Year: 2005

“If George W. Bush were just a rich Texan and Harriet Miers was back in her Dallas law offices, do you know what she would do if he walked in off the street today and asked her to take a case involving constitutional legal issues? She’d refer him to someone else. That’s what a good […]

Harriet Miers Robert Bork Says Miers Should Be Withdrawn Hidden Testimony Reignites Miers Fires Asked If There Were Any Circumstances Under Which (Miers) Would Ask That Her Name Be Withdrawn, Presidential Spokesman Scott Mcclellan Told Reporters: “No One That Knows Her Would Make Such A Suggestion.” Window Into Miers’ Legal Thinking In The 1990s Reflects […]

Quotes on: How Conservative Is She Really? Cronyism Qualifications Recusals? To Know Her Is Not Neccessarily To Love Her Damned With Faint Praise Some Prominent Conservatives On Miers Read ’em all here.

The White House has been desperately flailing around, trying to find some way, any way to quell the cacophonous din from their own base over the Miers nomination. Unfortunately, one of the straws they’ve clutched at is the religious argument: “President Bush said Wednesday his advisers were telling conservatives about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers’ […]

Oh, yeah, this is a great idea: “SAN FRANCISCO — Elected leaders here Tuesday took a step unusual for politicians: They sided with felons. With no debate, supervisors unanimously urged the city and county to delete the question about prior convictions from public employment applications. The resolution is not binding. And it does not prevent […]

George Bush may be blithely ignoring the firestorm of criticism he set off when he selected Harriet Miers, but “Apocalypse Harriet” has apparently caused Republicans in the House to suddenly start to once again become attuned to the concerns of their biggest supporters. From the Hill: “In an apparent attempt to address any conference concerns, […]

Howard Dean just doesn’t know the value of subtlety. Now, he’s criticizing Ken Mehlman for talking to the Connecticut NAACP. “I’m shocked that he would have the nerve to show his face in front of any African American organization after the way they treated those people in New Orleans,” Dean said. Let’s not even get […]

Harriet Miers *** Sign The National Review Petition For The Withdrawal Of The Nomination Of Harriet Miers To The U.S. Supreme Court *** Ken Mehlman On Blogger Conference Call: Miers May Have To Recuse Herself From Some War On Terror Related Cases White House: Two High Court Candidates Withdrew Miers To Face Hostile Queries From […]

From the latest Ann Coulter column: “The only sexism involved in the Miers nomination is the administration’s claim that once they decided they wanted a woman, Miers was the best they could do. Let me just say, if the top male lawyer in the country is John Roberts and the top female lawyer is Harriet […]

RWN’s blogger poll made it into a Fox News piece about the conservative split over the Harriet Miers nomination: “Frum also said a survey by Rightwingnews.com of 200 conservative bloggers showed 49 percent thought Miers was bad or terrible nomination. Of the respondents, 53 percent said it had lowered their view of Bush.” It’s actually […]

One of the things a lot of people are starting to wonder about at this point is: Why was Harriet selected for the Supreme Court when there were so many better qualified candidates? It’s a given that Bush could get enough votes for any of his nominees to get them confirmed. However, many people are […]

Over at the The M. Sheldon Show, I ran across this: “I am about to commit a few nearly unforgivable sins…at least as far as right-of-center bloggers go. I am calling some of my fellow bloggers’ recent irrationality and (apparent) developing hatred for our President. First off, I’ll start with on of the biggest… Michelle […]

As most of you may have heard, a letter from Al-Qaeda’s number two man al-Zawahiri to their man in Iraq, Zarqawi, has fallen into our hands. It’s full of intriguing information, but there is one particular part worth focusing on because it shows how our “strategery” in Iraq has put Al-Qaeda’s neck in the noose. […]

“(Internal Revenue Service data shows) that the top 1 percent of taxpayers paid 34.3 percent of all federal income taxes in 2003, although they earned just 16.8 percent of the adjusted gross income. The top 5 percent of taxpayers paid more than half of all federal income taxes, the top 10 percent paid two-thirds, and […]

Harriet Miers Laura Bush: Harry Miers Critics Possibly Sexist. Only 54 Percent Of Conservatives Currently Favor Confirmation Gop Aides Join Resistance Over Miers Nomination (NYT Reg Req) Dobson Reveals ‘Privy’ Miers Info Jonah Goldberg Predicts The Nomination Of Harriet Miers Will Be Withdrawn Domestic Terror Suspect Confesses to Bush Plot Claim: N.Y. Subway Threat Tip […]

