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1 posted on 10/05/2005 5:36:27 AM PDT by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78; LisaFab

Very good column, Lisa.


2 posted on 10/05/2005 5:39:20 AM PDT by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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She's almost on Social Security, for goodness sake.


3 posted on 10/05/2005 5:41:55 AM PDT by Finalapproach29er (Americans need to remember Osama's "strong horse" -"weak horse" analogy. Let's stop acting weak.)
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It seems that the Conservative/Republican side has one of the same bad traits that the Liberal/Democrat side shows all the time. That is one of elitism. Miers is not "Harvard, yale, or Princeton," ie. Ivy League. She has not rubbed elbows with the in crown of the right. These elitist really do not know the world would go on without them, and be better off. I read this morning that Bush is not qualified to choose a Justice to the SC. That is elitist. One of the things the elitist of both side hate most about Bush is he is not one of them. Even though he is Ivy League, it really is not what defines him and he is proud of that. It just didn't seem to color him blue. Miers is going to be good, maybe great, but just not in a blueblood way.


8 posted on 10/05/2005 5:51:44 AM PDT by right right
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I'm so glad to see some common sense breaking out in the wake of the conflagations after the Miers nomination.

Something that struck me with most of the complaints was that she was not a 'firebrand', and that people didn't think she would 'fight' against the Democrats. Why does everything have to be a battle? Would someone who got into a yelling match with Up-Chuck Schumer actually turn out to be a better jurist? Why do WE feel the need for validation by someone who we believe would be more 'in your face' to the Democrats.

It is my belief that a woman who has had to deal with Texan men for her entire career will be plenty strong enough to deal with the effete Dems on the Judiciary Committee. They probably will never know what hit them. They are so used to dealing with abrasive, aggressive women such as the feminist leaders, Barbara Boxer and Her Heinous, that they won't know how to handle a soft spoken woman who, according to accounts by those who have known her for years, will likely be wielding an iron fist in a velvet glove.

9 posted on 10/05/2005 5:53:45 AM PDT by SuziQ
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A choice as characteristically fine as Colin Powell, Paul O'Neil, George Tenet, Norm Mineta, Harvey Pitt, Bernard Kerik, Michael Brown, Dick Armitage, Julie Myers?

Should I continue...?


11 posted on 10/05/2005 5:56:52 AM PDT by counterpunch
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There will be plenty of opportunity for recrimination should either she or Roberts fail the president and their oath to uphold the Constitution.

Ahh yes, recrimination, that will all make us feel better if there are decades of bad law.

15 posted on 10/05/2005 11:33:22 AM PDT by TheOtherOne (I often sacrifice my spelling on the alter of speed™)
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There are cries of "cronyism"...

That is because no one believes Miers qualifications to be anything but President Bush's familiarity with her. Not even in this piece defending Miers does the writer even mention Miers' qualifications.

Advancement based on familiarity rather than performance, record or qualifications is the definition of cronyism.

Cronyism is something we would expect from Clinton, not Bush. We expect better from conservatives, Bush included.

16 posted on 10/05/2005 11:57:13 AM PDT by Plutarch
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The charge of "cronyism" is total bunk.

I'd be far more worried about a candidate unknown to the President.

Go with people you know and trust; this seems a sensible rule, especially in light of recent history.


20 posted on 10/05/2005 12:24:16 PM PDT by Wiseghy (Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. – Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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