[bmwcyle]

Activism/Chapters --- Many need to learn what this means.

[dirtboy]

Without such a track record, I doubt if she knows what her principles will be as a Judge, for she was never in a position of absolute power and as we know “absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

Cripes, she hasn't been nominated for a week and you have her scoped for a usurping tyrant. Plenty of folks with track records went on and were major usurpers at SCOTUS, so this argument is absurd.

Finally, consider Ms Miers in the light of the following “Peter Principle” quotations:

Miers rose to be managing partner. She couldn't rise any higher in her law firm. So you have no way of knowing if she reached a Peter Principle point. Instead, she went from managing partner to attorney for a governor and then to the White House. That sure doesn't look like the Peter Principle at work to me.

There are rational arguments to be made against Miers. This wasn't one of them.

[You Dirty Rats]

This worthless vanity deserved a "Barf Alert".

[Rembrandt_fan]

You wrote, "Because of these unknowns, neither she nor I have any established fact or plausible reason to argue in favor of her affirmation."

And you are? Why not a vanity warning next time? Tossing in a hackneyed quote from Lord Acton and select passages from 'The Peter Principle' to buttress a rambling, disjointed argument against the President's latest SCOTUS nomination doesn't exactly establish your bona fides as an authority on the subject. There are plenty of threads on this forum dealing with this topic. Join one.

[tumblindice]

Acton actually said power *tends* to corrupt. Leaving out 'tends' is like saying it makes no difference whether a `lightning bug' (firefly) or lightning lands on your head. (Twain)

Or like the dums reciting the story of the prostitute saved from stoning--usually to justify some abhorrent behavior--without including that He also admonished her to "go and sin no more".

Sincerely,
Mr. Language Person

[wyattearp]

Medved summed it up rather nicely yesterday. I'll try to summarize what he said.

He pointed to the fact that Souter, Kennedy, and O'Conner all had excellent records as conservative judges before getting on the Supreme Court. They moved to the left AFTER getting on the SC.

Moving to the left is a power grab. Bush chose Miers because he knew her not to be a power-hungry individual, and he knows her as a conservative. He picked her because he cannot see her moving to the left once she is on the court.

The problem with Souter, Kennedy, and O'Conner is that the President appointed them WITHOUT knowing them personally. For this reason, their jump to the left came unexpectedly.

[Steven W.]

such is the reason why it's more important what's truly in her heart and her conviction as born-again says more to me than any diatribe her critics can assemble & will probably prove Thomas like in her opinions which are likewise written from the gut.

[Mister Baredog]

More BS from the chattering class.

[Brad’s Gramma]

The next time I post, if you've NOT taken care of business by then....you'll be looking at The Ever Loverly Helen Thomas's picture. Thank you. :)

[MEG33]

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[MEG33]

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