I'll be there! Will I see you there?
Posted on 10/05/2005 3:01:45 PM PDT by Mike10542
Okay, lets say for a moment that Miers winds up voting with Scalia and Thomas. Let's also say that she is qualified. Let's also forget about the fact that cronyism played a part here. She could wind up being a great justice. The one thing I still cannot get around is why Bush and his people would be willing to risk this all on someone who is already 60 years old!!! Does anyone else on here, besides all the other reasons against her, see a problem with her age (then again if she winds up being a bad justice, we'll be lucky she wasn't 45-50 when Bush put her on)?
Hey there were some people clamoring for giving Robert Bork another go.
As someone else posted earlier today, that would allow President Hillary to appoint her replacement in 10 years or so.
lol.
Sixty is not too old, unless you figure the GOP won't win again for 20 years.
The one good thing about this appointment is that she probably won't last that long.
I have trouble with her age, too. However, remember she's a woman, I assume a non-smoker, and not fat. Odds are, she'll be around for quite a while.
So she maybe only goes ten or twenty years instead of thirty. Excuse me if I don't see that as the end of the world.
She could serve for 30 years or more.
They are working on that.
If they keep spending and enacting socialist policies, while barely concealing obvious (if not Democrat-level) corruption, it might not be so far-fetched a scenario.
No problem. Ever heard of Ronald Reagan?
Her starting age just means that she more than likely will not serve on the court for 30 years. Which might not be a bad thing. But, if she remains healthy and retains an interest in the job, she might be around for 15-20 years. There are plenty of people who are vital and active through their seventies.
Women live longer than men.
She will likely still be there in 20 years.
Hasn't worked that well for O'Connor.
Stop insulting us old bastards! I've still got thirty years left to work.
I'm 60 years old. 60 is only old to someone who isn't there yet.
possibly. SCOTUS justices of late have not been kicking the bucket very early.
I think she almost certainly will still be alive and serving at age 80.
They are doing a great job at it, but the longest GOP drought is 20 years, from 1932 to 1952.
I'm 55. As far as I'm concerned, 60 is the new 30.
Actually - O'Connor is retiring to care for her ailing HUSBAND.
I'll be there! Will I see you there?
Sure - but most of that was ONE President!
Damn straight. You don't think any of these young 30-somethings are gonna want to pay our social security for the next 30 years do you?
I think the same people who are saying that she is too old were saying that Roberts was too young.
1945 was a very good year.
Maybe her age made her the person she is today.
Yes, let's forget it because it's baseless. Bush has selected hundreds of people, perhaps thousands, for positions in the government so far. Almost none were people he knew well before their selection.
Yet if he picks just one person that he knows well, that's cronyism? Gimme a break.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 72. How much longer do you think we'll have to endure her?
"I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign." President Ronald Reagan
Her mother is 93.
I was born on June 29th of that fine year.
According to National Vital Statistics tables, a 60 year old white woman will live, on average, another 24 years. About the same as a 55 year old white man.
And that took a Great Depression.
It is very hard for an American political party to win 3 presidential elections in a row. It's almost impossible to win 4, and it is impossible to win 5.
1945 Is an excellent vintage.
Cronyism? Yes, I remember who JFK picked to be his Attorney General.
With her past problems it could be anyday. If I had to make book on it, I'd put the over/under at 4 years.
I was thinking the same thing!!
Isn't it time to update your screen name?
It seems old to me, and I've only got a couple of years to go.
The answer is obvious....she assured the President that she would live until she was 90. All we have to do is trust him and all will be well!
I am wondering if anyone concerned about "her" age would believe that "his" age at 60 would be a matter of concern. Men tend to think any woman over the age of 21 is ready for the grave yard, in my experience.
As I am nearly the same age as Miss Meier, I am not at all concerned about her toppling into the graveyard any time soon -- particularly since she has never been married and has no children. Spinsterhood is powerful.
RBG is in very ill health. She will be off the court within the next six months.
Ginsburg has been nothing but misery and my worst nightmare. A former attorney for the ACLU, she is in effect a Marxist.
Let's hope she "retires" before W is out so he can replace her. ANYONE appointed by any Republican President would be an incredible improvement over her.
At 60 years old, Harriet Miers, won't be long at the court, so if she turns out to be another Ginsberg, hopefully, the damage is not as severe.
I think that GWBush should nominate Ann Coulter to the bench.
Do you have a source for that?
Does that mean you have to post Ann's picture now?
Thanks for the info - I hope she lives to 100!
"she assured the President that she would live until she was 90. All we have to do is trust him and all will be well!"
LOL.
The fact is that 60 is old. It is a strike against her. If Bush were really trying to use his nomination wisely, he would pick the youngest "Scalia or Thomas" he could find.
Bush did not pick the youngest "Scalia or Thomas" he could find.
Bush did not use his pick wisely.
No one even knows if Bush picked a "Scalia or Thomas" like he promised.
Even if he did, she is still a crony and he should have picked someone else.
This pick is just lame. A total waste.
"she assured the President that she would live until she was 90. All we have to do is trust him and all will be well!"
LOL.
The fact is that 60 is old. It is a strike against her. If Bush were really trying to use his nomination wisely, he would pick the youngest "Scalia or Thomas" he could find.
Bush did not pick the youngest "Scalia or Thomas" he could find.
Bush did not use his pick wisely.
No one even knows if Bush picked a "Scalia or Thomas" like he promised.
Even if he did, she is still a crony and he should have picked someone else.
This pick is just lame. A total waste.
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