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Posted on 10/03/2005 4:06:25 AM PDT by johnmecainrino
Harriet Miers
What do we know about her?
Bush knows her well, so I think we have to assume she is on the same wave-length.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooo
According to FNC, she was Bush's personal lawyer in 1985.
If this is true- there are going to be a LOT of unhappy people.
This is "one" of the "many" last straws.
Lack of paper trail...
Total BS! Argh!!!
What's the problem with this pick??
I've heard she's not staunchly pro-life, but how do we know this and what do we know about her?
Wonder if this is a head fake. If not, she fits the "Roberts" mold as in not being a high profile possibility.
Pisses me off. Well, don't know that I will be voting next year.
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At 8:15 am the President is going to announce he will officially switch to the Democrat Party.
From the White House in November 2004:
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to appoint Harriet Miers to be Counsel to the President. Ms. Miers will fill the position held by Judge Alberto Gonzales, following his confirmation by the Senate.
"Harriet Miers is a trusted adviser, on whom I have long relied for straightforward advice. Harriet has the keen judgment and discerning intellect necessary to be an outstanding Counsel. She is a talented lawyer whose great integrity, legal scholarship, and grace have long marked her as one of America's finest lawyers. I have deep respect for Harriet and look forward to her continued counsel in this new role," stated President Bush.
Ms. Miers currently serves as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff. Most recently, she served as Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary. Prior to joining the White House staff, Ms. Miers was Co-Managing Partner at Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP, where she helped manage an over 400-lawyer firm. Previously, she was President of Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell, where she worked for 26 years. In 1992, Ms. Miers became the first woman elected Texas State Bar President following her selection in 1985 as the first woman to become President of the Dallas Bar Association. She also served as a Member-At-Large on the Dallas City Council. Ms. Miers received her bachelor's degree and J.D. from Southern Methodist University.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/11/20041117-15.html
Although this bio doesn't answer your question.
Yep! He might as well.
Everyone else is a Texan or her boss.
SHE CAN'T BE THE NEXT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE!
F&F indicating Miers not a strong pro-lifer, ala Condi.
Do you have a source for this?
I am not happy about the pick, but you sir are a liar.
I've just looked her up on Open Secrets and she has never donated to anyone but Republicans.
F&F indicating Miers not a strong pro-lifer, ala Condi.
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I am so pissed off and disappointed. My support of the GOP has just waned a lot. What's the use in voting for them?
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
You are a troll. She did not. A quick search at FEC.gov under individual search shows she donated to Bush and other GOP candidates / PACs
"She donated to the DNC and ALGORE for President!"
Yep.. :( :(
Perhaps there is NO difference in politics.
Source please.
See #25.
Anyway, she donated to the DNC and ALGORE for President in the past and I think her background was liberal. Later she became loyal to President Bush. I don't think that the best candidate today will be the best Justice in the years to come. Bush's term will finish in 2008 and then, to whom will she be loyal?
THIS IS BAD NEWS!
Yeah ... I know how you feel.
Everytime the wife makes meatloaf I tell her I've got to go on a diet.
Zero judicial experience. The Democrats will eat this alive. And the Conservatives will join in.
People forgot that the Bush family is not Texan, they are Kennebunkport, MA liberals who sniff the political winds.
DONE!
It'll be interesting to see if CNN starts agitating for O'Connor to rescind her retirement again.
Contributions to Political Committees
MIERS, HARRIET
DALLAS, TX 75201
LOCKE PURNELL
HUTCHISON, KAY BAILEY
VIA KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON FOR SENATE COMMITTEE
04/23/1997 1000.00 97020071839
05/11/1999 1000.00 99020081858
06/03/1999 -1000.00 99020081858
06/03/1999 1000.00 99020081858
MIERS, HARRIET
DALLAS, TX 75229
ATTORNEY
NEWTON, JONATHAN
VIA JON NEWTON FOR CONGRESS
06/01/2000 1000.00 20035870112
MIERS, HARRIET E
DALLAS, TX 75201
LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP
BUSH, GEORGE W
VIA BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC.
03/10/1999 1000.00 99034441494
MIERS, HARRIET E MS.
ARLINGTON, VA 22202
U.S. GOVERNMENT/DEPUTY SHERIFF
BUSH, GEORGE W
VIA BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC
10/08/2003 2000.00 24990261911
MIERS, HARRIET E. MS.
DALLAS, TX 75201
SELF EMPLOYED/ATTORNEY
LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP LLP PAC
05/17/2000 415.00 20990160519
MIERS, HARRIET MRS.
DALLAS, TX 75201
LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP/ATTORNEY
BUSH, GEORGE W
VIA BUSH-CHENEY 2000 COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE INC.
04/28/2000 1000.00 20990123486
MIERS, HARRIETT
DALLAS, TX 75201
LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP
DALLAS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
02/19/1999 1000.00 20035931055
Total Contributions: 8415.00
Joint Fundraising Contributions
These are contributions to committees who are raising funds to be distributed to other committees. The breakdown of these contributions to their final recipients may appear below
MIERS, HARRIET
DALLAS, TX 75201
LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP LLP
GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND
07/13/2000 500.00 20020331933
Total Joint Fundraising: 500.00
FEC.gov
Yeah, I smell petrol in this nominee.
Ugh!
Cronyism. This defines the Bushes. It is disgusting. We should oppose this nomination. We didn't elect Bush to promote his personal cronies, but to appoint proven, strict constructionists, to counter and reverse the 40-year perversion of the Constitution. Clinton nominated the most left-wing candidate in American history with Ginsberg. Why is Bush so scared to put a Rogers-Brown up there and win the battle of ideas--Americans overwhelmingly support our side.
Cronyism on freaking parade, people. Bush had a chance to go down in history with J. Michael Luttig or Karen Williams and he picked a female version of Abe Fortas. Disgusting.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
Yeah ... I know how you feel.
Everytime the wife makes meatloaf I tell her I've got to go on a diet.
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You have a point, but that's the way I feel about this pick.
"She donated to the DNC and ALGORE for President!"
Actually, I was just looking this morning and there was a Harriet Miers in Texas who donated to Lloyd Bentsen, the DNC and Al Gore in the late 80's.
Go here
MIERS, HARRIET E MS
DALLAS, TX 75229
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) $1,000
primary 11/03/88
MIERS, HARRIET E
DALLAS, TX 75219
LOCKE PURNELL RAIN HARRELL
LOCKE PURNELL RAIN HARRELL FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $630
primary 02/16/88
MIERS, HARRIET E MS
DALLAS, TX 75219
LOCKE PURNELL RAIN HARRELL GORE, AL (D)
President
ALBERT GORE JR FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INC $1,000
primary 02/16/88
MIERS, HARRIET E MRS
DALLAS, TX 75201
LOCKE PURNELL ETAL BENTSEN, LLOYD SENATOR (D)
Senate - DC
SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN ELECTION COMMITTEE $1,000
primary 03/30/87
Geez, donor to Al Gore and Lloyd Bentsen in '88?
Say it ain't so. :-(
How do you know that she donated to dnc and algore? If it is true give us some proof. We operate better with proof.
This is not a legal resume, but a PR release. I just do not know enough about the woman to know if this is a good choice. My spouse is already having a tantrum about the pick and Bush hasn't ven made it yet.
Sigh....
I wasn't even old enough to vote in 2000, and I still paid attention.
You should've picked up on the fact that Bush isn't Reagan when he first said "I'm a compassionate conservative."
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