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By: A North American Patriot

A North American Patriot — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:45:16 +0000

This is not the forum for ‘average’
I have remained mostly silent, on Harriet Miers. Other than this post, from the morning of her nomination announcement, I have said nothing, while I waited to glean more information on the enigma of her qualifications. Well, at the behest

By: Below The Beltway

Below The Beltway — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:49:39 +0000

The Final Nail In The Coffin
I oppose the Miers nomination.

This has been rather obvious from my previous posts on this issue, but let me just say emphatically that I oppose the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. The reasons are too numerous to mention — she …

By: loboinok

loboinok — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 05:10:41 +0000

I voted for Pres. Bush twice. Both times knowing what his Presidential resposibilities encompassed.
Aware that he would more than likely be nominating 1-3 Supreme Court Justices.

Since I am confident (and thankful) that Bush relies on dependable and knowledgable advisors and not just a bunch of finger-in-the-wind political pundits, I’ll stick with him.

He hasn’t disappointed me yet with any of his Judicial appointments or nominations, so I have no reason to believe he will now.

The Constitution clearly gives him the authority to nominate whomever he deems fit.

When RBG was nominated, I didn’t hear near the noise I’m hearing now! Wonder why!

I guess I’m just getting tired of all the noise!

By: Don Surber

Don Surber — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 04:56:06 +0000

Right On, Harriet!
Hey, Truth Laid Bear, I support the Miers nomination.

As a supporter of Harriet Miers, I wrote a long response to George Will’s screed of intolerance toward anything Miers. “Perfect perversity” and “cannot be dignified as arguments” and “reve…

By: Gekkobear

Gekkobear — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 03:02:18 +0000

“Help me make up my mind. What are your thoughts?”

Ok, here’s my take. Nominating his personal lawyer of many years, and a WH insider is really only a few steps from nominating say his wife, or his brother, or maybe his dad.

It smacks far too closely of “the boys club” or near nepotism. If I knew a law student who someday wished to be on the SCOTUS I’d hope their plan of action would to be an outstanding lawyer and move to being a good and respected judge. FOcus on Constitutional Law, and arguing cases before the Court would be a reasonable plan of action.

Rather than having them think “hey, I should be a personal lawyer to this politician, if s/he rises high enough, I could be a SCOTUS member for life”.

She may well be qualified, but so far her best qualification is her personal/professional relationship with GWB. Somehow I don’t see that as a plus.

By: Barry

Barry — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:35:31 +0000

I know very little about Miers and because of that, I am troubled. Recent reports have done very little to give me a warm and fuzzy feeling about her either. My thought from the very beginning was that Bush folded holding a Royal Straight Flush. He had a lot of known quantities from which to pick and chose Miers who is anything but. I’m completely clueless as to why he would do it. I sincerely hope it is not because he is putting politics before the good of the country. In my opinion, the stakes are too high to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one.

By: Independent Conservative

Independent Conservative — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:08:43 +0000

Harriet Miers, something does not jive!
Her documented view on various issues seems to change depending on who ask the question.

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By: N.Z. Bear

N.Z. Bear — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:56:40 +0000

Sorry to be a bother, but by quoting Jeff’s opposition to Miers including the “I oppose” phrase, my scans for your position are getting confused. If you simply tweak his quote slightly to not have that exact phrase, they’ll work properly (like making it “[Jeff opposes] the…”.

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