Comments on: Circling the Wagons on Miers

By: damnum absque injuria » Readers Asked to Do Blow’s Job

damnum absque injuria » Readers Asked to Do Blow’s Job — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:08:21 +0000

[...] Former Reason head Virginia Postrel is not amused by Blow’s request. Neither, I suspect, are those working jobs on the rim of the Beltway. Charles’ krauthammer is more agitated over this than by anything else in years, save only our big, strong forces’ penetration into Iraq. So far no one’s been able to jerk Jack off the plantation, but this seems to be more the exception that the rule. Watch for similar dissention from conservatives Los Angeles and Illinois, two jurisidictions where, as in Nevada, prosecution is legal. Or go down to some local pub and eat out with any right-leaning attorney and you’re bound to hear the same arguments there. What to do? Many people on the right have been pretty hard on Miers, and much of that opposition has been pretty stiff. If she’s going to be confirmed, all that opposition has to be beaten off somehow, and handing Blow’s job to his readers seems like as sound an approach as any. [...]

By: damnum absque injuria

damnum absque injuria — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:04:55 +0000

Readers Asked to Do Blow’s Job

This nomination will be long and hard, but in the end, we’ll pull through.

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By: Beldar

Beldar — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 02:06:03 +0000

This isn't all about you, Mr. Stotch. It's about the Court and the country. If you are indulging in feelings of betrayal, you've already closed your mind to the nominee's potential. I don't suggest that anyone who's concerned about, or even who objects to, the nomination has a duty to hush; by no means. But you haven't yet heard a line of the nominee's testimony. You appear to have drawn irrebutable conclusions about how she might compare to some other Justices, while simultaneously complaining that you don't have enough information to draw conclusions. I respectfully counsel not silence, nor slavish devotion, but an open mind, sir. For the Court and the country.

By: Herb

Herb — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:37:50 +0000

I wish these liberals would soon learn to get over it. They are like broken records singing the same song over and over again. Thay are so used to letting the elite liberals do their thinking for them, that they don't have a clew of what an honest days work is about. They are so accoustomed to letting the government take care of them, pay their bills, etc, etc. that could not survive it on their own.

Have you ever noticed that most of them are environ(menatal) wackos that will never accept or take responsibility for anything they do or say.
Their only ambition is to become "Wards of the State"

By: Marcia L. Neil

Marcia L. Neil — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:31:16 +0000

It is possible that Harriet Meiers is not with-drawing her candidacy because she was escorted onto the Justice Department laff track. Will press-time also be scheduled to discuss the support team?

By: An Interested Party

An Interested Party — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:00:43 +0000

"Is Bush incompetent? No â he is well qualified for the job."

OTB's version of stand-up comedy. George Bush is about as qualified as Mike Brown was...

By: Denton

Denton — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:07:02 +0000

Not having open and honest debate is what the liberals often accuse conservatives of. They are wrong and this is a good example. To base the approval of a supreme court justice on the potential outcome of the next election would be insane. Not speaking out would be dishonest.
Is Bush incompetent? No - he is well qualified for the job.
Do I agree with everything he has done? NO!
Would I vote for him again? Yes - against Kerry anyday.
Will we come together before the next election and support a candidate? Yes - assuming we can find one.
Is Harriet Miers competent for the supreme court? I'm not sure, but I know this: the extremely competent sitting justices cannot all agree on almost any decision, especially the controversial ones. Obviously the law is not black and white and philosophy becomes the deciding factor. Based on that, Harriet Miers is probably a good conservative nomination.

By: RA

RA — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:34:16 +0000

Bush has been conservative on tax cuts and the national defense (two of the most important issues we face). He has been a liberal on over all spending and illegal immigration.

He better be a conservative on picking all the Supreme Court justices. If Roberts, Meirs and any othr picks don't vote to overturn the pleathora of unconstitutional opinions on the books today (Roe v Wade being one of the first) Republicans will loose conservative and pro-life support in 2006 and 2008.

Jerry Daley is a liberal on as many issues as he is a conservative. He travels with many out right liberals who regularly pat him on the back for "growing" and being so "Opened minded". If Bush will not give us conservative justices then screw Daley and the Republicans in 2006 and 2008.

Personally I am in a wait and see mode. We will know how effective Bush is well before 2006.

By: An Interested Party

An Interested Party — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:15:37 +0000

My goodness! You're acting like...like...Democrats! It ain't pretty, all this infighting, but it is fun to watch...oh, and nice to see that conservatives (except for the ones who have their lips permanently attached to the president's ass) finally wake up and see what an incompetent cretin we have in the Oval Office...

By: Todays Democracy

Todays Democracy — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:56:58 +0000

Circling the Wagons on Miers

Leopold Stotch at Outside The Beltway was a great response to a post on RedState.org which basically advocates that conservatives keep their mouths shut over the Miers nomination in order to protect the Republican party.

His final quo...

By: Leopold Stotch

Leopold Stotch — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:03:30 +0000

Whatever: If you can't see the distinction between what I've written here and previously, perhaps you should simply skip all my posts or maybe even consider another blog (perhaps one of your own where you can dazzle us with a broader variety of topics not seen here).

By: whatever

whatever — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:47:47 +0000

Yes, yes, we GOT IT after your first half dozen posts: you don't like Miers and are pissed at Bush. So, vote Democratic next time or stay home. Whatever. We understand. Okay? Can you now post on another topic? This one is getting boring.

Does anyone else want to hear Leopold vent his spleen anymore over Miers? Anyone?

By: DaveD

DaveD — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:59:36 +0000

I love these threads where the condescending liberal leaners are admonishing us more conservative folks for voting for Bush. I voted for him cause I just couldn't see the merit of making him do all that work of moving the furniture out of White House for another "self-absorbed elitist who never worked a day in his life". Both kind of looked the same to me so why change!?

By: Myopic Zeal

Myopic Zeal — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:56:56 +0000

Peggy Noonan: Miers Could be Bush’s Tim McCarthy

Peggy Noonan thinks Miers ought to withdraw her name.
Is there a way out for the White House? Yes. Change plans at LaGuardia. Remember the wisdom of New York’s Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who said, “I don’t make a lot of mistakes but ...

By: lunacy

lunacy — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:46:56 +0000

All the conservative republicans I know worked their asses off to get an education and support their families. They just want to keep what they earned and trust their own decision making process more than Ted Kennedy's.