Posted on 10/11/2005 5:30:20 AM PDT by conservativecorner
Bush is stubborn, but everybody makes mistakes.
He should swallow his pride and withdrawl the nomination.
...for the good of the Party.
The big question is, where is Frumm coming from? He's way far off the deep end. Farther than the now-silly-shrillster Ann Coulter. When this is over there's going to be some new people on my list of never read (joining the august company of Molly Ivins and Maureen Dowd): Frum and Coulter are already there.
Yeah, but with the Miers nomination, we go neither hamburger nor filet mignon---more like tofu burgers---an unacceptable imitation of beef (as in "where's the ....").
What are her feelings? If she is someone that even thinks supporting the internation court might be a good idea is someone that should never be allowed to have a judgeship in this country. I am a conservative that was hoping for a strong conservative for the bench. Miers doesn't have a track record to back up the claims she is a conservative, nor is there any information on how she interprets constitutional law. The appointments to SCOTUS is the main reason I wanted W to be POTUS, but IMHO this smells of cronyism.
"Someone changed Souter and Kennedy? Don't you agree with that????"
I don't know that SOMEONE changed Souter or Kennedy. Maybe they were like this all along. That's why they were called "stealth candidates".
You forget, this is the fifth seat, the tie breaker!
Republican presidents havs a sad history of making mistakes on the court - Stevens, Kennedy, and Souter are the most recent.
P.S. Miers is also being called a stealth candidate.
LOL! From the evidence, it seems she's more likely a pro-life Souter.. On some issues, Id bet she's left of O'Connor (affirmative action, Title 9, eminent domain, civil "rights" issues, etc)
We can go through the blood-letting of the hearings, or she can resign now. I think it would probably be better if she just stepped down now..
That's the problem.
Make that nearly 40%. If that's the best you can count I suggest you just give it up. Catastrophic, pooch screwin ...You people with tunnel vision are missing a great presidency.
When was the last time you saw real leadership coming from our side?
Excellent - my first pledge!
The last paragraph nails it.
I never thought I would see the word "betrayal" speaking about George Bush, but that seems to be the word of choice. We worked too hard and too long to have this opening; the timing was perfect, the stage was set, and Bush killed 30 years of hopes and dreams about fairness (Constitutionalism) returning to the courts.
"Make that nearly 40%. If that's the best you can count I suggest you just give it up"
LOL, your forgetting about the undecideds smart guy...even at 40percent it is deathknell time...but it is probably much closer to 50%
Bush should withdrawl the nomination for the good of the Party.
Good question. Let's hope someone calls off the dogs for a while, at least until the hearings are held.
I'm wondering why folks who insisted on up or down votes when it was exceedingly hard to get them, are now hoping to prevent an up or down vote.
Maybe Schumer passed his virulence to others...is there a chance someone, somewhere is developing an antidote?
Persona non gratia
Chuck Schumer will act so superior
As he guts an opponent's interior.
He pretends he's so wise,
But it's only a guise,
And his motives are always ulterior.
Yes.
I think (not "feel") that it proves the point that all this hysteria over Bush 43 not choosing a "known" quantity is nonsense (in that the Miers' critics think they "know" the judges on their little lists better than President Bush) as you never know who is going to turn. Reagan and Bush 41 thought they were picking solid conservative judges and they were wrong.
Miers has a proven record of making some hard calls which bodes well that GWB's confidence that she'll not change is well placed.
But at the very least, it shows that all this Bush bashing over not choosing judges you think you "know" is ridiculous.
7 of the 9 were chosen by Republican Presidents who told us not to worry. The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over and expect a different outcome.
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BRAVO! So true...
Meirs has a proven record??? Please find it and post!
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