Posted on 10/19/2005 7:09:41 PM PDT by Cautor
TRANSCRIPT FROM TUCKER CARLSON SHOW:
Adding to the sexism, elitism, faith, and threat cards in the White House arsenal, comes the "far right" card.
Speaking in support of Harriet Miers on Tucker Carlson's MSNBC show last night was Brad Blakeman, described by Carlson as "a former deputy assistant to President Bush [who] shared an office with Harriet Miers for three years."
I'm posting the entire transcript of the Blakeman interview below. Go to the parts in bold to see the "far right" business. CARLSON: ...today one of the many questions regarding Harriet Miers has been answered, in part, anyway, in a questionnaire Miers filled out while running for the Dallas city council in 1989. She clearly indicated, or seemed to, that she's opposed to abortion, unless the mother's life was in danger.
Some conservatives are not satisfied with that, but one who appears to be, joins us now from Washington. He is Brad Blakeman. He's a former deputy assistant to President Bush. He shared an office with Harriet Miers for three years.
Mr. Blakeman, thanks for coming on. [SNIP]
BLAKEMAN: No. I think, Tucker, the president could have put forth Mother Teresa, and there were some on the far right that said, "Well, you know, she's not really religious enough for me."
CARLSON: That's totally not true. You know that that's not true.
BLAKEMAN: No, it is true. The fact of the matter is, the far right...
CARLSON: Hold on. Wait. Hold on. Slow down.
BLAKEMAN: The far right thinks that...
If you haven't figured out by now, you can't insult us. We are immune. Insults are the only argument you have. What are you going to punish us with? More gov't, more pork, open borders, more cronies? LMAO
Those are the casualties from just the last few posts on this thread alone. Soon the pro-Miers folks'll be charging us with "animal cruelty," and PETA will join the fray.
Dont get the question. But Hamilton, as a founding father, would not be considered extremist, nor do I think Madison or Jefforson would have bneen,probably alot more If I thought about it. If anything this whole founding fathers argument is a poor argument to try, you cant compare what they did then to the present day circumstances.
That was punishment. Miers might well be "Laura's pick," literally.
Das, where is our Dear Leader?
Maybe he(Bush) has a FR account. Wonder which one?"
It should be easy to spot. Just look for the posts with allot of misspellings and one syllable words.
Found it. This must be Bush's account. (allot)
"I never thought I'd be accused of being a part of the VRWC by a member of my own party. Since I didn't take the Bushie loyalty oath (oaf?) and seem to lack the special decoder ring the cool kids must have that makes Miers' resume seem complete, I guess I'm going to have to console myslef with the knowledge that I didn't sell my principles out because Jesus might tell Harriet to vote against Roe vs Wade...."
You and me both. I guess I missed the oath too. Principles are indeed important, more important than blind loyalty to a man.
By that way, I heard those guys were unappeasables.
"Now we see the White House spin machine employing Clintonian tactics against the conservative base. They are employing the same old shopworn terms ("anti-feminist", "extreme", etc.) simply because Bush has nominated a third-rate crony whose lack of qualifications are not only indefensible but embarrassing. Instead of choosing one of the highly competent originalists with a proven track record and judicial philosophy he's selected a cipher who's a supporter of Gore, affirmative action and the DNC. Unfortunately he's had to drag Laura Bush into the controversy as a surrogate to mouth the feminist talking points. Does anyone seriously think that this idiotic charge is anything but ludicrous? Give us a Janice Rogers Brown or any of the other conservative and capable jurists! It's simply a manufactured issue by an administration which has been reduced to gutter politics because it can't rationally defend its betrayal of conservatives and its failure to keep its own promises to them. It's become more and more obvious that Bush is a poor excuse for a conservative. In fact a better case can be made for the fact that he's a big government, big spending liberal -- but that's another story."
Well put. I agree with all you say. Even tonight on the Brit Hume show they surfaced the question of whether or not Bush himself is a conservative. Fred Barnes gave his usual defense.
'e's already pinin' for the fjords, may as well go for the gusto.
"bttt!"
You again. Is this BTTT, whatever that means, the best you can say in this matter? {;o)
Let me rewrite this before I am assaulted for poor grammar, poor spell checking ,yada yada.
I dont get your question. But Hamilton, as a founding father, would not be considered extremist,fiscally anyways, nor do I think Madison or Jefferson would have been,there are probably alot more if I really thought about it. If anything this whole founding fathers argument is a poor argument to attempt, you cant compare what they did then to present day circumstances.
ROTFL! - Bumpity Bump
I don't recognize the acronym. Does it have something to do with the WWF?
"I Won't Wimp Totally" "I Want Whiskey Too" "In W We Trust" "Italians Won't Win Tournaments" "Instinct Weakens Women's Thighs".....
"Well when aunt harriet gets on the supreme court, she can mandate equal self esteem for all the boys and girls!"
Enough already! I've got tears in my eyes from LMAO.
By golly - I think you ran them out of ammunition!!!
That stuff comes in handy during flame wars.
I've been called a pinhead by my wife. Is that like a conehead? You should be commended for your imagination.
No, your wife was right.
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