CNN: HARRIET MIERS HAS WITHDRAWN!

[SoFloFreeper]

just breaking!!!!!!!!

[fox0566]

Thanks for the clarification......I had not heard that. If Janice Rogers Brown was still available for consideration, then he has no excuse for not choosing her. I just hope that President Bush doesn't turn his anger and frustration back at his conservative base and nominate someone even less conservative than Miers.

[Stew Padasso]

If JRB is nominated, you can bet your @ss I'll be behind the Prez.

[Republic of Texas]

I know you are to humble to say it, but thanks for being on the RIGHT side. The air is cleaner here, dontcha think?

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Let's hope the Dems are shortsighted enough to nominate Kwesi Mfume.

I don't think they will, but it's still a remote possibility.

[Sloth]

Remember, we all share the same goal of putting originalists on the SCOTUS.

I think that is overly optimistic. Some of us seem to have other agendas entirely.

[PhiKapMom]

You are correct! I saw a lot of Freepers with huge doubts that were willing to have an up or down vote. I think her pulling her nomination was in the best interest of the President and Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee and I respect her for doing just that.

[BibChr]

Yep.

)c8

[ohioWfan]

AMEN! Thank God for the righteous man who now occupies the Oval Office.

And PRAY that no decisions that affect this country's moral future are made soon because SANDRA DAY OCONNOR is now going to be there longer.

[Pukin Dog]

Look, in the end, I think this fight has been good for us. For one thing, we smoked out the crazies among us. It also put a permanent end to the Pukin Dog vanities, and that cant be a bad thing either. Sure there will be slow-healing scars, but this was a fight we needed to have.

[Spunky]

"Thank God he has recognized his mistake."

Where do you find that he recognized his mistake? It is my understanding she withdrew, he didn't ask her to withdraw.

[sinkspur]

By the way, I sure hope all the sniping at the President now stops here at FR.

Are you kidding?

It will only get worse, now that the ubers have the whip hand.

[Obadiah]

You are spot on!

[Dane]

The ubers will simply move on to some other issue, where they'll plant their flag and threaten to not vote in 2006.

They are like the liberals, they can't make it through their day without being offended about something.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Look at what you just said. President Bush is vindictive and cares more about his own ego and winning, than principle and the good of the country. If that's true, it speaks little for his character and surely such a person has been undeserving of conservative support all these years.

You'd be surprised at the supposed Bush-lovers' low regard for the man they love. I've heard the meme that Bush plans to appoint the worst possible person post-Miers, out of spite, for weeks-- by pro-Miers folks trying to shout down anti-Miers folks. It's crazy.

[cake_crumb]

"President Bush please give us a real conservative!"

Give 'im a call and recommend someone.

[Wolfstar]

There's the way to reunite the party.

There will be no reunification. The bile and hatred directed at Ms. Miers has created a permanent rift. Even now, on this thread, after she has withdrawn, there are people calling her a lesbian. I have seen people call her a pig and worse. I will NEVER side with such people, no matter if they are on the Left or the Right.

More to the point: From now on, any candidate for public office who prances around either calling himself a "real" conservative or courting same will not get my vote.

[Cicero]

I think that if Bush hadn't put up Miers, he would have had a much stronger chance to push a real candidate through the Senate.

By nominating Miers, he showed weakness, unwillingness to put pressure on the RINO seven or confront the Democrats on this crucial issue. Now, regretably, he will have to prove himself from the position of weakness that he put himself into. It's like having to win a war after having tossed away the first battle.

I think he can do it, and I think he must do it. If he were to put up Gonzalez, he would totally destroy himself. If he puts up a string of conservatives, he will recover, but it will be a very hard fight at this point.

Still, there's simply no other choice.

[Howlin]

The President owes the Conservatives nothing,

My, my, aren't you gracious, calling yourself the winner.

I hope you're happy with what you've "won."

[Warren_Piece]

Thank you, Miss Marple. This is what I've been trying to say. Coulter's "Cleaning Lady" comment was disgusting, but one of the milder ones compared to what we've seen at FR. I've never said that there should be no dissent against Miers, but I have argued that it should be civil, and preferably behind the scenes. Many have burned bridges that will never be rebuilt.

[Lady Heron]

Our side needs a plan of action against them, NOW. Not just talk, but action.

Ah, but you see, that would take real men with real principles willing to fight. Reagan is dead. So we have the slow march with the slowly crumbling press. MSM are political operatives but their power is waining, maybe not as fast as we would like, but it is going.

Nobody has the nerve to be McCartny and call traitors in the MSM, the CIA the dem party, traitors.....they might loose their country club status and the dems would not invite them to the next DC party. We have to deal in reality, but it is not all bleak, just blasted slow.