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80% of Potential SCOTUS Nominees on W's List Decline His Offer
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| 10-11-05
| freedom4me
Posted on 10/11/2005 9:08:44 PM PDT by freedom4me
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To: daisyscarlett
"I have to agree...as bad as the hoopla over Miers has been, Gonsalez would have been, and will be if it happens, much worse because Dobson and others oppose him. But if W gets two more picks, and he picks a popular conservative for his third pick, he may get away with naming Gonsales for his 4th pick...."
That is indeed prescient analysis. My hat is off to you.
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posted on
10/11/2005 10:13:11 PM PDT
by
Cautor
To: onyx
Ah.........now we're seeing it all. Finally.
Shame on Krauthammer, and Kristol........for their antics in all of this. And shame on Coulter too.
Kristol Kreme loves McCain....nuff said.
To: rbmillerjr
James Dobson invests in some prime real estate:
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posted on
10/11/2005 10:14:31 PM PDT
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
("We don't want a Supreme Court justice just like George W. Bush. We can do better.")
To: Dems_R_Losers
If the short list was only five women, and one of them was Miers, that in itself is a failure of this White House staff. Do they really expect us to believe there were only four other women deserving of consideration?
Good grief - that doesn't make much sense. I am sure they considered more, then kept cutting down the list, until they got to one. Just because, at some point in the process, there was a list of length five is no reason to get your knickers in a bunch.
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posted on
10/11/2005 10:14:53 PM PDT
by
ThePythonicCow
(To err is human; to moo is bovine.)
To: daisyscarlett
It's really GOOD. Thank you.
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posted on
10/11/2005 10:14:59 PM PDT
by
onyx
((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
To: Artemis Webb
RINO has become a very overused acronym.I avoid using it for that reason. I don't agree with Specter or Snowe much of the time, but they are Republicans. Not Conservative, of course -- but still Republican.
I reserve RINO for a politician who says he's a Republican but votes with the 'Rats more often than not. Two examples are Jumping Jim Jeffords (before he jumped) and Senator Lowell Weicker.
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posted on
10/11/2005 10:15:26 PM PDT
by
You Dirty Rats
(Lashed to the USS George W. Bush: "Damn the Torpedos, Full Miers Ahead!!")
To: daisyscarlett
So you're saying Bush nominated "Church Lady"?
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posted on
10/11/2005 10:16:00 PM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: Pukin Dog
Duty, Honor, Country.
Pretty simple, when I was in the USMC I was expected to lay down my life at a momnet notice, I think a week or two of embrassing questions is doable.
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posted on
10/11/2005 10:16:09 PM PDT
by
jpsb
To: Pukin Dog
Who said we are losing? As President Bush said himself, "you are with us or you are with...", referring to terrorists and countries that harbor them. So why should we be afraid of little dumocrat and rino nobodies?
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posted on
10/11/2005 10:16:23 PM PDT
by
gpapa
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To: All
Ok...I
was headed for bed...
For those of you upset with the lack of fortitude in the people who turned the President down...
Is it possible that they have something in their background that might embarrass the President or his administration and they didn't want to put us all through that?
Just another angle to toss into the mix. I think it is very easy for all of us to sit here and throw stones. But this is an exceptionally complex situation, and to ignore that fact just makes us look ridiculous.
To: Jim Robinson
...and by the way Jim...you can call me a RINO. The rest of these numbnuts can kiss my Lilly white...
To: counterpunch
Why? Because you say so? Hogwash........
You don't know, nor do I. Don't post silly statements you can't back up with facts.
Or you'll be called DannyBoy junior.
Courage.
To: daisyscarlett
Wow. A fourth pick. That has to be a record.
Hey, what is with this President rewarding his friends and devoted supporters with lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court! Hey, if you think ya gotta do somethin' nice why not make them ambassadors to Aruba or something, like every other President has done. Jeesh, the Supreme Court is too damn important for this kind of BS. JMHO
To: BamaGirl
My favorite story on this point is about John Marshall and John Adams. With the Federalist ship sinking, Adams had to work hard to persuade Marshall, his secretary of state and one of the few men he could trust, to take the job. Marshall had already turned down an earlier offer of an associate position.
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posted on
10/11/2005 10:17:47 PM PDT
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: Pukin Dog
Speaking of having a pair, Newsweek has the emails from the brain trust who helped get Roberts confirmed. Many on the e-mail trail
fretted about their own "credibility" if they publicly took up the cause for Miers, who seemed to lack the credentials they value. All they cared about was how it looked, because Bush so obviously let cronyism dictate his choice.
So they basically threw the President and his nominee to the wolves to protect their credibility, because they were afraid of what people might say about "cronyism".
Boy, it's too bad "cronyism" isn't a lefty word like sexism is.
To: You Dirty Rats
You'll get not disagreement from me .
To: BamaGirl
I am sure that these prospective candidates have an inside knowledge of the realities of these confirmation hearings. The confirmation process could be lethal to their future and I am sure the word of that reality is common knowledge in the legal community.
This next confirmation will be a huge battle. Get you husband out of bed and have him do a few push ups. We need all the political muscle (figurative speaking) we can get to give support to Miss Miers' confirmation.
To: gpapa
As far as getting another rock-ribbed Conservative on the Supreme Court, right now I would not say we are winning. That is what I meant.
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posted on
10/11/2005 10:18:25 PM PDT
by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache)
To: pollyannaish
Tsk tsk ... you don't think talking sense will do any good around here do you?
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posted on
10/11/2005 10:18:25 PM PDT
by
ThePythonicCow
(To err is human; to moo is bovine.)
To: kayak
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posted on
10/11/2005 10:18:30 PM PDT
by
gpapa
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