[ThePythonicCow]

Wrong!

Here's the quote, from another post now on FR: Dr. Dobson to Set the Record Straight on Miers Flap, which has the transcript of this interview:

JCD: Well, it’s true. The Democrats have so politicized that process that it’s become an ordeal and many people just don’t want to go through that. And I’m not sure I blame them. So, Karl Rove shared some of that with me. He also made it clear that the President was looking for a certain kind of candidate, namely a woman to replace Justice O’Connor. And you can imagine what that did to the short list. That cut it…I haven’t looked at who I think might have been on that short list, because Karl didn’t tell me who was not willing to be considered.

But that many have cut it by 80 percent right there.

Maybe I need reading lessons, but that reads to me like the 80% number refers to dropping the men, not dropping the decliners.

[sinkspur]

I haven’t looked at who I think might have been on that short list, because Karl didn’t tell me who was not willing to be considered.

You might need reading lessons. I take this sentence to mean that there were some women who did not want to be considered.

[freedom4me]

Perhaps you're right. I simply posted what I heard reported because I thought it shed light on the debate. Thanks.

[Cboldt]

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That's my first take too. The list shrunk 80% when it was reduced from mixed-sex to female-only.

But the syntax of the statements is awkward, becuse he talks about drop outs in the middle.

[counterpunch]

He also made it clear that the President was looking for a certain kind of candidate, namely a woman to replace Justice O’Connor.

That just shows what happens when you play identity politics.
Shame on Bush for violating his own position on Affirmative Action.

[Jim Robinson]

Yeah, I know. Don't understand why it HAD to be a woman. Fight on!

[Stellar Dendrite]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1500910/posts?page=49#49

[Howlin]

Not if you read the two paragraphs in front of it:

But we also talked about something else, and I think this is the first time this has been disclosed. Some of the other candidates who had been on that short list, and that many conservatives are now upset about were highly qualified individuals that had been passed over. Well, what Karl told me is that some of those individuals took themselves off that list and they would not allow their names to be considered, because the process has become so vicious and so vitriolic and so bitter, that they didn’t want to subject themselves or the members of their families to it.

So, even today, many conservatives and many of ‘em friends of mine, are being interviewed on talk shows and national television programs. And they’re saying, “Why didn’t the President appoint so-and-so? He or she would have been great. They had a wonderful judicial record. They would have been the kind of person we’ve been hoping and working and praying for to be on the Court. Well, it very well may be that those individuals didn’t want to be appointed.

[daviscupper]

I think you are spot on target.