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The Vulnerable Nominee
Townhall ^ | 10/20/05 | Robert Novak

Posted on 10/19/2005 11:42:02 PM PDT by freespirited

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1 posted on 10/19/2005 11:42:02 PM PDT by freespirited
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To: freespirited
Bush has solidified Republican support not because he is strong but because he looks weak.

Why is Bush going to the mat over the mediocre Miers? Ego trumps logic.

2 posted on 10/19/2005 11:58:44 PM PDT by Maynerd
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To: Stellar Dendrite; nerdgirl; Ol' Sparky; Map Kernow; Betaille; Pessimist; flashbunny; Itzlzha; ...

Who in the heck is this know-nothing bob novak trying to fool? There's no way this nobody could have inside washington info!


3 posted on 10/20/2005 12:02:22 AM PDT by flashbunny (What is more important: Loyalty to principles, or loyalty to personalities?)
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To: flashbunny
It's not inside info..I have been giving you the posts all week that the pubbies have supported the hearings but you have ignored it.

It's on the Senators web pages and has been in the rags for crying out loud.

4 posted on 10/20/2005 12:11:58 AM PDT by Earthdweller (Proud right-winger who loves this country)
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To: freespirited
George W. Bush's agents have convinced conservative Republican senators who were heartsick over his nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court that they must support her to save his presidency.

The Senators should be more concerned with saving their own necks. Future employment or higher political aspirations may be tied to what kind of judge Miers would become.

5 posted on 10/20/2005 12:16:26 AM PDT by Ol' Sparky
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The Senators should be more concerned with saving their own necks. Future employment or higher political aspirations may be tied to what kind of judge Miers would become.




They better pray to God (or for them the stacks of cash they worship) that she does not turn out to be Souter in a skirt if they confirm her. 2008 will not be pretty.


6 posted on 10/20/2005 12:26:06 AM PDT by trubluolyguy (I am conservative. That is NOT the same thing as Republican. Don't place party over ideology!)
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To: flashbunny
Who in the heck is this know-nothing bob novak trying to fool?

He is trying to FOOL the other pundit elitisits who have the HEADS in their BUTTS. Aand if you object to this nomination you are blackmailing the Republican party. The party has been LOYAL to te cause, and liostening to critics will cause your HAIR to fall out. If you UNAPPEASABLES would just go awy and shut up. The party can WIN without the likes of KOOKS like Buchannan and Limbaugh who don't pick the nominee the PRESIDENT does. Your arguments are illogical crap. Grow up and blow away you ignorant fools.

7 posted on 10/20/2005 12:39:29 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: freespirited

In the case of Bush, step in doo doo and then demand that your sidekicks wipe it off. Hmmm. Wonder if they will lower themselves.


8 posted on 10/20/2005 12:39:37 AM PDT by taxesareforever (Government is running amuck)
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To: Ol' Sparky
I'm sorry, but I have to feel sorry for you guys.

You have been so convinced that you could influence this pick by making a lot of noise from day one.

You have totally ignored the fact that this President is head strong and will use his executive privilege and constitutional right to the fullest.

9 posted on 10/20/2005 12:41:59 AM PDT by Earthdweller (Proud right-winger who loves this country)
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To: trubluolyguy
They better pray to God (or for them the stacks of cash they worship) that she does not turn out to be Souter in a skirt if they confirm her. 2008 will not be pretty.

If she gets confirmed, we're not going to know by 2008 what kind of justice she is. Her true colors as a justice will start to show one way or the other once the new president comes in.

10 posted on 10/20/2005 12:49:49 AM PDT by ellery (The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. - Edmund Burke)
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If she gets confirmed, we're not going to know by 2008 what kind of justice she is. Her true colors as a justice will start to show one way or the other once the new president comes in.




So she won't get to rule on anything for the next three years?

What are you saying?


11 posted on 10/20/2005 12:52:52 AM PDT by trubluolyguy (Now qualified to be Secretary of Defense.)
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If she gets confirmed, we're not going to know by 2008 what kind of justice she is.

Oh puhleeze. We know exactly what kind of justice she is. There is no doubt. Open your eyes, she's a female justice.

Signed,
Far right, unappeasable, sexist extortionist.

/sarc

12 posted on 10/20/2005 1:10:39 AM PDT by Cboldt
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Who in the heck is this know-nothing bob novak trying to fool? There's no way this nobody could have inside washington info!

You know, he is just another one of those closet liberal "talking heads" who have neve penned anything in support of Conservative values!

They are all phonies and traitors!

We should put our trust in Harriet instead! < /_sarcasm>

13 posted on 10/20/2005 4:50:16 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: trubluolyguy; taxesareforever; Earthdweller; SkyPilot; Cboldt; flashbunny; Stellar Dendrite; ...
To: Daaave

"Well here you are on FR as of 2004. But you know 'Bush bots' eh?"

I bought a couple of PEG's books in years ago.

She won't be able to depend on me as a customer again.

Good luck writing for the RATS, PEG.

123 posted on 10/20/2005 2:32:05 AM EDT by A Citizen Reporter

LMAO.

14 posted on 10/20/2005 5:12:25 AM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham ("We don't want a Supreme Court justice just like George W. Bush. We can do better.")
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To: SkyPilot
LOL! The guy below now works for the ACLU.


15 posted on 10/20/2005 5:53:00 AM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: SkyPilot

Oh BTW, the only(whom you think) "omnipotent" person who you pictured, that has ever been elected to a public office, now works for the ACLU.


16 posted on 10/20/2005 5:56:43 AM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: freespirited

Miers is toast.

Fatally, Bush has made conservatism toast also, totally wiping out all that Reagan had done and setting our nation on a course of disaster as Bush's multiple failures will assure Hillary Clinton as president--the conservatives stay home in 2008.


17 posted on 10/20/2005 6:08:52 AM PDT by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888 (Bush's #1 priority Africa. #2 priority appease Fox and Mexico . . . USA priority #64.)
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To: SkyPilot

Outstanding!


18 posted on 10/20/2005 6:09:42 AM PDT by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888 (Bush's #1 priority Africa. #2 priority appease Fox and Mexico . . . USA priority #64.)
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To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888; SkyPilot; flashbunny
Fatally, Bush has made conservatism toast also, totally wiping out all that Reagan had done and setting our nation on a course of disaster as Bush's multiple failures will assure Hillary Clinton as president--the conservatives stay home in 2008.

I will nominate you for your conservative drama queen antics, hereby named the "jellybean"(due to President Reagan's fondness of that candy).

Your competitors for the "jellybean" for 2005 are robert bork, george will, bill kristol, michelle malkin, phyllis schafley, cal thomas, david frum, ann coulter, paul weyrich, pat buchanan, and bob barr.

19 posted on 10/20/2005 7:06:52 AM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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I support Bush. I am disappointed but support this nomination.

Bush's prior record on judicial nominations is not merely good. It is outstanding. So I wonder ... Why would he nominate a clearly mediocre Meirs?

I'll speculate: Bush's team reasons that Stevens is 85 and unlikely to make it to the end of Bush's term. How does that change the calculus of this whole controversy? I'll speculate again: Appoint Harrient Meirs, who Bush knows will be a reliable conservative vote; and husband political capital for what will be the greatest political battle of the last quarter-century.

The point is that there may be issues about which we are not fully aware that are having a practical and immediate impact on Bush's decision-making.


20 posted on 10/20/2005 8:06:41 AM PDT by drellberg
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