October 4, 2005
HAPPY NRA, SAD NARAL:
Miers Seems Like Anti-Abortion Moderate (DONNA CASSATA and CALVIN WOODWARD, 10/04/05, Associated Press)
Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' footprints on contentious social issues suggest a moderate position on gay rights, an interest in advancing women and minorities and sympathy for anti-abortion efforts. Judging from the Smith & Wesson she once packed, she favors gun rights, too.Posted by Orrin Judd at October 4, 2005 6:06 PM
Sounds like about 60% or more of the country, to me.
Are you going to address the George Will column that, according to various Miers-haters, is going to derail the nomination?
(FYI, the "name-required" thing is preventing me from posting w/ a typekey login. I don't know if that's been mentioned before.)
Posted by: Timothy at October 4, 2005 6:18 PMGeorge Will should stick to baseball.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at October 4, 2005 7:34 PMWhat column?
Ah, I see it at Free Republic.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1496661/posts
A tad hysterical, but this is certainly the funniest part:
"the president has forfeited his right to be trusted as a custodian of the Constitution. The forfeiture occurred March 27, 2002, when, in a private act betokening an uneasy conscience, he signed the McCain-Feingold law expanding government regulation of the timing, quantity and content of political speech. "
I agree with Mr. Will that CFR is unconstitutional. It's only all Three Branches of the Republic and the vast majority of the American people that disagrees.
Posted by: oj at October 4, 2005 7:38 PMIt appears to not be on the Internet yet, except for at ConfirmThemWaitWeDidntMeanHer, which appears to be down at the moment.
As I recall, the only real argument he had was that "constitutional reasoning is a talent" that has to be cultivated over many years or something. Otherwise it was just a combination of annoyance at her being a woman and the standard slams at Bush Will rolls out every few months.
Posted by: Timothy at October 4, 2005 7:54 PMAh, I see you found it as I was typing. I also found that to be the oddest part, but Will has been grouchy at Bush for CFR since before he signed it.
Posted by: Timothy at October 4, 2005 7:56 PMTimothy:
Not odd, he's right on the issue. He's just completely delusional about the legal and political mainstream.
Posted by: oj at October 4, 2005 8:03 PMFree Republic took it down too.
Posted by: oj at October 4, 2005 8:06 PMI meant oddest part of the column--signing CFR means he doesn't get his nominee? I'm no fan of CFR, but that's something of a leap. But like I said, it's been Will's favorite stick to beat Bush with since before he signed it, so I'm not surprised.
Posted by: Timothy at October 4, 2005 9:55 PMI liked the lefty comments at the Confirm(some of)Them site about the conservatives who last week said "elections have consequences" but today moan. Nice irony.
James Dobson supports Miers, Mr. Bow Tie opposes her. I wonder who has more influence.
The AP article paints a nice picture of a "compassionate conservative". No wonder the President likes her.
Posted by: Bob at October 4, 2005 10:47 PMIt's only all Three Branches of the Republic and the vast majority of the American people that disagrees.There's not much evidence that the vast majority of the American people agree with or even care about CFR. It was an astro-turf effort that never had any significant popular support. Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at October 5, 2005 12:27 AM
AOG:
I don't think most Americans really care about the issue, but if friends of mine and members of my family are any indication most Americans just assume it's Constitutional if Congress is seriously considering it.
Posted by: Matt Murphy at October 5, 2005 1:44 AM