Kristol brings case against Miers to town: Conservative decries Bush pick

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 10/20/5 | Neil Modie

[Irene Adler]

"William Kristol, one of the nation's most influential conservatives..."

"Puke!"

Yeah, what you said!

[Miss Marple]

I want to make it plain that I don't think the President is above criticism. I am not sure about this nomination, myself. HOWEVER, I do not like to see such nasty comments by the pundits (and they know who they are) with such petty attacks, back-biting, and sophomoric antics. Frum and Kristol are peas in a pod, and Coulter and Malkin are way over the top in their comments.

Because of the unseemly comments by these people, there is ZERO chance that the nomination will be withdrawn, and therefore I am waiting for the hearings. It is my opinion that the main reason for this nomination is the total lack of backbone shown by the Senate. Given their refusal to make the democrats behave as a minority party, this is probably the best we could hope for. In that spirit, I hope Miers proves to be much better in her testimony than anyone expects. And I still support the President, just like Krauthammer.

[eskimo]

I want to make it plain that I don't think the President is above criticism.

That's a revelation that seems to be striking many a political celebrity groupie recently.

[Miss Marple]

Groupie? Name names, buster.

[beckett]

Miers doesn't even know the constitution as well as most run-of-the-mill lawyers do, as shown in her citation, when providing written answers to Senators' questions, of "the proportional representation requirement of the Equal Protection Clause" as it relates to the Voting Rights Act. There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection clause! That's pretty much what the Equal Protection Clause expressly prohibits, i.e., discrimination based on race, for whatever reason.

Miers will be forced to defer to her colleagues on the court who actually know the constitution, and there's no telling where she'll end up ideologically once her constitutional apprenticeship is completed some years hence.

Her nomination is a bad joke. She's the very definition of an unqualified mediocrity, chosen, quite aptly, by a mediocre president.

[republicofdavis]

"It isn't just about abortion."

Who said it was? Only the MSM who feels the need to make every Supreme Court story about abortion, as if that's all there is, because they think that's the reason people will be afraid to embrace an originalist judicial philosophy. So keep 'em scared about abortion.

[beckett]

Thomas was viewed as a blank slate...

Completely wrong. Thomas was well known for his libertarian leanings before he was appointed as a Federal Judge, let alone when he was headed for the SC.

No nominee has ever completely blind-sided the legal community as much as Harriet Miers. No one ever considered her a serious candidate for ANY POSITION of importance. She is where she is only because she was once Laura Bush's college buddy.

The nomination is a scandal -- corrupt cronyism at its worst.

[eskimo]

Groupie? Name names, buster.

Oh, you know, those who would engage in superficial political soap opera tripe rather than participate in legitimate and republic preserving political discussion out of sheer terror that their adopted political fantasy heros will suddenly be turned into goats.

[sinkspur]

Thomas was well known for his libertarian leanings before he was appointed as a Federal Judge, let alone when he was headed for the SC.

Is that why The National Review feared that he was another David Souter?

[Reagan Man]

Obviously you didn't read what I posted. I'm not angry at Kristol and his fellow outraged Republicans. I'm just fed up with their whining. This angry Republican outrage started almost immediately after Bush picked Miers. IIRC, that was Oct 3rd. Instead of measuring their criticism against Bush, some rightwing pundits have instead chosen to condemn the President and Miers before she even has her hearings. I don't call that fair. For someone who wanted Bush to pick Michael Luttig, I'm very disappointed. I'm also disappointed with remarks from Kristol, who I don't especially care for, and Fred Barnes, who I usually do enjoy listening to. If you're looking for me to be politically correct, you're barking up the wrong conservative.

[Miss Marple]

What I hate about this whole thing is that the excessive rhetoric of the pundits has spilled over into FR, and the bottom line is this is not good for anyone except the democrats. <

[Reagan Man]

Couldn't agree more.

[Oklahoma]

We shouldn't forget many posters here at FR are really liberals, Democrats, Perotistas, Buchananites, or McCainiacs posing as conservative Republicans. Their purpose is to confuse, demoralize, and anger the true conservatives.

The same thing is true among the punditry. Do any of you think Bill Kristol is looking out for anyone other than himself?

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Kristol, a legend in his own mind!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Time to play my GOP cards...

[Alberta's Child]

LOL!

You got the rest of that deck of cards with you?

[Victoria Delsoul]

If you insist.

[Alberta's Child]

Oh, boy. LOL!!

[eskimo]

We shouldn't forget many posters here at FR are really liberals, Democrats, Perotistas, Buchananites, or McCainiacs posing as conservative Republicans.

GOP groupies have a lot of boogeymen but sooner or later they are going to come to the realization that the GOP has been commandeered by socialist political opportunists and is nothing close to conservative.

Their purpose is to confuse, demoralize, and anger the true conservatives.

Hey, wake up! That is exactly what the national GOP is doing.

[Victoria Delsoul]

:-D