Miers -- a brain fart in the wind

barefoot serpent · 10-28-2005, 01:00 PM

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Every Supreme Court nominee deserves an up or down vote.
-- Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)

that is 'ceptin' Miss Miers.

Happy Monkey · 10-28-2005, 01:13 PM

Likewise, a nominee shouldn't answer questions, or provide papers.

'ceptin' Miss Miers.

Undertoad · 10-28-2005, 01:42 PM

Judicial activism is wrong! There should be no litmus test for how a judge would rule on one particular subject! Except for those subjects we really care about! On those subjects we demand a litmus test, and immediate judicial activism!

Elspode · 10-28-2005, 02:24 PM

Harriet Miers looked as though she might very well be objective, a true servant of the law and the public which it rules.

Harriet! Out! Dubya, what the hell were you thinking?!! Here you are, POTUS, perfectly good opportunity to ramrod through a Right Wing stooge, and who do you appoint? Jeez...buy him books, send him to Yale, and all he wants to do is eat the judicial nominee.

Dubya's SCOTUS nominations are among the few things he's done so far that I haven't had a bad feeling about, because I expected him to do the predictable, Conservative thing. I'm baffled.

Happy Monkey · 10-28-2005, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Harriet Miers looked as though she might very well be objective, a true servant of the law and the public which it rules.

She looked to me like she would accept without question any argument made by the administration, and that was the reason for her nomination.

I would like to think that was also the reason the nomination fell flat, but I expect the reason was abortion.

Elspode · 10-28-2005, 02:46 PM

But doesn't the notion that she would accept any position of the current administration...except for abortion...sort of belie the entire notion in the first place? If she's got one personal position, she's probably got two or more.

Happy Monkey · 10-28-2005, 03:36 PM

No, I don't think the administration gives a damn about abortion. They just want their base to think they do.

Tonchi · 11-01-2005, 06:15 PM

Wanna bet that Jr. is going to be paying for at least one abortion between those wild girls of his? He's no less hypocrital than Regan, who claimed he supported family values but none of his children was speaking to him, they never went to church, and they had a gay designer and his lover occupying the Lincoln Bedroom. Jr. will probably have the abortion billed to his Government Health Plan, if he hasn't already.

Clodfobble · 11-01-2005, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tonchi

Wanna bet that Jr. is going to be paying for at least one abortion between those wild girls of his?

Just to set the record straight, I went to high school with them (when Bush was governor of Texas.) Only one of them is wild, the other is a complete straight-laced bookworm.

Tonchi · 11-02-2005, 12:32 AM

... a straight-laced bookworm who was always caught at the scene of the crime with her sister? I believe you and appreciate your factual input, but am I wrong that BOTH girls were charged with drinking infractions on separate occasions? It seems that the apple did not fall far from the tree.

Clodfobble · 11-02-2005, 07:45 AM

Yes, at a restaurant called Chuy's here in liberal Austin, both girls and about 20 of their other friends were together at dinner time, and some of them tried to buy margaritas with fake IDs. Stories differ as to who at the table tried to buy them. The manager was heard by several witnesses to loudly declare, "Oh, I know who YOU two are, you aren't going anywhere," before calling the police to a routine alcohol denial to make sure they were all charged (the manager claimed that whoever in the group was going to buy them, it was obviously to share with all the 20 other people at the table.) It was a political stunt. That was the only incident the straightlaced one was ever involved in.

The other, however, has received several MIPs (Minor in Possession) when she was actually, you know, drunk.

Undertoad · 11-02-2005, 08:05 AM

I'll go waaaay out on a limb and guess that Jenna is the wild one and Barbara is the straight-laced one.

Clodfobble · 11-02-2005, 08:12 AM

Could be.

I have always been, for some reason, irrationally afraid of libel suits. I wonder if there's a scientific -phobia name for that.

Happy Monkey · 11-02-2005, 12:06 PM

I guess this pic is now mandatory for the thread...

10-28-2005, 01:13 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Likewise, a nominee shouldn't answer questions, or provide papers. 'ceptin' Miss Miers. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-28-2005, 02:24 PM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Harriet Miers looked as though she might very well be objective, a true servant of the law and the public which it rules. Harriet! Out! Dubya, what the hell were you thinking?!! Here you are, POTUS, perfectly good opportunity to ramrod through a Right Wing stooge, and who do you appoint? Jeez...buy him books, send him to Yale, and all he wants to do is eat the judicial nominee. Dubya's SCOTUS nominations are among the few things he's done so far that I haven't had a bad feeling about, because I expected him to do the predictable, Conservative thing. I'm baffled. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-28-2005, 02:46 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	But doesn't the notion that she would accept any position of the current administration...except for abortion...sort of belie the entire notion in the first place? If she's got one personal position, she's probably got two or more. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-28-2005, 03:36 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	No, I don't think the administration gives a damn about abortion. They just want their base to think they do. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-01-2005, 06:15 PM	#8
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	Wanna bet that Jr. is going to be paying for at least one abortion between those wild girls of his? He's no less hypocrital than Regan, who claimed he supported family values but none of his children was speaking to him, they never went to church, and they had a gay designer and his lover occupying the Lincoln Bedroom. Jr. will probably have the abortion billed to his Government Health Plan, if he hasn't already. __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

10-28-2005, 01:42 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Judicial activism is wrong! There should be no litmus test for how a judge would rule on one particular subject! Except for those subjects we really care about! On those subjects we demand a litmus test, and immediate judicial activism!

11-02-2005, 12:32 AM	#10
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	... a straight-laced bookworm who was always caught at the scene of the crime with her sister? I believe you and appreciate your factual input, but am I wrong that BOTH girls were charged with drinking infractions on separate occasions? It seems that the apple did not fall far from the tree. __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

11-02-2005, 07:45 AM	#11
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Yes, at a restaurant called Chuy's here in liberal Austin, both girls and about 20 of their other friends were together at dinner time, and some of them tried to buy margaritas with fake IDs. Stories differ as to who at the table tried to buy them. The manager was heard by several witnesses to loudly declare, "Oh, I know who YOU two are, you aren't going anywhere," before calling the police to a routine alcohol denial to make sure they were all charged (the manager claimed that whoever in the group was going to buy them, it was obviously to share with all the 20 other people at the table.) It was a political stunt. That was the only incident the straightlaced one was ever involved in. The other, however, has received several MIPs (Minor in Possession) when she was actually, you know, drunk.

11-02-2005, 08:05 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'll go waaaay out on a limb and guess that Jenna is the wild one and Barbara is the straight-laced one.

11-02-2005, 08:12 AM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Could be. I have always been, for some reason, irrationally afraid of libel suits. I wonder if there's a scientific -phobia name for that.

11-02-2005, 12:06 PM	#14
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I guess this pic is now mandatory for the thread... Attached Images __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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