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Miers Withdraws Supreme Court Nomination
Yahoo/AP ^ | 10/27/05 | Yahoo News/AP

Posted on 10/27/2005 6:09:25 AM PDT by procomone

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To: Trust but Verify
Why are you so anxious for a fight? This sentiment is puzzling to me.

Just roll over and give the leftists what they want to avoid one?

Whether or not you like it, we are having a cultural war within (as well as a real one externally). Pressing your advantage to win is the only logical alternative. The left will never negotiate in good faith, they will stab this country in the back every chance they get...

161 posted on 10/27/2005 6:46:47 AM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: Trust but Verify

Don't get me wrong, I am glad she withdrew her name. I don't want to be surprised by any more supreme court picks. I don't like the "trust me" route. There are a lot of good conservative picks out there and if it means a struggle to get them thru then so be it. And I also don't subsribe to the thought that it HAS to be a woman. Pick the most qualified, period.


162 posted on 10/27/2005 6:46:48 AM PDT by WatchOutForSnakes
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To: JimRed

IMHO I believe the whole Harriet Miers nomination was a "rope-a-dope" operation from the Bush White House from the outset. GW was concerned that if he nominated someone like Janice Rogers Brown, etc. there would be a world war to get her confirmed. He knew he needed a greatly motivated and charged "conservative" base to get a Rogers confirmed, even if it meant using the "nuclear" option.

He has formed the perfect storm by having Miers make a number of minor mistakes along the way, then having her resign just as Patrick Fitzgerald is about announce the indictments against GW Bush aides Karl Rove and Scooter Libby. When Fitzgerald swallows his Kool Aid and does the bidding of the Democrat "Traitor/Treason" Party on Friday, the "conservative" base will solidly unite behind the President and his nominee and go forward with a political intensity never before seen.

GW Bush has set the stage for a real conservative to be approved to the Supreme Court, and the idiot Democrat Party has set the stage for a full blown conservative Republican revolt against the baseless charges brought forward by Patrick Fitzgerald. Mr. Fitzgerald and his Democrat friends are going down no matter what they do to Karl Rove or Scooter Libby, etc. Joe Wilson and his whole ilkd of lap dogs are nothing but traitors, and the average American will soon get it!!!

And, since I have been right in my political predictions since 1994 when the MSM universally predicted the Republicans would pickup twelve seats in the house at the maximum, or breakeven at best, and I predicted the Pubbies would gain thirty seats (I was in error, they gained 52 seats), I am predicting that the Republicans will gain seats in both the House and Senate in 2006!!! Stay tuned!!!

Fact is: the Democrat Party is lost and so is the MSM. They are living in a bubble of their own making and don't have a clue as to the real world that surrounds them.


163 posted on 10/27/2005 6:47:17 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX
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To: penowa
I did not make up my mind about Harriet Miers because I wanted to hear her speak for herself...I won't get that chance because the democrats have won again..Don't even think for one minute that the dems wanted Harriet..They were playing a little game here..Pretend she will be confirmed and the Conservatives will all be against her..Well they were right..To make it plain since I have read some of this woman's views on things I have become a believer that if she were confirmed we would have a great Supreme Court..Now I do not know..Lets see where this goes..
164 posted on 10/27/2005 6:47:25 AM PDT by Beth528
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To: the tongue
I hope you're saying this as a good thing.

I've never thought turning on someone like a pack of dogs was a good thing, no matter who is doing it to whom.

165 posted on 10/27/2005 6:47:38 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: USPatriette
"One has to wonder what really motivates them."

One need wonder no longer:
Principles.

A foreign concept to some, I know, but nonetheless, a motivating force.

166 posted on 10/27/2005 6:47:42 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: Frank T
If Bush nominates someone clearly to the left of O'Connor out of spite...

Thats not really like Bush, but if he does that, he can say goodbye to his agenda for the next 3 years. Furthermore, it would no longer be a questions of whether Republicans run against Bush's administration in 2006.

167 posted on 10/27/2005 6:47:43 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator (This space outsourced to India)
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To: Rodney King

I supported Bush`s choice of Miers and thought she would be confirmed. Now, we will never know. But the fact remains, she deserved an opportunity to speak out. This was a surprising decision, but not shocking. It appears that Bush is saying this decision had to do with release of internal WH documents. Something no President wants to hand over to the Senate.


