Posted on 10/14/2005 3:27:53 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
The RAT talking point since Katrina. Using terms like that is a sure fire way to win over converts to your position, if in fact you really care all that much. /s
But, to be fair and balanced, you omitted the other side of the story: the 10 worst reasons to support Harriet Miers. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1502587/posts
We may have to expand that list to include your reasons to support her.
"Dude, that's not Tyrell."
Are you posting from an echo chamber?
Kristol's probably right, but the best qualifications is not a prerequisite.
Exactly, these are the same political hacks who opposed GW when he ran for President in the first place. What better excuse than the Miers nomination to rehash all things negative designed to hurt him – or so they think.
What an excellent wrap-up essay!!! Thank you so much!
And some ant-Miers folks are elitist, sexist, anti-Bush snobs who kill kittens. I could say something about straw men and searching for brains, but I'll forage that.
IMHO the biggest straw man in the argument is the Uber-Cons' manufactured perception of Miers which they torch with utter glee.
You have a really nice FReeper page Victoria.
Is that your art work?
Oh no, that's not mine. I just put them together.
I, for one, resent very deeply the idea that some conservatives oppose Harriet Miers, because deep down we're religious bigots. Lots of us have clearly stated our reasons : cronyism, lack of a conservative record, underwhelming evidence of intellectual firepower, evidence of a possible leftward bias etc. Why can't you just believe that we are sincere in what we say, instead of looking for nasty subconscious reasons?
Your welcome :)
I'm attracted to art. My father had a talent for freehand painting but I wasn't as fortunate. He worked in the Editorial Department for the Air Force at one point in his career creating magazine covers and illustrations.
Anyway, its a nice page.
Glad you liked my page, thanks.
OK, on the downside, you-know-who at one time was a Democrat. Hard-core liberal Democrat. Contributed to Hard-core liberal Democrats. Loved FDR. Loved Harry Truman. Was once "pro-choice." Switched parties, became Republican. Strong pro-lifer. Born-again Christian. Ah-ha! Big flip flop there! No core principles!
But enough about Ronald Reagan.
He shoots. He SCORES!
Well put!
I have read other blogs, where most conservatives were running down Miers as an apostate. On PBC, one conservative journalist said, Harriet Miers would not fit in the right Washington religious circles." Some conservatives have said "we don't want her kind on the court." So you tell me who is bigoted, insiders(blue-states) or outsiders (red-states)conservatives?
I haven't heard anything like that anywhere. Can you name any names?
Nice work John.
It's rather interesting watching people who, by their own admission, know next to nothing about Harriet Miers, waxing on endlessly about her lack of qualifications, and how wrong the ONE man in DC who knows her better than any one after having worked closely with her for over a decade, is in nominating her.
It seems that their entire argument is that she couldn't possibly be qualified because they don't know who she is.
Touché!
And thanks for the ping.
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