Miers is dead in the water

Town Hall ^ | 10/06/05 | Laura Hollis

[bkepley]

"If you were not a liberal in you are young, you have no heart. If you are not a liberal when you are old, you have no mind."

Something like that. Not a big issue. Heck about half the staff of the National Review started out as marxists. You would think the writer would know that.

[lonestar]

A law degree is not a requirement to be appointed to the SC.

[MindBender26]

>Bush turned tail and ran away from a fight

Why, all of a sudden, do some Conservatives think that they know everything there is to know about both this nominee and the President's reasoning in nominating her.

P.S, The best fight is the one you win without fighting.

[RobbyS]

And my favorite: John Marshall was never a judge until he was persuaded by John Adams to take the job of Chief Justice after Adams failed to get anyone else to do it. it was a hot seat. Remember the Congress didn't even allow the Court to meet for two years, and meanwhile they were trying to dismantle the federal court system.

[paulat]

Unfortunately, Alexander Hamilton did not practice what he preached given that his career was paved by his mentors, George Washington and John Jay, and underwrote by his wealthy father-in-law, Senator Phillip Schuyler.

...and George W. Bush's career was not underwritten??? Hamilton's words stand true.

[muawiyah]

Look, if it were so godawful important that only lawyers who'd been judges be appointed to the Supreme Court, why is it we allow them to hire so many "law clerks" (aka, "lawyers") to assist them?

The cold, hard facts of life are that being a good judge has less to do with being a legal genius than you believe.

[Vision Thing]

LOL Sam!

Why are you injecting humor into a topic that the anti-Miers folks clearly want to stew over.

They remind me of that Terri Clark song:

I'll never leave, I'll never stray,
my love for you will never change,
but I ain't ready to make up,
we'll get around to that.
I think I'm right, I think you're wrong;
I'll probably give in before long.
Please don't make me smile,
I just wanna be mad for a while.

[muawiyah]

Look, 99% of you people who oppose this particular nomination actually prefer a LIBERTARIAN.

Such people may well agree with we CONSERVATIVES on a number of points, but they are usually all too happy to murder the innocent to help out the strong ~ every single time.

So, give it up. We got your number. It's not a good one.

[AmishDude]

Are you saying that the law is beyond the reach of the people, who are, after all, supposed to be the ones who make it?

[KarlInOhio]

Personally, I am not optimistic, but will be thrilled if she turns out to be in the Thomas/Scalia.

Ditto. Although Miers is not my choice, I fear if this nomination falls through we will get someone significantly worse. Maybe (if we're lucky) this firestorm will serve as a warning to the President and the next nominee will be Janice Rogers Brown or someone similar.

I wish I knew whether this appointment was who the President truly thought was best, who he thought was the best who had a chance with a very weak Senate, or just loyalty to a friend.

[sinkspur]

Who is Laura Hollis and why should I give a damn what she says?

[muawiyah]

Did you mean that "W"'s career was underwritten by his wife's father?

How totally bizarre. "W" has much more money than his wife, her relatives out to 4 degrees of consanguinity, and their cousins!

[paulat]

No, that's not what I meant, and you know it.

[muawiyah]

If you don't mean it, then don't say it.

Besides, your suggestion is one of those meanspirited anti"W" things that pops up over in DU all the time, and those people are sickos.

[Straight Vermonter]

You actually think she will survive the senate votes?

For sale: Lightly used.

[The Iguana]

2) I believe O'Connor voted with Rehnquist 85% of the time. You think that's shameful?

You're actually defending O'Connor?

Listen: whatever Miers may or may not be, I didn't vote for Dubya twice so I could get more Sandra Day O'Connors on the Court.

[Chuck54]

Laugh...


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[Oberon]

What does W have to do with conservatives? He's just a Republican, and that's a horse of a different color.

[paulat]

What on earth are you talking about??? I was quoting Alexander Hamilton and the WSJ...I never brought up Bush.