supreme Court because she is female. We do argue that being female has led her to have experiences and insights that add to her qualifications to serve on the Court. Like Justice O’Connor, she has broken ground for women in the legal community, and a new generation of women lawyers has been able to succeed because they have stood on the shoulders of attorneys like her.
Like Justice O’Connor, and many of the other finest justices to serve on the Court, Harriet Miers has real-world political experience. In 1989, she was elected to a two-year term as an at-large candidate on the Dallas City Council. She served as general counsel for the transition team of Governor-elect George W. Bush in 1994, and from 1995 until 2000, she served as Chairwoman of the Texas Lottery Commission, a voluntary public service position she undertook while maintaining her legal practice and other responsibilities. After then-Governor Bush appointed Ms. Miers to a six-year term on the Texas Lottery Commission, she served as a driving force behind its cleanup.
Ms. Miers would come to the Court as have 10 out of the 34 Justices appointed since 1933, including the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist and the late Justice Byron White—without prior judicial experience, but with a rich background in legal, political and civic life. Harriet Miers deserves the chance to bring her talents to the Court. We urge you to vote “yes” when it her confirmation is brought to the Senate floor.
Sincerely,
Ping
The Republican National Committee is trying to get names to sign onto a pro-Miers letter.
Make no mistake. We do not argue that Harriet Miers deserves a spot on the Supreme Court because she is female.
More and more, the intractable problems in our society have one answer: broad-based intolerance of unacceptable conditions and a commitment by many to fix the problems. This is why there must be an effective call to arms.
If only the administration would put this much energy into Social Security reform, the ownership society, and tax reform.
"Other than the fact that Bush knows her AND she has female genitalia, why the hell else was she picked?"
Precisely. All her other qualifications are...well, they would disqualify her from consideration. She's a FOB from Texas and that got her the nod.
"If only the administration would put this much energy into Social Security reform, the ownership society, and tax reform."
Isn't that the truth. And now the RNC is burning it's bucks trying to prop up a Bush sock-puppet.
"We do not argue that Harriet Miers deserves a spot on the Supreme Court because she is female."
She doth protest a bit too much, don't you think?
"We do not argue that Harriet Miers deserves a spot on the Supreme Court because she is female."
She doth protest a bit too much, don't you think?
I think this whole letter is very revealing, both about Miers and about Bush.
If we had a MSM that was worth anything they would be going after those 14 cowards who produced this "stealth only" candidate environment.
Blame the spineless republicans for creating this political reality.
If they don't want this to happen again they better bulldoze the country club.
7 cowardly republicans brought us this nomination.
blame the country club cabal.
"What I find alarming, is that on every indicator of character and loyalty revealed to date; some of which include her religion, education, employment and politics; Miers clearly demonstrates someone with a history of switching sides for personal gain.
This nomination reflects a reward for services rendered, not an elevation of a True Defender of the Constitution."
That's my take as well. She has been a good and faithful servant of Bush for many years, and she got her reward for that service.
"The Mercenaries hired to protect Rome were the first to sack it."
Not to mention the New Orleans PD.
"Miers clearly demonstrates someone with a history of switching sides for personal gain..."you'd think nobody noticed!!! (/sarcasm off)
Can we ask the RNC to elaborate? I would like details of these experiences and insights.
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