Saving Grace - Miers Saves GOP Soul
Posted by Andy on October 27th, 2005
WASHINGTON - Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to be a Supreme Court justice Thursday in the face of stiff opposition and mounting criticism about her qualifications.
President Bush said he reluctantly accepted her decision to withdraw, after weeks of insisting that he did not want her to step down. He blamed her withdrawal on calls in the Senate for the release of internal White House documents that the administration has insisted were protected by executive privilege.
As I do wish Ms. Miers well, I am glad that she has withdrawn her nomination and the President accepted.
Hugh is wrong, gosh I love it. He said that Bush would never allow this. He was determined that the nomination would run its course. Priceless. Hopefully he will go back to the old Hugh where he doesn’t make ridiculous arguments.
Update:
Do we need to check Hugh’s banking records?
Ms. Miers Withdraws
October 27, 2005 06:30 AM PSTI think Ms. Miers has been unfairly treated by many who have for years urged fair treatment of judicial nominees.
She deserves great thanks for her significant service to the country. She and the president deserved much better from his allies.
Is there a possibility he was on the dole with this? I agree some have been dishonest and hypocritical with their attacks, but by I opposed her solely on her qualifications. I never got personal and neither did any of the people that swayed my opinion on this. I for one feel Hugh and the President owe their allies a little on this one, not the other way around.
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October 27th, 2005 at 8:39 am
Hugh is wrong, gosh I love it. He said that Bush would never allow this. He was determined that the nomination would run its course. Priceless. Hopefully he will go back to the old Hugh where he doesn’t make ridiculous arguments.
He said that Bush with never withdraw Miers. And for good reason. I don’t think he ever said that he would prohibit Miers from withdrawing. You can’t stop someone from withdrawing, that is an irrational argument.
Anyways, I’m glad you are happy. For my part, Hugh has become my new hero and will forever be my weekday 5-8 favoured host.
October 27th, 2005 at 9:00 am
I get the imppression that you now like Hugh because he was fighting the conservatives on this. If you haven’t been listening before, get ready for some shock when you realize he too is a conservative and will soon upset you as I have. Fact is he has been off our conservative reservation on this one, he was loosing all his credibility with silly arguments.
Just last night, he was still saying that this would not happen. He said that she’d be making it to hearings. I think I also remember him saying Bush wouldn’t accept her withdrawl.
And yes you can stop a withdrawl, you don’t have to accept it. Rummy tried to resign, Bush refused to accept his resignation TWICE!
October 27th, 2005 at 9:09 am
I get the imppression that you now like Hugh because he was fighting the conservatives on this. If you haven’t been listening before, get ready for some shock when you realize he too is a conservative and will soon upset you as I have. Fact is he has been off our conservative reservation on this one, he was loosing all his credibility with silly arguments.
I know very well who Hewitt is. It just wasn’t enough to get me to listen to him over Garage Logic and Sean Hannity. But Joe was pissing me off lately, and Hugh’s arguments were enough to get me to switch. It wasn’t that he was fighting the conservatives, it was that he actually had rational arguments. Something that those opposing Miers seemed to lack.
I consider myself a conservative. I just happen to believe that there was nothing wrong with President Bush nominating Miers. I don’t know, maybe there’s a new criteria for being a conservative and I don’t belong anymore.
Oh, and the conservatives have a reservation? No thanks, let me out.
October 27th, 2005 at 3:56 pm
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October 27th, 2005 at 6:06 pm
Rational arguments?
Like “she has served in the white house for 5 years? Again, lots of people meet that criteria. Oh, but we can’t see any of the work she did.
This whole thing was labeled as the conservatives as anti it wasn’t me. The conservative wing is made up of many very different groups and beliefs. one of those factions are the constitutionally minded.
I’m sorry, I want some one on SCOTUS that I know will be good at it. I want that immediately visible or proved of the nominee. In this case that was not the case.
No one is keeping you on our reservation, if you really feel the conservatives are wrong so much, either you or us are wrong in our self-characterization.
I mean you no hard feelings.