Posted on 10/28/2005 7:00:23 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
As the president prepares to select a new nominee for the Supreme Court, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton released a statement urging the president to select the next nominee carefully.
"I urge the president to take seriously the Constitution's charge and to engage the U.S. Senate both Republicans and Democrats in a process of genuine consultation in order to identify and ultimately confirm a consensus nominee," the New York senator said in a statement Thursday.
Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to the Supreme Court Thursday amid escalating criticism about her qualifications for the job.
The president said he reluctantly accepted Miers' decision to withdraw.
Over the past few weeks, President George W. Bush has reiterated his support for the embattled nominee. He attributes her withdrawal to members of the Senate who have called for the release of internal White House documents.
Senator Chuck Schumer, who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, took issue with that defense.
"The White House offered a nominee who had no record except for the documents, and then said, we won't give you the documents," said Schumer. "It was sort of like saying, the president kept saying, the more you learn about Harriet Miers, the more you'll like her. And then said, I'm not going to let you learn about her."
Miers' current post is White House Counsel. She has never served as a judge.
The president has known Miers professionally since his days as the Governor of Texas.
Her rationale for withdrawing is noted in a letter to the president, which read in part: "I am concerned that the confirmation process presents a burden for the White House and our staff that is not in the best interests of the country."
A senior White House official said Bush is quickly trying to find a new nominee to replace retiring justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
President Bush can please them, or he can please us. His call...
>>I hereby urge the Junior Senator from New York to shove a mop handle down her own throat<<
That's a visual I really like!
"Conservatives Urge Senator Clinton to Shut the %^#$ Up! (by Consensus)"
If the Sam Alito buzz is true...he just might.
What I wouldn't give...
Here is what Bush should do. Invite Shoooomah, Biden, Layheee, and Feinstein to the White House. Consult with them, take their suggestions. Get some photos taken. Hell, even consult with some more dems. Then go straight out and nominate someone they will hate, but who is imminently confirmable.
It would be hillarious to see them howl about not being consulted, because they were. Instead, they will be howling about not getting to make the pick themselves, which will not sit well with the public.
Consensus among conservatives, maybe. Miers proved that Bush nominees can't get confirmed without conservative support.
Screw her! Don't suppose anyone has the nerve though.
President Bush can please them, or he can please us. His call...
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More properly, he can cause the institutionalization of LIBERALISM AND SOCIALISM in America, **OR** he can save our Constitution, our system of laws, and our federal republic....that is the importance here.
Consensus? I urge you to read the tagline that I've been using for months now.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Stupid woman - has never read the Constitution I bet. just uses it for TP.
Someone ought to remind Hillary that she and the Dems could not get the "consensus" candidate, Harriet Miers, confirmed.
Will the fat lady still be singing the same song if(God forbid) she ever gets elected CinC? I think not.
Ann Coulter I think would be a good consensus choice.
It takes a village you know.
Tell me they aren't scared! LMAO!
Just who in the h3ll does she think she is telling dubya who to pick. I wish someone would dig up the dirt on her that she has stashed away and get her and her usless pervert of a husband out of our lives.
Yeah. Check with Hill and Bill.
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