168 posted on 10/27/2005 6:48:18 AM PDT by Reagan Man (Secure our borders;punish employers who hire illegals;stop all welfare to illegals)
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To: SerpentDove
So what part of the pro-abortion speech did you like best?

And that has to do with my post how?

169 posted on 10/27/2005 6:48:21 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Redbob

Well my dear FRiend.. be carefull where you put your set, it may get run over by the passing ship jumpers.. You really want this fight.. NOW? All or nothing? Well you may get your wish..


170 posted on 10/27/2005 6:48:30 AM PDT by carlo3b (http://www.CookingWithCarlo.com)
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To: Trust but Verify

I would hardly call one post on Harriet Miers since her nomination, anxious. It is just the next scene in the saga, and what would you call what has already taken place, but a fight.


171 posted on 10/27/2005 6:49:08 AM PDT by wita (truthspeaks@freerepublic.com)
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To: USPatriette

"All true. But completely inapplicable to the issue at hand. I certainly hope the anti-Miers brigaders are not planning to come out and take a bow now, claiming to have saved civilization"

Civilization is far from being saved, but at least the end of this nomination prevented one more nail from being driven into its coffin.


172 posted on 10/27/2005 6:49:25 AM PDT by dsc
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To: procomone
We will see if President Bush has the last laugh.

If he doesn't nominate someone until next year Sandra Day O'Connor will be the swing vote till then.

Hope all the toddlers will be happy with that scenario.

173 posted on 10/27/2005 6:49:59 AM PDT by OldFriend (David Gelernter ~ American Patriot)
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To: liberty_lvr

"but he's our president and it's his call. If you don't like it, tough."

That's not the nature of coalition politics. The biggest voting segment was clear about wanting conservative judges for the federal courts, especially the Supreme Court.

It's an informal agreement that Bush, in exchange for these votes, would work to enact this party plank.

There is no "if you don't like it, tough luck."

Bush owes his base something for their votes.

OWES.


174 posted on 10/27/2005 6:50:04 AM PDT by Frank T
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To: JFC

"I never thought the people in my own party would be so cruel. It has been an eye opener to me."

Agreed. If the anti-Miers brigaders expect the conservatives who supported the president during this episode to jump on their bandwagon to hug and hold hands, they might find themselves disappointed at the level of enthusiasm for the next "gotcha" fight they want to instigate.


175 posted on 10/27/2005 6:50:24 AM PDT by USPatriette
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To: JFC
"President Bush, I continue to support you!"

There's always a place for blind unquestioning loyalty, I suppose.

176 posted on 10/27/2005 6:50:34 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: MEGoody

"Obviously, Bush did not think nominating Miers was the wrong thing to do. You might, I might, but obviously, he didn't."

So, is he infallible?


177 posted on 10/27/2005 6:50:50 AM PDT by dsc
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To: carlo3b

I'm afraid you are right. GOP has done a poor job and they have no one to blame but themselves. DEMS have been enjoying a great side show with all the problems we are having, they keep adding their digs via the MSM and we never respond, attack or stand up for the President or GOP.


178 posted on 10/27/2005 6:50:53 AM PDT by newfrpr04
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To: sangoo

sURE HOPE SO.


179 posted on 10/27/2005 6:50:58 AM PDT by funkywbr
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To: liberty_lvr

No I am not kidding at all.

I contacted the White House and my Senators and let them know I was furious about the nomination of a nobody to the court.

I am guessing that millions of other citizens did the same thing.

That is called our system working. The advice and consent clause was put in the Constitution precisely to thwart the President from appointing his friends or cronies. Sorry pal but Harriet never rose above that description.

If you choose to trust Bush, thats your business. Like Ronald Regan said it is up to the elected representatives to trust the people. Its not the other way around. Bush is not a king and he is not a dictator.

I voted for Bush primarily on a single issue and that is that he would be the one to shape the court for years to come.

If we are going to have a fight, lets have a worthwhile fight for a candidate worthy of our effort.


180 posted on 10/27/2005 6:51:10 AM PDT by Pylot
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