[USAConstitution]

Here are the most eyebrow-raising comments from Harriet Miers' soon-to-be-infamous speech from 1993. Click HERE to get a copy of the full speech. You must have Adobe Reader to view it.

[jdm]

Uh-oh.

[Stellar Dendrite]

ping!

[NittanyLion]

Wow.

I'm speechless.

[festus]

Put a fork in her she's done.

[AdamSelene235]

Trust, don't verify.

[Kryptonite]

"protesters" do not equal terrorists, but bombers do.

If I have to read this damn speech one more time I'm gonna puke, but thinking that it's Charlie Rangel in your photo helps me to chuckle.

[SerpentDove]

I feel like I'm riding on the crest of a tsunami, which will hit the White House some time tomorrow.

[gondramB]

OK, so what if all the Dems and Rinos vote for her... do conservatives filibuster?

[jdm]

"Abortion clinic protestors have become synonymous with terrorists"

Is it possible that she said that as though it's a bad thing, though? As in, abortion clinic protesters are getting a bad rap, being called terrorists? I'm against her nomination, by the way, but I'm not sure in what context that statement was made.

[DC Ripper]

Still cheering for Miers?

[TheEaglehasLanded]

If I had any doubts were looking at another Suiter that has ended. Roberts was qualified, she isn't FREEP BUSH.

Remember the longer this drags on the more cases O'Connor will rule on and who knows she might decide to forget about retiring all together. I guarantee if she isn't pulled soon the DEMS will be lobbying O'Connor again to stay.

[Esther Ruth]

From Family Research Council 5:30 pm tonight, email...

Refer a Friend | October 26, 2005
Miers' 1993 Speech Prompts More Questions

Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers spoke to the Executive Women of Dallas in 1993 and offered a troubling assessment of the abortion issue. In a story reported in today's Washington Post (FRC has obtained the text of the speech, which was included in the papers she delivered to the Senate Judiciary Committee) Miss Miers said: "The ongoing debate continues surrounding the attempt to once again criminalize abortions or to once and for all guarantee the freedom of the individual [woman's right] to decide for herself whether she will have an abortion." She urged her listeners to remember that "we gave up...legislating religion or morality." She added: "When science cannot determine the facts and decisions vary based upon religious belief, then government should not act."

This is very disturbing. Miss Miers' words are a close paraphrase of the infamous Roe v. Wade decision. Her use of terms like criminalize abortion to characterize the pro-life position and guarantee freedom to describe the pro-choice position should have sounded alarms in the White House during the vetting process. When we defend the right to life, we hearken back to the Declaration of Independence, not to some strictly sectarian view. Science has long ago answered the question of when human life begins. The constitutional and legal question is whether we are going to defend innocent human life from lethal assault. This speech raises very troubling questions about Miss Miers' views of constitutional matters.

Additional Resources
In Speeches From 1990s, Clues About Miers Views

[griffin]

holy crap.....looks like i almost got sucker into a souter redu! seems like i was so wrong.....

[WillRain]

Game.
Set.
Match.
Tournament.
championship.
Hall of friggin fame.

Get her outa here....

[Yossarian]

To you remaining pro-Meirs folks that see hope at the end of this article, where she talks about the difference between issues that can be measured with science vs. those merely mystical - watch out, that's a trap:

For a long time now, the pro-life side has been working hard to prove with science and data that a pre-born human is still a human, and thus should have rights. However, in my experience it is now the pro-infantcide side of the abortion debate that clings to mysticism as valid grounds for legalizing abortion.

In other words, they cling on to some warped view of life contained in some pre-science era religious dogma (typically a really old Jewish outlook on human development). They use this as a figleaf to justify the legality of abortion - after all, if their "belief system" tells them pre-born life isn't human, how can abortion be illegal?

Hence, they can always throw a "religion" monkeywrench into the works - they make a point of making abortion a religious issue.

[Esther Ruth]

Concerned Women for America's 6:30 pm email tonight...
Dear Friend,

After considerable thought and prayer, we at Concerned Women for America have made a decision that was not easy to make. We are calling for Harriet Miers' name to be withdrawn. We truly wanted to support the President and sought evidence to support this nomination, but we find this Supreme Court nominee unqualified and her record troubling.

Our press release gives you more details about our decision.

We have also done a brief News Flash for our Web site about two speeches Miss Miers gave. I invite you to consider that as well.

More information is available on our Web site, www.cwfa.org.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Beverly LaHaye
Chairman and Founder

P.S. The work of CWA is funded through the generous support of generous people like you. While your activism is critically important, your financial support makes these alerts possible. Won't you please consider making a tax-deductible contribution? We've made it easy for you. Simply go to http://www.cwfa.org/support_cwa.asp.

[adam_az]

Notice you haven't made any noises supportive of Miers in the last 2 days... What's up with that?

[Petronski]

Now I'm pissed.

[GOPJ]

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[GOPJ]

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