Imagine if you will, a marriage on the rocks. There’s a lot of fighting, a lot of strain, & things seem to be getting progressively worse. But, all is not lost. The couple’s 10 year anniversary is coming up, the husband is promising to take a week off so he and the wife can go […]

The Laffer Curve in theory. The Laffer curve, popularized and promoted by economist Arthur Laffer and often used to justify tax cuts, is intended to show that government can maximize tax revenue by setting a tax rate at the peak of this curve and that raising taxes further actually decreases revenue. The idea is clearest […]

Not only did the blogger poll on the Harriet Miers Nomination make Laura Ingraham’s web page and radio show yesterday, David Frum mentioned it in today’s anti-Miers column in the National Post: “CBS last week also released new presidential approval numbers, based on a survey conducted October 3-5. Bush is down to 37%, the lowest […]

The Harriet Miers nomination may be a complete political disaster, but it has had at least one beneficial side effect. According to Robert Novak, Republicans in the House are getting so freaked out about the Miers debacle that they’ve actually started cutting spending in an attempt to placate conservatives: “House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert is […]

“If all we need is President Bush to get somebody to rule the way he wants then I could do it. I could get up there, put on my stylish robe and do Bush’s bidding. My law experience is limited to watching a few episodes of The Practice. Still, I’m capable of sitting up there, […]

“I don’t have an agenda. I’m not trying to get (Miers) withdrawn. I’m not trying to affect the outcome of this. I’m just telling you…(the nomination) was disappointing for a whole host of reasons. The opportunity missed; the fact that it has emboldened the Democrats because it looks like it came from a position of […]

Harriet Miers The PAC, Run By The Law Firm Harriet Miers Was Co-Managing In 2000, Gave Money To Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Richard Gephardt, & Mary Landrieu Among Others. Miers Personally Contributed Money To The PAC, Which Supported More Democrats Than Republicans In 1999-2000 James Dobson Will Publicly Explain Miers Information Miers’s Firm Backed Sham […]

Right Wing News emailed more than 200 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to answer 4 questions about the Harriet Miers nomination. Representatives from the following 79 blogs responded… Aaron’s CC, Absinthe & Cookies, Accidental Verbosity, Althouse, AnalPhilosopher, The Anchoress, Ankle Biting Pundits, Annika’s Journal, The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, AtlanticBlog, Balloon Juice, La Shawn Barber, Betsy’s Page, […]

One word we’ve heard tossed around with regularity since Harriet Miers was nominated is, “elitist.” This word has been used by defenders of Miers against those who’ve pointed out the truth: that Harriet Miers is a minimally qualified crony who was selected for the job primarily because of her relationship with George Bush. Left by […]

Back in 2003, the animal rights kooks at PETA started giving children gory comic books called “Your Mommy Kills Animals“. Now, at long last, they’ve come up with a sequel: “Your Daddy Kills Animals”. Here are some of the charming details: “PETA operatives began handing out the graphic flyers to children on September 24, “Fish […]

— Sometimes, the dog that doesn’t bark tells a tale. In this case, why is it that the blogosphere doesn’t seem to be stepping up to help the victims of a cataclysmic earthquake that has killed so many people in Pakistan? Is it that they’re not big fans of Pakistan? Are people too distracted by […]

“Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter says he has no doubt Ms. Miers is taking “a crash course” in constitutional law. She will be primed with talking points and her compelling success story when the hearings begin. The presumption that she should be confirmed will weigh heavily on Republican senators who will be constantly reminded […]

I found this little excerpt to be interesting mainly because of the way Miers is being sold to conservatives as this diehard evangelical Christian, a James Dobson in a skirt, who can always be trusted to toe the conservative line on certain issues, like abortion, because of her religious beliefs. Of course, your religious beliefs […]

In the midst of a Republican firestorm over his so-called ‘stealth’ appointment of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, President George Bush today would only hint at who he has in mind to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who will retire January 31, after 18 years steering the nation’s monetary policy. “I can’t give […]

Harriet Miers Half Of Senate Republicans Doubt Miers (Now Let’s Start Working On The Other Half) Robert Bork Calls Miers Nomination A ‘Disaster’ Private Emails Revealed. The Cheerleaders For Bush’s Judicial Pick Found Little To Cheer Democratic Senators Barbara A. Mikulski, Tom Harkin, & Mark Pryor Stand Up For Harriet Miers (Free NYT Reg Req) […]