Posted on 10/22/2005 4:11:56 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Though not giving it much more than 'rumor' treatment, on Fox & Friends Weekend it was just reported that the White House is reaching out to GOP senators as to their recommendations for 'Plan B' in the event Miers is withdrawn.
One of the F&F hosts clarifed that according to the information Fox has received, it is not WH aides who are doing the outreach directly, but conservative surrogates.
That would have, I'm sure.
If she does quit and if she has even a half brain, she will, perhaps the Brown lady from California will get the geurnsey.
One prays.
Insulting. Your condescension only more fully fans the fires of perceived "elitism."
Plus you make FR look bad.
Remember the Bakke case at University of California at Davis?
He had been denied admission because he was white. He was the first to sue and win against a system that had been discriminating against the white male for years, through the reverse discrimination known as "affirmative action".
I officially give up on trying to debate you.
>> Janice R. Brown? Better than plan A.
> Yes. Yes. Yes.
Add my amen to that.
It seems to be McCain, though, who makes things happen in the Senate! ;-)
Being a cheerleader for someone as unqualified as Miers because she is a Christian or because she is a stealth candidate (sheez..you just gave away the secret) is insulting. If you want her to perform brain surgery on you or a family member, then okay, but I dont want her messing with the constitution.
How so?
It really looked to me last June as if Frist had lined up the votes (through whatever combination of arm-twisting, deals, carrots-and-sticks) over the several weeks the nuclear option was being discussed. I think the number of votes he would have had without behind the scenes work has to be somewhere between 10 (the ten who voted against the anti-"torture" bill) and 41 (the 41 who voted against McCain-Feingold).
But to make it to 50 votes -- with Cheney to break the tie -- he needed McCain and Graham. But McCain -- TA DA -- had a better idea. (I don't really need the /sarcasm tag, do I?)
From the link you provided, http://redstate.org/main/2 ...
"We are not in denial. Miers is going to be confirmed," a White House contact told me. The emphasis in the voice and on "not" were the emphasis of one who has to believe it true, whether or not it is. ...Now that sounds to me that there are no opposing voices emanating from the WH. The opposing voices come from outside observers, third parties and Senator's aides. The WH seems to be united in support, and not admitting error."This is a White House that not only does not admit mistakes, but does not make mistakes even when it does," says an outside observer. ...
Many conservatives have convinced themselves that Miers will withdraw herself or the White House will withdraw her nomination. "That's not going to happen," says the White House source. To prove the point, the White House has called in hired guns to strong arm Republican senators. ...
Privately, some Republican senators are thinking this may just be the time to go on the offensive against the White House. One Senate aide tells me the White House acts like it is in a bunker, oblivious to the reality going on outside. ...
While the public face of the White House is one of confidence that Miers is right on life, qualified, and easily confirmable, the veneer of confidence is wearing off in the shadows. ...
Said one third party who has been involved in the process, "The White House is making this a Republican issue. They are now realizing that much of the base considers itself conservative by principle and Republican by practice. Practice changes faster than principle."
Naturally, anybody "in the bunker" will demonize anybody outside of the bunker. I understand that response, but I hold that it is disrespectful to dodge reasoned criticism.
In the light of a siege or bunker mentality, anybody who is outwardly critical of the WH position is defacto "on the dark side."
If the nincompoop 14 don't live up to their agreement then the Constitutional Option should be used.
A Roberts clone. Understand, I'm just saying I'm surprised and not being negative about Meirs.
I would have agreed with you yesterday. But since the questions she's answered have been attacked by legal scholars for her simply misstating certain presidents in it, I'm not so sure.
Yeah..... I figured Laura had a lot to do with this mess.
"Bizarro Bush," ahhhh yes. Good one from an old Superman reader. "Me am going to nominate Gonzalez because enemies make me happy."
Those were great comic books back then. Of course, this Miers nomination is becoming pretty hillarious as well, watching people use the tactics and invective the left has made famous to defend an indefensible nomination.
I love being called a "right winger" on a conservative website. Does that make the name callers "left wingers?"
"Hard line right wingers" you say. So what are you, a hard line left winger, a mushy middle of the road RINO, a die hard Bushbot? See, others can call names too. Kinda foolish isn't it.
Argue your point. Stop calling names. This is an inside the family squabble. The people against you today will be with you again on other battles.
Miers' undergrad degree was in math. I'm sorry, but if you switched the current Harvard Law class with the current SMU math majors, the SMU majors would pass Harvard Law almost uniformly and half of Harvard Law would flunk Abstract Algebra alone.
Now, I'm sure other people want to read purple prose, but lingustic skills are quite low on the intellectual food chain.
As my tagline says, I believe that I am qualified to be on the Supreme Court as much as anyone else. It is a political institution, it is not the private province of the lawyerly class. The SCOTUS is not like the Fed, an institution created by Congress and subcontracted to do its duty. I understand strict constructionism and the average person can. If I am to have any right to criticize moronic SCOTUS decisions, then those who decide such things should not be members of a special priestly caste.
I don't think Gonzales would be a disastrous choice either.
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