Bush says Miers has experience, leadership

[sabra]

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/12853325.htm


Bush says Miers has experience, leadership


WASHINGTON - President Bush countered conservative displeasure Saturday with a detailed defense of his Supreme Court nominee, saying White House counsel Harriet Miers would bring to the bench vast experience in the courtroom and at the highest levels of government.

"No Supreme Court nominee in the last 35 years has exceeded Harriet Miers' overall range of experience in courtroom litigation; service in federal, state and local government; leadership in local, state and national bar associations and pro bono and charitable activities," Bush said in his weekly radio address.

"Throughout her life, Ms. Miers has excelled at everything she has done," he added.

A growing number on the right have expressed displeasure with Bush's selection of Miers to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court.

[Why Syzygy]

1. "Everything"?

That's what I thought.

[Thor_MN]

22. "Throughout her life, Ms. Miers has excelled at everything she has done,"

George, you dumbass, she only seems so perfect because you fucked up everything YOU have done. By your standards, EVERYONE has excelled. If not for the money that Granpappy Prescott made doing busisness with Nazi Germany, you would be on a street corner somewhere, mumbling about how the voices in your head are telling you to invade Iraq and make a Palestinian homeland....

[Paulie]

31. I wonder if we'll find she had a stained "red" dress

if she is so good at EVERYTHING

[opihimoimoi]

2. No one believes the Liar...his pants emmitting smoke for 4 yrs now...

[wurzel]

3. If the Repukes voted for Thomas, how can they object to Miers?

The bar is so low for Repukes it is in the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

[radwriter0555]

4. bush said he found wmds in iraq too. Doesn't mean it's true, if we use

that particular litmus test -- whether or not he's a fucking liar just SOME of the time.

"On FRIDAY bush does NOT lie..."

[realFedUp]

5. What she has are the keys to all George's skeletons

and future indictments if we really still
had justice in this country. And what a way
to get a promotion, by waving those keys
in front of a boss's eyes. A win win for
both parties.

[barbaraann]

6. Comparing her qualifications to Bush's:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2139127&mesg_id=2139127

[pennylane100]

7. Have any senate democrats spoken about her.

I don't thinks she is the right person for the job but the way the repugs are reacting to her nomination, maybe she won't be so bad.

[HuffleClaw]

8. "No Supreme Court nominee in the last 35 years has exceeded..."

yeah yeah yeah. try again george. just cause he says it, don't make it so. its like saying, 'well, hiring this arsonist as the fire inspector is a good idea because of his experience with fires'.

[DrZeeLit]

25. Soooo, she's better than Roberts? Then, why wasn't she nominated

for Chief Justice?

Why did he change the Roberts nomination?
If she is sooooo qualified.... why do all that bait and switch?

What a nimnal.

[johnfunk]

9. Bush Addresses G.O.P. Unease Over Nominee

Bush Addresses G.O.P. Unease Over Nominee
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
The New York Times, October 9, 2005

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 - After a blistering week, the White House is scrambling to control a conservative uprising over the nomination of Harriet E. Miers to the Supreme Court, with President Bush pitching his choice directly to the public on Saturday as his Republican allies plotted strategy to shore up support.

...

The conservative uproar over Ms. Miers underscores how difficult it has been for Mr. Bush to pull his own party together as he faces a variety of problems on other fronts: his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina; a leak investigation involving his chief political adviser, Karl Rove; the indictment of Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, who was the House majority leader; and, most recently, the decision by a top Justice Department nominee to withdraw amid questions over his ties to a Republican lobbyist accused of fraud.

Only a week ago, Republicans were saying they looked forward to a new Supreme Court nominee because it would give them something to rally around, providing a welcome distraction from the Bush administration's problems. But the nomination of Ms. Miers only served to roil a party that is already divided over domestic matters like Social Security and how to pay to rebuild the Gulf Coast.

Now, having alienated his conservative backers, Mr. Bush must go forward on the Miers nomination alone, without the help of many of the advocates who led the charge for the last nominee, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

Okay, repeat after me: LAME CHIMP!

[Neil Lisst]

10. According to observers, Chimpster flung his feces at them, then

You know he wanted to.



------
progressive political cartoon
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/neillisst/

[FloridaPat]

11. Her nomination should be the laugh of the week! Why ANYONE is

taking this seriously is a major wonder. Especially the Democrats. If they let this go through, I think we should immediately impeach any Democrat that votes for her as being a repub in Democratic clothing and put in a real Democrat with a real backbone.

[Cha]

12. he doth protest

too much..i.e. "no, no, she's really a conservative..she's not going to change AGAIN."

[spindrifter]

15. There is no excuse for approving

her. The new issues are competency and cronyism. I don't see how the Dems. can possibly justify a third--COMPLICITY. They need to stand up and reject her as unfit for the job and inappropriate for the nomination. After all--this is our court of last resort. This is the highest court in the land--we should accept nothing less than excellence.

[texpatriot2004]

13. He did to them what he has always done to us. Deny our reality.

People say "she isn't qualified" he says "she's qualified" - in other words, he ignores what they say and re-asserts his fantasy island view over the perceptions of the people.

[jazzjunkysue]

14. I think people are finally getting it: He's friggin' nuts.

I always thought he was, but, finally, the rest of the world agrees with me.

It's a bit of a relief, I have to admit.

:grouphug:

[daleo]

16. It is a meaningless statement

No person in the world would "exceed" the exact life history of another person. There is no metric for comparison - it is like saying no human being exceeds the particular DNA of another.

I doubt if there has been another nominee with such a thin resume as far as actually "judging" goes, though. We saw what this kind of unqualified cronyism can do in the case of Brown of FEMA. At least he had experience judging horses - maybe Bush should have chosen him for the Supreme Court instead of FEMA.

[OKNancy]

17. kick

[T_i_B]

18. Bush hits back as Republicans erupt over Supreme Court pick

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1588343,00.html

A beleaguered President Bush yesterday launched a counter-offensive against the conservative wing of his own party by defending his controversial pick of Harriet Miers to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court.

Bush was assailed by critics last week who lambasted him for picking someone they see as lacking the necessary conservative credentials for the post.

But Bush hit back, devoting his weekly radio address to defending Miers. 'Throughout her life, Ms Miers has excelled at everything she has done,' he said.

Stunned Democrats have watched as the usually disciplined Republican party has dissolved into a virtual civil war. Bush's conservative base has long anticipated a chance to put someone on the Court who will espouse right-wing and anti-abortion views but many view Miers as a betrayal of those hopes.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

19. When are they going to realize

That the LAST thing a Republican politican wants is for Roe vs. Wade to go away?

[Demos]

20. Astute Observation

That and tax breaks are all they have to run on.

[LynnTheDem]

21. What...did he smack around his teddy bear?

"bush hits back"...all bush knows how to do is send others to do his dirty shit for him.

[cassiepriam]

23. He probably thinks the same about himself.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

27. exactly.

unbelievable.

[cassiepriam]

29. Yes, the grandiosity and narcissism is unbelievable.

[timtom]

24. Call me a sentimental old fool,

but what the hell has "litigation" to do with Constitutional Law?

Isn't that a bit like putting a high school biology teacher on a highly prestigious stem cell research team?

[MGKrebs]

26. She has a paper trail too!

[Dr Fate]

28. Bush also said Brownie was "doing a heckuva job." n/t

n/t

[Say_What]

30. "The pResident is the most brilliant person I've ever met."....

[UrbScotty]

32. Right, and Quayle was a good speller.

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