Posted on 10/03/2005 10:43:26 AM PDT by The_Victor
I know nothing about *her* at this point. My comments are directed at the process, the one issue interest groups, and the fact that they and everyone in the beltway uses the Constitution for toilet paper..
The last thing I want is a judicial activist. You misinterpret my remarks if that is what you gleaned from them.
"BTW, I got an email from the RNC asking me to support Meirs and Bush. I basically told them to stick it."
I'm a registered Republican and a politically active one too. I may be registered, but I'm not certifiable. If they contact me, I'll tell them the same thing.
I never thought I'd say it, but this character makes O'Connor look good. I'm with you.
We will see.
"She has advised the President on all of his federal Judicial nominations. There is no way she could do that without revealing a tremendous amount about her judicial philosphy. I would suggest the President knows much more about this nomination that he did about Judge Roberts."
My opinion of him and confidence in him is demonstrated by the fact that I nominated him to one of the highest officers in the land. I did this on the basis of my knowledge of him and my appreciation of his great qualities. Every contact Ive had with him since he came to Washington and all I've heard about him, has served only to increase my confidence and my high opinion. He is one of the finest public servants this country has ever produced. I have no further comments because I cant think of anything else to say." President Dwight D. Eisenhower on Supreme Court nominee Earl Warren, Feb 21, 1954
And many are quick to judge.
Honestly, I think that conservatives are sick of supposedly possessing a majority of the congressional seats, and still kowtowing to the democRATs. I'll confess to wanting a decisive and humiliating defeat for the minority party, too.
To quote Cpl. Hicks in Aliens, "Is this a stand-up fight, or another bug hunt?" (outcome not withstanding)
But when I'm done daydreaming, logic prevails, and I can convince myself to be patient.
Trust but verify. The President is not infallible.
Verification in work, but the nomination was only publicized this morning.
(If you were Bush, would you go to war against the Libs with the GOP Senate team he's been delt ?)
Absolutely! This is the most GOP Senators EVER! Both Reagan and George Bush Sr. got conservatives into the Supreme Court with a Democrat senate! Just as we have RINOs in the Senate, we also have Democrats in Red states running for re-election. If Bush had nominated Janice Brown he would have destroyed the Democrat party.
What I 'gleaned' from your remarks was that you weren't paying a bit of attention this morning. The President said she would uphold the Constitution, and SHE said she would uphold the Constitution.
This has everything to do with the Constitution.........that's the President's main priority in selecting judges, and there is a substantial record to back it up.
And if you know nothing about HER, you are not in any position to make a judgement, are you??
But you're very willing to judge before you have the facts, and unless she's a liar (not to mention the President), then she's a strict constructionist, and if you blindly oppose her, then it was only reasonable to assume that you prefer judicial activism..................right?
Great point. And equally important is that those blue-chip conservatives who have been involved closely with her in that process from the outside, such as Leonard Leo, are big supporters.
The conservatives most familiar with her views are her biggest supporters. That says a lot to me. As does the fact that those who know the least about her views are complaining the loudest.
When was the last time a Republican President had more Republican senators.
I can't remember when. Too bad they're led by Wimp Frist & Co.
How come ACLU chief counsel Ruth Bader Ginsberg can be be confirmed 96-3, but you think a conservative nominee is "not confirmable" for President Bush.
Things are starting to shape up, we'll see what else we learn in the coming days/weeks.
David Frum at NRO:
I worked with Harriet Miers. She's a lovely person: intelligent, honest, capable, loyal, discreet, dedicated ... I could pile on the praise all morning. But nobody would describe her as one of the outstanding lawyers in the United States. And there is no reason at all to believe either that she is a legal conservative or - and more importantly - that she has the spine and steel necessary to resist the pressures that constantly bend the American legal system toward the left. I am not saying that she is not a legal conservative. I am not saying that she is not steely. I am saying only that there is no good reason to believe either of these things. Not even her closest associates on the job have no good reason to believe either of these things. In other words, we are being asked by this president to take this appointment purely on trust, without any independent reason to support it. And that is not a request conservatives can safely grant.
Miers' record shows that in November 1988, the nominee gave $1,000 to the DNC Services Corporation/Democratic National Committee. In February of that year, she donated $1,000 to then-Sen. Al Gore's presidential primary race. And in March 1987, Miers gave $1,000 to the primary campaign of Democrat Lloyd Bentsen, who went on to become Michael Dukakis' running mate in the 1988 presidential election.
Not good.
Where do you get all of that? I am at a loss to see why you are so hostile here.
and if you blindly oppose her
Huh? I didn't even imply that. Maybe you ought to cut down on the caffeine.
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