Posted on 10/06/2005 8:54:53 AM PDT by cgk
Edited on 10/06/2005 9:03:34 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON -- When in 1962 Edward Moore Kennedy ran for his brother's seat in the Senate, his opponent famously said that if Kennedy's name had been Edward Moore, his candidacy would have been a joke. If Harriet Miers were not a crony of the president of the United States, her nomination to the Supreme Court would be a joke, as it would have occurred to no one else to nominate her.
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Perhaps my beeber is stuned, but I find that hard to read.
But that is the argument from some quarters of Conservatism, she didnt come from a first tier law school so therefore she isnt qualified, according to Coulter and many here.
He's not doing our present any favors either.
bump for Krauthammer. He's more or less on the mark with this one.
Well,,we have two choices - either we trust the president's judgment or we don't. Like it's been said on other threads, and it made it clear for me after my initial doubt... I voted last November. And if Bush picks Miers, then it's Miers.
He's Canadian, too.
This moonbat belfry sure is crowded!
I find that offensive.
I don't know anything about Miers other than what I have read since her nomination.
I am extremely disappointed that Bush chose this woman.
However, President Bush has proven time and time again that he is NOT a dolt. Far from it.
:: To nominate someone whose adult life reveals no record of even participation in debates about constitutional interpretation ::
I'm not happy with Miers, but Krauthammer here ignores that Miers has been dealing with the election of judges for both the Circuit and Supreme Court for quite some time... I'm quite sure she has been involved, deeply involved, in debates about constitutional interpretation... just not public ones.
True... and when/if she turns out to be exactly what we were hoping for, everyone will know that it was ONLY because of Bush that this happened.
(And if she turns into Souter in a skirt we'll know that too).
This is for all the chips on the table. The man doesn't play small.
The most reserved calculated and spot on conservative rebuke to date. Not much heat but a large dose of common sense.
I voted last November, too. That doesn't mean that my civic obligations ended then.
I think all candidates should be graduates of the North American Diesel Institute.
Fred Barnes mentioned the possibility of Miers being nominated back in January. She was also mentioned all summer. I never noticed, but it's there.
Bush isn't guessing. He knows exactly what he's got in his hand. He's either knowingly betraying us or he's making a stunningly brilliant call. We'll know soon enough.
He is still Canadian.</sarcasm
Dang me, I forgot to add "moonbat" and "Ivy League" to my list of standard Bushbot insults! But heck, I didn't forget the original line about "meds".
Sarcasm. Bush is certainly no Dolt, despite with Charles says.
Ooooh, lets not forget to add Bushbot and Biblethumper to the insult list, oh wait nevermind ONLY you can insult.
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