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Bill Kristol Rips Miers Nomination: W "Flinched"
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Posted on 10/03/2005 6:31:17 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

In a just-completed interview on Fox News, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol made no effort to sugar coat his criticism of President Bush's selection of Harriet Miers as his Supreme Court nominee.

Among Kristol's comments:

There is no way to say she is the best-qualified.

It really looks like W, faced with pressure and criticism, "flinched."

This is an insult to the well-qualified conserative women W has appointed to the federal bench.

W could have appointed Miers to a federal judgeship before but didn't do so. Could reflect his views on her qualifications up till now.

He's spoken with a number of leading conservatives already this morning and they are disappointed.

Kristol stated more than once that he was surprised by the pick and was obviously disappointed, to the point of seeming almost angry.


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To: LS

I have subsequently altered my view after my quick knee jerk reaction. hugh hewitt has a good sober take on this pick

www.hughhewitt.com


181 posted on 10/03/2005 7:47:49 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Put a mirror to the face of the republican party and all you'll see is a Donkey.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

She donated to Gore's campaign. She's a NOW-nag. What more needs to be said.


182 posted on 10/03/2005 7:48:07 AM PDT by MHT
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To: Sam Cree

So you are saying you'd not have a threesome with Ruth and Harriet?


183 posted on 10/03/2005 7:49:57 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Put a mirror to the face of the republican party and all you'll see is a Donkey.)
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To: puroresu
Brown or Owen would have been confirmed.

My problem with this pick! Why choose Miers, a total judicial blank, when qualified known quantities like JRB and Priscilla Owen are available and would in all likelihood serve longer? Not being privy to the President's inner circle, it's frustrating, but I just don't get it!

184 posted on 10/03/2005 7:50:55 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: chris1

I doubt he has the conversatives mostly to thank. He has moderately right people like me to thank.


185 posted on 10/03/2005 7:51:27 AM PDT by BushisTheMan
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To: MAD-AS-HELL

Ack!


186 posted on 10/03/2005 7:51:55 AM PDT by Sam Cree (absolute reality - Miami)
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To: Echo Talon
Well, I was right again.. It wasn't Gonzalez.

Instead, it was Gonzales with lipstick. Or better yet, payback for dissin' Gonzales in June when the President really wanted Gonzales but Gonzales was too well known to Conservatives.

Bush didn't flinch. He stabbed.
187 posted on 10/03/2005 7:52:57 AM PDT by safisoft (Give me Torah!)
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To: Miss Marple
In addition to all of this, she was the leading force in recommending Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen, Miguel Estrada, and all of the other judges that people are saying would be a better choice than her.

This fact is her single most qualifying act from her history.

188 posted on 10/03/2005 7:53:58 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Miss Marple

She donatd to Gore. How does that help make her a good pick? She was Bush's personal attorney and donated to Gore. How does that make her even a trustworthy friend, muchless advisor?


189 posted on 10/03/2005 7:54:09 AM PDT by MHT
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To: Miss Marple
In addition to all of this, she was the leading force in recommending Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen, Miguel Estrada, and all of the other judges that people are saying would be a better choice than her.

This fact is her single most qualifying act from her history.

190 posted on 10/03/2005 7:54:14 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Miss Marple
In addition to all of this, she was the leading force in recommending Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen, Miguel Estrada, and all of the other judges that people are saying would be a better choice than her.

This fact is her single most qualifying act from her history.

191 posted on 10/03/2005 7:54:16 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Miss Marple

You made some good points, but I think appointments to the SC deserve more than simply whether one is a loyal friend or not. This is not supposed to be a gift or promotion.

I personally would like to have seen Judge Brown myself. I don't like unknown entities and certainly don't believe GWB on anything political anymore. The fact that he signed CFR admitting it was unconstitutional at the time says volumes.


192 posted on 10/03/2005 7:57:09 AM PDT by chris1 ("Make the other guy die for his country" - George S. Patton)
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To: JustAnotherOkie

a proven record is just what bush was trying to avoid, thats what the nomination game has come to. smallest target posssible.


193 posted on 10/03/2005 7:57:13 AM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: todd1
The more conservatives learn about her the more they will like her

Impossible. We have officially left the reservation. One thing is for sure, she is no Scalia, and she is no Thomas. Bush stabbed us in the back.

He could have chosen one of MANY solid conservatives. But he chose a friend of his instead - knowing full well that his conservative base would balk.

He just kicked dirt in the face of many who worked hard for his election and reelection.
194 posted on 10/03/2005 7:57:29 AM PDT by safisoft (Give me Torah!)
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To: Miss Marple

Sorry for the 'triple'. Network problems....


195 posted on 10/03/2005 8:00:14 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

This is W's legacy, right here. He knows her well. He has no excuses.

If she isn't a constitutionalist (which is a conservative...have you ever met a liberal consititutionalist?) it will haunt him forever.

I think this pick tell us more about Bush than anything he's ever done.


196 posted on 10/03/2005 8:00:58 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Free Speech is a Right. Being Wrong is Just...Wrong.)
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To: BushisTheMan

You are full of S$#$%^. Did you take a week off of work and give up your salary to travel to other states to GOTV????? Did you go door to door in unfriendly hoods with lit and talk to voters? Did you spend time away from friends and family to call people on the phone and to coordinate GOTV events?

I know many conservatives that did. I would be very very surprised if you did.


197 posted on 10/03/2005 8:03:16 AM PDT by chris1 ("Make the other guy die for his country" - George S. Patton)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Bill Kristol was and remains John McPaines butt boy and tries to "stick it to" Bush at every opportunity.


198 posted on 10/03/2005 8:04:16 AM PDT by hgro (ews)
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To: webstersII

I tend to agree with you on spending and CFR. But as for judicial appointments, I think the president has done pretty well. The same folks in here that disagree with Miers as an appointment applauded his choice of Janice Rogers Brown and many others. I don't get their logic.


199 posted on 10/03/2005 8:05:02 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: Pondman88
I agree with you, Roberts had his share of naysayers in the beginning as well, now he is Chief justice. I trust W on Miers.


I agree with you.

From the response by many on this forum you would think we had a say in who President Nominated. Hey people, get a clue, we do not have a voice. (This is not directed at you Pondman)

The only choice we had as to who would be selected for the next opening was who we voted for to be President.

The choice then was between Bush and Kerry. I went with Bush. For all you that are unhappy with President Bush's choice, do you really think Kerry's choice would have made you happy?

And for all you who believe any President is going to nominate a exteme conservative, wake up and smell the coffee.

The best we could have hoped for is a "moderate". I am comforatable that President Bush would not nominate an extreme lefty, but beings how I am to the right of Bush, it is possible that this nominee is to the left of me. I will live with it.

I am not a one issue person, which is the one characteristic of both the extreme left and extreme right, and perhaps why both extremes seem to be in a constant state of turmoil. Me, I will wait to know more, and accept what ever happens.

The Supreme Court is important, but earning a living is more so, and so I will end this and go to work.

Have fun guys, but remember, nothing you have to say will matter to anyone.

200 posted on 10/03/2005 8:05:39 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN
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