Drudge Report Breaking: Hidden Testimony Reignites Miers Fire

[Singular73]

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash4hmn.htm

HIDDEN TESTIMONY REIGNITES MIERS FIRES

**Exclusive Details**

The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained a copy of sworn testimony given by Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers in 1990 in which she said that she “wouldn’t belong to the Federalist Society” – a conservative and libertarian lawyers’ organization – because it was “politically charged.”

But Bush's Supreme Court nominee did not include in that catagory the NAACP and other liberal groups, the transcript reveals!

Word of the testimony circulated late last week, roiling conservatives and setting off a scramble among lawyers to obtain the actual testimony. Sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT that conservatives demanded that the White House and its allies release copies of the testimony, but their demands were ignored.

A source close to the Bush administration says, "the process requires the White House to prepare documents to turn over to the Senate Judiciary Committee and only after the committee has had the courtesy of receiving them are such docs made public."

Miers testified in a voting rights lawsuit claiming the Dallas City Council had too few black and Hispanic members.

The DRUDGE REPORT can now reveal that not only did Harriet Miers testify that she would not join the “politically charged” Federalist Society, she testified that she had joined a liberal organization – the Democratic Progressive Voters League.

(According to the Handbook of Texas Online <http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/DD/wed1.html>, the Democratic Progressive Voters League is a Dallas political organization closely associated with the Democratic Party.)

[Singular73]

1. I know its Drudge, but still

Looks like the conservatives are REALLY out to get her.

[boardwalk]

2. or is it a case of the media wanting to make it APPEAR

conservatives are out to get her.

[Singular73]

3. Nah

They really are.

This whole "they are pretending" thing is ridiculous.

They don't need the dems help in confirming her, if they really wanted her.

[mtnester]

11. Exactly, and even more fodder for you all to think about

when she gets thrown out of committee, or, takes her instructions well and removes herself as a nominee, then they have no more reason to appoint a woman, and hi ho hi ho its off to Alberto they go. (hey lookey, another "minority" appointee, y'all cannot be mad at that can you?:sarcasm:)

See, we tried to appoint a woman, and just could not get one through, so we went for someone the people would like more.

Than can and will get away with saying it and playing it just that way. Who is going to stop them?

[Zynx]

5. If conservatives are pretending, it's the greatest ruse in history

[robbedvoter]

6. Yup. Fresh talking points have been distributed after

all the wingnuts attacked Pickles as "lefty" for accusing them of being sexist.
How transparent is that?

[sadiesworld]

19. I think it is a means for repug congress-critters

to distance themselves from the poll-sunk monkey in anticipation of '08 ("see, I'm a REAL conservative unlike...").

It also gives them something other than Treason-gate to yak about.

Whether she'll end up on the scrapheap is anyone's guess.

Just my 2 cents.

[Raster]

7. Don'tcha just love it when they eat their own? At this rate the

liberal/progressives won't have to take bushco* down. The pissed off conservatives will do it for us. Go team!

Memo to Conservatives: Remember, you helped put this inept dick wad into power. Enjoy the fruits of your labors.

[enid602]

4. testimony

Seems odd that Drudge is able to look at testimony for Miers, but Congress was kept from seeing testimony relating to Roberts.

[THUNDER HANDS]

9. obviously it was leaked

by those who don't want her confirmed. Unlike Roberts, who they did.

[Pirate Smile]

16. He is being fed it by the Federalist Society and the RW groups that

are pissed.

edit to add kskiska's post from this morning:

"Federalist Society planning coup on Miers

From ABC's "The Note":

On the heels of the Judiciary Committee staffers appearing in the New York Times and Washington Times on Wednesday, a Federalist Society member tells ABC News the following:

"The Federalist Society staffers are ready to launch a coup. They have started whispering awful things about Miers. The staffers are just now reaching the point of wanting to talk on background."

"The whispering started on Monday, but has revved up. . . ."

"They are willing to talk."

Federalist Society staffers don't get to vote on the nomination, of course. But if the whispers get louder from a key Administration ally on judicial nominations, perhaps some Senators may listen. That could be ominous."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5049954

[kevinmc]

8. Exclusive my ASS.........

I read that somewhere here on DU last week.

[Oreo]

10. So this is their out

This is how they'll get her step down.

Bush will then name Ashcroft and then I'll go jump off a building

[ElectroPrincess]

12. I wish people would not cite that MORAN ...

Such news can be attained through other RW sources. I hate Drudge's tactics and won't click on that link to give him a higher count.

I wish his RAG would just fade into obscurity.

[Call me Deacon Blues]

13. Drudge is scum

I haven't even looked at it since the election -- and never will again, unless the prick is announcing his public suicide a'la Howard Beale. Maybe not even then.

