Author Topic: George Will on Bush and Miers Nomination - Good Read (Read 306 times)

Yeager · « **on:** October 05, 2005, 01:39:48 PM »

Snippet: If 100 such people had been asked to list 100 individuals who have given evidence of the reflectiveness and excellence requisite in a justice, Miers' name probably would not have appeared in any of the 10,000 places on those lists.

http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/georgewill/2005/10/04/159414.html

Sandman · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2005, 02:25:45 PM »

It's an excellent read.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2005, 02:42:47 PM »

interesting little read on Moveon.org too on the same site.

Bruno · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2005, 02:50:07 PM »

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Minutes after the president announced the nomination of his friend from Texas, another Texas friend, Robert Jordan, former ambassador to Saudi Arabia, was on Fox News proclaiming what he and, no doubt, the White House that probably enlisted him for advocacy, considered glad and relevant tidings: Miers, said Jordan, has been a victim. She has been, he said contentedly, ``discriminated against'' because of her gender.

Her victimization was not so severe that it prevented her from becoming the first female president of a Texas law firm as large as hers, president of the State Bar of Texas and a senior White House official. Still, playing the victim card clarified, as much as anything has so far done, her credentials, which are her chromosomes and their supposedly painful consequences. For this we need a conservative president?

T0J0 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2005, 03:34:11 PM »

Is that the same George Will as below

"the Democratic Party, which by now can hardly remember the far-distant past when it was a volcano not of molten rhetoric but of serious thought, seems preoccupied with the chafing around its neck. The chafing is caused by the leashes firmly gripped and impudently jerked by various groups like MoveOn.org that insist the party adopt hysteria"

He definantly has a way with words.
I dont really see the linked article as that earth shattering or even great writing, its all just his op.
I would rather hear what the nominee has too say rather then let moveon dot org or George Will dictate how I should perceive her.

TJ

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 05, 2005, 03:34:47 PM »

So is anyone happy about this women?

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 05, 2005, 03:36:13 PM »

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Originally posted by T0J0
Is that the same George Will as below

"the Democratic Party, which by now can hardly remember the far-distant past when it was a volcano not of molten rhetoric but of serious thought, seems preoccupied with the chafing around its neck. The chafing is caused by the leashes firmly gripped and impudently jerked by various groups like MoveOn.org that insist the party adopt hysteria"

He definantly has a way with words.
I dont really see the linked article as that earth shattering or even great writing, its all just his op.
I would rather hear what the nominee has too say rather then let moveon dot org or George Will dictate how I should perceive her.

TJ

But just like the last one she is going to refuse to say anything so we wont know tell she starts working on cases.

bj229r · « **Reply #7 on:** October 05, 2005, 09:34:53 PM »

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Originally posted by GtoRA2
So is anyone happy about this women?

No, the libs hate her because she's a born-again Christian, and thus likely not pro-abortion

J_A_B · « **Reply #8 on:** October 05, 2005, 10:28:21 PM »

"No, the libs hate her because she's a born-again Christian"

I don't exactly fall under the "liberal" tag, but I wouldn't trust a born-again religious (Christian or otherwise) type either. Such people are all too often fanatical and aren't well known for being able to keep their personal religious beliefs out of their politics.

J_A_B

Sandman · « **Reply #9 on:** October 05, 2005, 10:31:30 PM »

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Originally posted by bj229r
No, the libs hate her because she's a born-again Christian, and thus likely not pro-abortion

The leading democrat, Harry Reid, supports her.

Nash · « **Reply #10 on:** October 05, 2005, 10:35:24 PM »

Will is a git.

.... and Reid is playing a reckless game here.

J_A_B · « **Reply #11 on:** October 05, 2005, 11:23:36 PM »

Personally I think we're getting to the point where un-elected appointment of Supreme Court justices doesn't really doesn't work in the nation's best interest anymore. Much like Senators in the late 1800's, the SC appointment process has become purely a political question of which special interests you know/pander to. The same fix may be in order--a consititutional amdendment for direct election of SC justices by the general population.

The issue is of particular concern because a bad SC justice can easily do a lot more damage than a bad senator.

J_A_B