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  • Bush: Miers' Religion Cited in Court Nod

    10/12/2005 9:40:01 AM PDT · by West Coast Conservative · 291 replies · 5,070+ views
    AP ^ | October 12, 2005 | NEDRA PICKLER
    President Bush said Wednesday that Harriet Miers' religious beliefs figured into her nomination to the Supreme Court as a top-ranking Democrat warned against any "wink and a nod" campaign for confirmation. "People are interested to know why I picked Harriet Miers," Bush told reporters at the White House. "Part of Harriet Miers' life is her religion." Bush, speaking at the conclusion of an Oval Office meeting with visiting Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, said that his advisers were reaching out to conservatives who oppose her nomination "just to explain the facts." He spoke on a day in which conservative James Dobson,...