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CNN: HARRIET MIERS HAS WITHDRAWN!

Posted on 10/27/2005 5:54:48 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

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To: Pravious
ROFL!
1,201 posted on 10/27/2005 7:39:58 AM PDT by beyond the sea (Gloria Borger is Andrea Mitchell on Peyote)
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To: OXENinFLA

Did she really say "the Senate has INDICTED"? I'm sorry, I want to be gracious, but does the lady ever proof read her writing?


1,202 posted on 10/27/2005 7:40:16 AM PDT by Great Caesars Ghost (The Fault, dear Brutus, lies not in the Stars, but in Our Selves.)
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To: Timeout

You think it will be another woman?


1,203 posted on 10/27/2005 7:40:22 AM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: Warren_Piece

Next time, get off the fence a little quicker!


1,204 posted on 10/27/2005 7:40:24 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: Timeout
The problem is, "legal philosophy", taken in a vacuum, doesn't illustrate anything. The way Miers and others talk about how judges shouldn't "make law" leaves the impression that there are other judges who think they should "make law". But you know what? There isn't a single justice on the court who would actually say that. They all claim to be applying the law (just look at what Breyer has to say for himself). They just have different views of what the law is.

So the only way to evaluate whether or not a judge is the right pick is to evaluate his or her actual understanding of the law. Thinking that we can somehow get around that by looking at "philosophy" alone is just wishful thinking.

1,205 posted on 10/27/2005 7:40:29 AM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: adam_az
No, he needs to do the right thing by putting forward an originalist nominee. Then we'll support him. Support is earned, not granted. I've given enough in time and money, as have many others.... Now it's time for him to show his best hand.

LOL! I guess you have never heard of the adage "you catch more flies with honey, rather than vinegar".

Buchanan "conservatives" bathe in vinegar.

1,206 posted on 10/27/2005 7:40:39 AM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: yellowdoghunter; Stellar Dendrite; flashbunny
He will then run to CP and talk about how most of you are a bunch of idiots and racists.

Kewl.

I think that the "lying bag of crap," "Bush-Hater," "DU traitor," and "judicial oligarch" epithets have grown a bit stale.

:0)

~Conservative~

-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)

1,207 posted on 10/27/2005 7:40:42 AM 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.")
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To: buckeyeblogger

He was reading the initial report, which was from Dobson/McClellan, who got it from Rove. Later, someone asked associates of Owen if she was one of the ones Rove talked about to Dobson and it was flatly denied.


1,208 posted on 10/27/2005 7:40:50 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: Seamoth
If they had much political sense, they would've gone for Janice Rogers Brown in the first place, given that she's got preapproval from the filibuster compromise.

The dems would fillibuster Brown, the question is whether or not there would be enough Republican support for killing the filibuster rule (the so-called "nuclear" option), my guess is that there wouldn't be. If Frist can't even muster enough votes to support Miers, how on earth will he muster enough to overturn the filibuster rules?

So that means that Brown/Luttig/Owens would all be DOA, there would be a big fight, but ultimately they would fail. I think the Bush team realizes this.

1,209 posted on 10/27/2005 7:41:04 AM PDT by va4me ("Government isn't the solution to the problem, it is the problem" - Ronald Reagan)
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To: pbrown
I quoted somebody else. And I called that person a member of the Fred-Phelps wing of the GOP.

Go back and read the post.

1,210 posted on 10/27/2005 7:41:08 AM PDT by sinkspur (Trust, but vilify.)
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To: Republic of Texas
Why don't you quote me the one(s) that justify the bloodbath that isn't necessary?

Geez, some folks here are as bad as the Congress itself about forgetting who has the majority. A credentialed, repected conservative who takes his/her judicial role seriously without making a special point of being a bomb-thrower has absolutely no impediment to confirmation in this Senate. None.

1,211 posted on 10/27/2005 7:41:39 AM PDT by lugsoul
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To: cogitator
Well that's sort of my point, really. Are they willing to risk getting voted out of office by working against their constituency? If so, then their constituency can support a conservative in the primaries. We tend to forget that just because they are in office with an (R) after their name doesn't mean we can't find someone better.
1,212 posted on 10/27/2005 7:41:49 AM PDT by Jokelahoma (Animal testing is a bad idea. They get all nervous and give wrong answers.)
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To: SoFloFreeper; Faith; kayak; Miss Marple; mrs tiggywinkle; GretchenM; CyberAnt; Blogger; ...
Prayers for the President and for Harriet Miers.

Dear Lord, please direct President Bush's thinking and lead him to Your choice to lead this land back to righteousness. And heal the deep wounds in Harriet Miers which have resulted in this vile attack on her character and person. Thank you for the wisdom you have granted them both during this trial.

1,213 posted on 10/27/2005 7:42:03 AM PDT by ohioWfan (Take comfort, Friend George, God is with thee!)
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To: buckeyeblogger

Priscilla Owen DID NOT withdraw her name


1,214 posted on 10/27/2005 7:42:03 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: Trust but Verify
She is only about 45 years old, has two teenaged sons and is the former wife of conservative radio host and author Charles Sykes.

Even better. (Could be on the court for 35-40 years!) Plus, I grew up in Wisconsin, but I've been out of touch since my parents moved to NC in 1989. So it'd be nice to have a Cheesehead (er, Badger) on the SCOTUS. Good Midwestern stock.

1,215 posted on 10/27/2005 7:42:04 AM PDT by cogitator
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To: PhiKapMom
You're right that there is a degree of risk in what has occurred.

But the risks of an unknown quantity like Miss Miers being on the court for decades outweighed the risks of getting someone worse, I think.

1,216 posted on 10/27/2005 7:42:25 AM PDT by B Knotts
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To: jporcus
Unbelievable.

What was unbelievable, was this was the Presidents choice to begin with.

1,217 posted on 10/27/2005 7:42:26 AM PDT by Black Tooth (The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
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To: TonyInOhio
Ed Henry of CNN says Frist called Bush last night and said the votes weren't there.

Once again Frist shows that he can't lead. Sigh....

1,218 posted on 10/27/2005 7:42:40 AM PDT by va4me ("Government isn't the solution to the problem, it is the problem" - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Mister Da
Drop it, Fred. I can't help it if you think all unmarried people are homosexual?

Are you married?

1,219 posted on 10/27/2005 7:42:41 AM PDT by sinkspur (Trust, but vilify.)
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To: OXENinFLA

Nice letter. I wonder who actually wrote it? It couldn't be Miers, there are no exclamation marks or i's dotted with hearts. ;)

(that's a joke.)


1,220 posted on 10/27/2005 7:42:53 AM PDT by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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