Conservatives Will Regret the Miers Withdrawal

Washington Post via Real Clear Politics ^ | 10/28/05 | E. J. Dionne Jr.

[linkinpunk]

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

WASHINGTON -- The damage President Bush and the conservative movement have inflicted on their drive to pack the U.S. Supreme Court with allies will not be undone by Harriet Miers' decision to withdraw her nomination.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

It appears that those most upset about the Mier's withdrawl are the lefties.

They really wanted to play the game of ‘Old Maid’ with the Supreme Court...

[G.Mason]

" ... you can count me out along with many of us ‘conservatives” in So Cal ... "

You won't forget to call us when you get to be a majority in Cal, will you.

[MaryFromMichigan]

I regret that she had to withdraw but I regretted more that she was appointed in the first place.

That sums it up for me in a nutshell.

[BibChr]

Doesn't that hurt to admit? Like I have to take another shower....

(c;

[palmer]

but there is a lot in this article that is right on.

Like how he doesn't mention Ruth Bader Ginsburg? This particular editorialist has spewed leftist lies of omission as long as I can remember.

[loveliberty2]

The pundits who stooped to the level of Far Left tactics in the past few weeks did not do honor to conservatism. Ends do not justify means, and their previous claims that the President's nominee "deserved" the right to a vote will come back to haunt them.

However, the Republican Senators are now placed in a position of deciding whether they will defend the principles of the Founders' Constitution and back a strong conservative nominee, or whether they will be cowered by the threats of Durbin, Reid, et al.

The Far Left adheres to the "living constitution" school, meaning that, as one liberal university professor proudly boasted a few years ago, "what we have had is a 'sitting constitutional convention.'"

There is no middle ground between liberty and tyranny, and that is what this is about.

Of the Constitution, James Madison observed that, ". . . every word. . . decides a question between power and liberty. . . ."

If future generations are to enjoy the liberty previous generations considered their birthright, and for which so many have sacrificed their lives, then now is the time for naming Supreme Court justices who will limit the Court to interpreting the Constitution. If changes are to be made, the Constitution has prescribed the only legitimate method by which they may be made--by act of "the People" themselves through the Amendment Process.

[SkyPilot]

This is from E.J.Dionne Jr---a Washington Post liberal, a Brookings Institute slave, and a rampant atheist. His book What's God Got to do with the American Experiment? would be considered hate speech against conservative Jews and Christians in an objective universe.

Yeah--I'am going to listen to him.

Right.

[Killborn]

They are not upset, they are ecstatic. They have another thing to bash us conservatives with. Okay, that's nothing new but more importantly, they have a convincing argument to persuade moderates to reject our cause. If this propaganda isn't stopped, the bloodletting will continue.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Yeah, I don't care for Dionne's sanctimonious, East-coast elitism, but there is a lot in this article that is right on.

Yeah, ‘right on,’ man... smoke two joints before you smoke two joints...

[austinite]

One of the earliest lesson I learned from FR is that we are no where near the majority.

That is the preception, but not reality. IMHO

[linkinpunk]

The Far Left adheres to the "living constitution" school

So if the Constitution is a living breathing document, is Roe v. Wade a living breathing decision?

[NapkinUser]

"Conservatives Will Regret the Miers Withdrawal"

I highly doubt it. Especially after the next pick is a known conservative.

[Mayflower Sister]

That's because the Liberal Presidents always nominated people who held their liberal philosophies.

[CzarNicky]

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

I stopped reading there.

[Teacher317]

The actual conservative ``principle'' was that the Senate should defer to the president's choice -- as long as that choice was acceptable to conservatives. Some principle

Mr. Dionne doesn't realize that the Senate has a different Constitutional function than voters?

[Iowa Granny]

ping

[SkyPilot]

Miers was done in by Kristol/Coulter/Limbaugh/Frum/etc. These are the people who stand to make money in TV appearances, ARBITRON ratings, book sales, speaking engagements, etc. if there is a bloody Senate fight.

Now I can see why you posted this stupid thread written this Liberal.

[Brilliant]

We may well regret her withdrawal ultimately, but in the meantime, mainly liberals will regret her withdrawal.

[irons_player]

"‘conservatives” in So Cal"

Where?

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Note that the article never even talks about the fact that conservatives could be opposed to her because of her lack of experience and judicial track record - very good reasons to oppose a nominee.

Secondly, the conservative base that helped get Bush re-elected has every right to scrutinize his nominations. I wouldn't feel so strongly about it but for George Sr's screw-up with David Souter.