Why anti-Miers conservatives misjudge Bush's choice (C.S. Monitor)

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(The RW is so far outside the Mainstream, even the Christian Science Monitor is slamming them!)

Commentary > Dante Chinni
from the October 11, 2005 edition

Why anti-Miers conservatives misjudge Bush's choice

By Dante Chinni
WASHINGTON – There are plenty of reasons for conservatives in particular and supporters of President Bush in general to be unhappy with his selection of Harriet Miers to the current Supreme Court vacancy. Ms. Miers has never been a judge. That in itself is not a deal breaker, but it means her paper trail is shorter than your average celebrity marriage. There are no opinions to illuminate her views on any issues and precious few articles and/or briefs....

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...Conservatives on the air, in print, and online, have for the last week repeatedly made the case for Bush to push forward a nominee who would rile the left, who would make Democrats seriously consider the filibuster. The fight, the thinking goes, would unite the right and show the president still cares about them while making the Democrats look like extremists. That's not a bad line of thinking - for, say, two years ago....

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...There's a lot of strong talk coming from the right wing of the GOP at the moment, especially the religious right, who seem convinced that they're the reason the president is back in the White House. They now want to call in their chits. How eager are they?

Last week, after he met with Miers, Sen. Sam Brownback (R) of Kansas told reporters he still had problems with Miers and that there was a "good chance" he would vote against Miers if she said Roe was "settled law." Justice Roberts essentially voiced that same opinion in his confirmation hearings, and yet he skated through the process - with Mr. Brownback's vote. Brownback has been criticized by some for having suddenly developed a litmus test on abortion. That may be a problem, but to be honest, many Democrats have a litmus test when it comes to Roe that leans in the other direction....

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[niallmac]

1. Abortion.

Here we are committing murder upon a poor country that presented no threat to us while squandering our youth and our treasury for reasons we all acknowledge are lies and yet the religious right is all spastic that someone somewhere might make a personal decision that will offend their spaghetti monster.

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2. kick n/t

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