[bemildred]

14. Drudge is not LBN. nt

[Maddy McCall]

21. According to Skinner, it is.

People peppered AtA with complaints about Drudge in LBN, and he said that Drudge is indeed LBN.

[bemildred]

23. I will adjust my rulebook, thanks. nt

[struggle4progress]

27. **Exclusive** Drudge's “Breaking News” actually a week old

Matt Drudge broke out the siren this morning for “breaking news” about Harriet Miers. He called this an “exclusive“:

The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained a copy of sworn testimony given by Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers in 1990 in which she said that she “wouldn’t belong to the Federalist Society” – a conservative and libertarian lawyers’ organization – because it was “politically charged.”

Actually this story is a week old. Here’s a Knight-Ridder article published on October 6:

In the same testimony, Miers … said she “wouldn’t belong to the Federalist Society” or other “politically charged” groups because they “seem to color your view one way or another.”

Developing…

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/10/13/drudge-week-old/

[Singular73]

15. For Gods sake, I'm not saying Drudge, or this story is valid

It is interesting to me, and should be interesting to you, how to neo-cons are trying to handle this.

Know thy enemy.

[OKNancy]

17. That's correct, also Drudge IS allowed in LBN

I was an LBN mod for a year. It's allowed and so are other conservative sites as long as it is the only place one can find the story.

Here is the rule
5. Whenever possible, post excerpts and links from reputable mainstream news sources that are available online. Do not link to blogs, vanity sites, or blatantly biased sources, except in cases where reputable mainstream sources are not available. Please make an effort to link directly to the original source of an article, instead of linking to sites that have re-published someone else's content, or re-packaged someone else's content as their own. The moderators have the authority to decide which websites are appropriate for posting in the Latest Breaking News forum and which are not.

[ElectroPrincess]

20. That is true, however, IMO, best to quote ANY other source

rather than give Drudge credit. Why? It's no secret that any trial balloon ole' turd blossom (Rove) chooses to test out, The Drudge Report always gets the (dis)honor of floating it first.

You are not doing Democrats any favors by quoting this Bush-Co. shill. In fact, I'd quote a $10 crack whore's Right Wing blog before Drudge. Yes, the crack whore has more honor that that evil ba*tard. :puke:

[OKNancy]

22. For what it's worth, I've never quoted

Drudge, or posted one of his articles. In fact I've never opened his site. He's slime.
I was trying to inform people about the rules of LBN, so there will be no mis-understanding

Over and out.

[ElectroPrincess]

26. I was not being rude or accusing you PERSONALLY ...

Please don't take just a little friendly advice as any sign of disrespect, because it is NOT. :-)

Now let's move on? OVER! never OUT ... :hi:

[Mz Pip]

18. Was this before or after

she became a born again fundy? She used to be a Democrat, then she converted then she turned Republican. I don't know if this means much if it all happened before she turned conservative.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Brooklyn Michael]

24. I don't care WHO likes/doesn't like Meirs...

We're told conservatives don't like her because she's not conservative enough; she used to be a Dem; she called the Federalist Society "politically charged" while not mentioning the NAACP.

...So, for that, maybe we should like her? After all, Harry Reid said he was "impressed" by Meirs (although stopped short of a full-out endorsement), and in general, anything that causes the right to snipe at each other is good in my book...

But I still don't want her on the SCOTUS...not because she has no paper trail, not because her views are unknown, not because she's never been a judge before...not even because she's a proud evangelical Christian who would almost surely inject her personal theology into her legal decisions....

Harriet Meirs is unqualified for the Supreme Court for the simple reason that anyone who thinks Bush is "brilliant", "cool", and was "the greatest Governor ever" is clearly out of her freaking MIND, with NO concept of reality.

(and while I disagree with Sen. Reid on his view of Meirs, I'm not wholly convinced that he's wrong on taking the position he did. His being "impressed" with her almost surely guaranteed that some on the right would have a knee-jerk reaction and seize on her questionable committment to being a good little conservative....it's Divide and Conquer...see this article for a possible insight into Reid's thinking. http://newsbyus.com/more.php?id=207_0_1_0_M)

[IndianaGreen]

25. That was Miers in 1990, since then she has joined a fundie congregation

People do change over time, it is rare when they don't as witness the stark contrast between the antiwar Kerry of 1970s and the IWR apologist Kerry of 2004.

Let the GOP bicker!

[BrutalEntropy]

28. *tin foil hat on*

Why do I have an ominous feeling about this?

I almost feel like this is a plot to make the left support her, and then she'll make some really fucked up decisions after she's been confirmed to the court. The blame will be laid on the left.

I dunno, I'm overly paranoid I guess...