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Harriet Miers the pick AP

Posted on 10/03/2005 4:06:25 AM PDT by johnmecainrino

Harriet Miers


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; evangelical; harrietmiers; prolife; putin; rino; scotus; winwin
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To: johnmecainrino
I grew up on a farm in the midwest and we raised hogs. When one hog would walk by another, out of the blue it would bite that ones tail. The hog with the bloody tail would then get bitten by all the other hogs and would eventually be killed and consumed by the rest.

With the comments I am seeing here today, I feel like I am on the farm again.
461 posted on 10/03/2005 5:30:34 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (shoot low, they are riding Shetlands.....)
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To: COEXERJ145

Hey, let's avoid the name calling, OK?

Lemme ask you one question: Did Dubya do what he said he'd do (pick justices in the mold of Scalia and Thomas), or did he sell out the base on YET ANOTHER issue?

Now, let me repeat: he's an idiot. This will turn control of the WH, Congress and Senate over to the D's for DECADES. The millions who did get-out-the-vote, shoe-leather-on-the-street to get R's elected for THIS **ONE** issue alone will simply stay home next time - or vote Constitutional Party to make a statement.

(R) is done for the next 2 decades, EASILY. Mark my post and check it in '06 and '08 and WATCH. WE are quite unhappy, and it WILL have ramifications.

Dubya wants to totally ignore his base on this? Well, he personally won't suffer - but the (R) party will.

I'm **DONE** with the (R)'s - they are spineless idiots that don't know what to do with power when they have it.


462 posted on 10/03/2005 5:30:42 AM PDT by jstolzen (All it takes for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke)
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To: Howlin
They always do

Me .. I'd rather learn more about her before I go saying I'm gonna vote for Hellary

But hey .. what do I know
463 posted on 10/03/2005 5:30:44 AM PDT by Mo1
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
I've heard she's not staunchly pro-life

I really don't care about her personal beliefs. I want to know if she will apply someone else's (e.g. Madison's) beliefs.

ML/NJ

464 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:14 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: msnimje

"At 8:15 am the President is going to announce he will officially switch to the Democrat Party."

There is NO DIFFERENCE in the two parties anymore. Period.

I will be voting 3rd party this year for the first time. I switched from Democrat to Republican in the 90's, and now from republican to something else in the 00's.

TLR


465 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:17 AM PDT by The Last Rebel
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To: beckysueb

How is the GOP going to stay united when there is a huge and growing policy divide between the elected representatives and the base?


466 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:24 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Aren't the "reality-based community" folks the same ones who insist there is no objective reality?)
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To: itsinthebag

I did notice she had on Mama Bush's Blue outfit


467 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:25 AM PDT by pangaea6
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To: najida
The all caps, the spelling and the 'rich' implied to be bad sounds and looks a bit,

DU?

Is DUesque a word? :-)

468 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:28 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Many Democrats are not weak Americans. But nearly all weak Americans are Democrats.)
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To: jdhljc169

BOHICA ;(


469 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:31 AM PDT by TXBSAFH (Free Traitors are communist China's modern day "Useful Idiots")
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To: nicmarlo

GWB says he knows her heart. I don't give a fig about her heart. I care about her head. The court needs someone, like Scalia with the intellectual firepower to move the court in a right direction. The problem with this pick is that with so many stellar potential picks out there, he went with someone who is less than stellar. It's called a letdown.


470 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:31 AM PDT by Don'tMessWithTexas
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To: Howlin
Wow, lots and lots of "late joiners" stirring the pot today, huh?

I think many of these people truly are disgusted by the pick, they wanted to shove one down the Left's throats and this pick doesn't do that.

I personally know nothing about the woman, but I look forward to learning. I think she will turn out to be more conservative than many think. But she is going to be a leap of faith as far as how she would judge cases.

471 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:36 AM PDT by RobFromGa (Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran-- what are we waiting for?)
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To: cbkaty
My concern with the knee-jerk reaction today on FR is that we can sometimes sound like the wackos at DU..... Lets simply deal with facts and eliminate the emotion....

I agree with you somewhat, however, I can understand the frustration with the president. He really has been a disappointment in so many areas, but I learned long ago not to put my total trust in politicians but in God only. Politicians (and Bush is one), will disappoint us time and time again. I think its far more healthier to not trust our leaders so blindly. Keeps us much more alert, hopefully. Republicans as well as Democrats are disappointed often with their leaders.

472 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:38 AM PDT by itsinthebag
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To: neutrality

"Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had urged the administration to consider Miers, two congressional officials said. There was a long list of staunchly conservative judges that Democrats were poised to fight, Miers not among them."

Oh, that's great. Harry Reid urged her nomination and the Texas Lottery Commission. Please say it ain't so President Bush. Why do you Republicans always have to appear fair and balanced. We all know that is bs.


473 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:42 AM PDT by freekitty
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To: beckysueb
Maybe Bush picked her out of loyalty but knows she will never be confirmed.

You mean like he signed McCain-Feingold but he knew it would be struck down by the Sup Ct?

474 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:48 AM PDT by Graymatter
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To: Howlin

If you can read on FR... you'll see many other post like mine. Thaks.


475 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:49 AM PDT by alessandrofiaschi (Is Roberts really a conservative?)
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To: Howlin

If you can read on FR... you'll see many other posts like mine. Thaks.


476 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:55 AM PDT by alessandrofiaschi (Is Roberts really a conservative?)
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To: section9
This pick is the worst kind of revolting, squalid cronyism.

This, if true, is GWB's "read my lips" moment.

Like father, like son.

477 posted on 10/03/2005 5:31:58 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (Go Mike Pence and Operation Offset)
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To: TSchmereL
Miers will be confirmed, perhaps with 90+ Senate votes. Jesse Helms has retired, and there is no Republican with enough backbone in the Senate to even put up a token resistance.

But President Bush has apparently not learned that moving to the left will gain him little support. This nomination will no doubt please The Dallas Morning News editorial board and the country-club Republicans from the Park Cities area of Dallas (where SMU is located) to the Philadelphia Main Line. It will not please the inveterate Bush-haters among the Democrats.

Both secular conservatives and the Christian Right will abandon their support of the President. Barring some unforeseen event, Bush's popularity ratings will sink down to the levels of Governor Taft of Ohio, whose approval level is at 15%.

478 posted on 10/03/2005 5:32:09 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: All
They are left with nothing to grab on to. Bwahahahahaha!!! - Brilliant!

No, not brilliant, cowardly.

The candidate who garnered a major portion of his votes based on promises of Supreme Court slam dunks...just went in for another lay-up.

479 posted on 10/03/2005 5:32:10 AM PDT by Washi (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law)
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To: johnmecainrino

My gut reaction is very negative. While I think it's very easy to overread the Dem contributions, my concern is with her suggested non-pro-life position. If true, or if she is a half-hearted conservative, i.e., a RINO, or a Souter, then YES THAT would be a disaster! If that's the case, say goodbye to 2006 and 2008!

But I'll keep my powder dry for the moment. It could certainly be that this woman has had a spiritual encounter with her Creator and has thus become more focused on the issues we hold important.


480 posted on 10/03/2005 5:32:32 AM PDT by Obadiah (Deuteronomy 6:5)
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