Harriet Miers donated to the DNC, to Al Gore and to Lloyd Bentsen...

[Rowdyboy]

in 1988. Freeper heads are exploding enmasse....They're furious about the cronyism and lack of a paper trail.

http://www.newsmeat.com/washington_political_donations/Harriet_Miers.php

Typical Freep responses..."cronyism. This defines the Bushes. It is disgusting. We should oppose this nomination. We didn't elect Bush to promote his personal cronies, but to appoint proven, strict constructionists, to counter and reverse the 40-year perversion of the Constitution. Clinton nominated the most left-wing candidate in American history with Ginsberg. Why is Bush so scared to put a Rogers-Brown up there and win the battle of ideas--Americans overwhelmingly support our side."

and

"What makes me so fire spitting angry about this ridiculous choice is that W's COURAGE is what I loved about him the most. Choosing Meirs is an act of COWARDICE."

and

"60 years old! This is such a lackluster pick. How disappointing. One of the few ways to build a legacy, and wasted at best."

One intrepid Freep even said DU was right about Bush

"Miers will sail through, just like the last "conservative" (cough, cough) Chief Justice we just got scammed on. Bush is an idiot. He's an idiot on the borders, idiot on taxes, idiot EXTRAORDINAIRE on SCOTUS. The DUers are right about this guy when they question his intelligence, I'm afraid."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495585/posts

In no way am I defending her. I just think this is hilarious!

[LTR]

1. Yep

http://www.newsmeat.com/washington_political_donations/Harriet_Miers.php

DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) $1,000
primary 11/03/88

GORE, AL (D)President
ALBERT GORE JR FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INC $1,000
primary 02/16/88

BENTSEN, LLOYD SENATOR (D)Senate - DC
SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN ELECTION COMMITTEE
03/30/87

[Gman]

2. Conservative Democrats supported Gore in '88

and Bentson was, at best, a moderate and often conservative but not in the neo-con vein.

[Rowdyboy]

3. Oh, I'm not defending her....Just saying that the nutcases are up in arms!

[comsymp]

17. Well, hell - Gore was a conservative Dem in '88

I remember well how badly he pissed off many Libs, myself included, during that primary.

[PDittie]

4. she is a stealth nominee

An unmarried 60-year old woman who zealously guards her privacy, who once said * "was the most brilliant man she ever met", who broke glass ceilings everywhere she worked -- in Texas law firms...

I want questions asked of, and answered by, this nominee.

[Why Syzygy]

5. "paper trail"

What does that mean?

[Rowdyboy]

6. Not being a former judge, she has no rulings that can be studied

[Dogmudgeon]

7. Nothin' Democratic since 1988

That's 17 years ago. That's a long time, especially in politics.

--p!

[rpannier]

8. They are fairly upset

But I have to agree with one of the freak pukes, she donated twenty years ago and hasn't given to anybody who isn't a puke since 88, so she isn't a Dem or liberal. I think this choice sux.

[Mass]

9. Bush nominates his own lawyer to the Supreme court

What is he afraid of?

[momster]

19. Fear and Loathing

This is what I'm wondering. What is this nomination payment for? She's sixty years old -- are they just giving her a chance to put Supreme Court Justice in her obit in return for the favors she's been doing the Bushes since forever? Does she have any qualifications other than the secrets she knows?

[clydefrand]

10. These qualifications should put her over the top!

From 1995 until 2000, she was chair of the Texas Lottery Commission.

Harriet received both her undergraduate and law degrees from Southern Methodist University.

You don't need any more experience than this to make decisions that will affect this country for eternity.



:sarcasm:

[Connie_Corleone]

11. And she thinks Bush is the most brilliant man she's ever known.

:eyes:

[momster]

20. She Thinks Bush is Brilliant

Okay, that's effing terrifying...

[Why Syzygy]

12. That wasn't even a lateral move.

I don't trust a THING Georgie does. Now he's managed to piss off his own brainchildren. LOL! Gotta love that one.

edit: oh. and another repuke said "ideas" (just like Novak today).
They have the best ideas I suppose. Gimme a break. They wouldn't know an original idea if it bit them in the butt.

[Rowdyboy]

13. Thats whats so sweet....

Bush has pissed off the last people who supported him

[Horse with no Name]

25. And the Texas Lottery Commission has always been

embroiled in scandal.
My guess is that this is where the skeletons lie.

[rndmprsn]

14. hmm..they do seem to be going ape-shit...

over this nominee, and the fact that she donated $ to al gore, lloyd bentson and the DNC...but the biggest complaint isnt even this...but the nominees closeness to bush, aka cronyism...if the freeps are using our frame now, we should bury this nominee with it as well.

here's one FR post

--

Cronyism on freaking parade, people. Bush had a chance to go down in history with J. Michael Luttig or Karen Williams and he picked a female version of Abe Fortas.

Disgusting.

Be Seeing You,

--

Harriet Miers is a bush crony - like this meme?

[Why Syzygy]

15. I never read those freeper sites

but had to take a look @ this one. Is all they care about having the government control people's sex lives and reproductive freedoms?

Sheesh. What a bore that must be.

They keep going on and on that she might not be "pro-life".
GUESS WHAT KIDDIES? Neither is your stumbling leader!

[Rowdyboy]

16. Other hilarious Freep responses.....

"If it was only "a dream". Feels more like a nightmare. Helluva way to start a Monday. Maybe if we all go back to bed and try again, we can wake up and hear a "correct" name like: Luttig, Brown or Williams. What a move of pure idiocy on Dubya's part. He just SINGLE-HANDEDLY assured the Dems of regaining control of the WH, Senate and Congress in the next round of elections. GOOD MOVE, GEORGIE BOY!!

Can ya all say "President Hillary Rodham Clinton"? Cuz it is gonna happen. The millions of Christian Conservatives who got the Repubs in party last time are NOT GOING TO BE FOOLED TWICE - and they will for the most part **ALL* stay home in the '06 and '08 elections.

The Repubs have been on the edge of extinction for some time now, since they don't know how to exercise power when they have it. This officially kills our party, with the final knife through the heart."

Pissed is the reaction...

"DAMN. This pisses me off. There are HUGELY qualified, certified conservative jurists out there, including women, who are eminently more qualified than Ms. Miers. No doubt she's a fine lawyer, but when they have to cite the presidency of state and city bar associations as highlights of her career, it speaks volumes. She'll have a hard time getting a "qualified" rating from the ABA (not that I care much about the ABA). After Roberts, this seems like a bad joke.

I've been a staunch supporter of Bush, but I am DEEPLY disappointed. The most important issue for me in terms of domestic politics (i.e., not including keeping the terrorists out) is the composition of the Supreme Court. All the socialistic New Deal-type programs in the world, all the identity-politics pandering, all the pork, all the executive excesses--none of them pose a greater threat to the Constitution and our republic than federal Supreme Court justices "legislating" from the bench. The Court is the reason I started making political contributions to the Republican National Senate Committee--so it could regain the majority and confirm conservative judges and justices. Not so it could reward anonymous political functionaries.

I'm not just disappointed, I'm pissed. I hope I'm wrong about Miers, but this is the first time I've felt genuinely let down by Bush."

and

"DONE. FINISHED. **NO MORE**I'm with you! I'm absolutely sick of it."

and

"She is pro-choice and a close friend and lawyer of Bush's family. That's enough."

finally

"Bush, just like his father, is a back-stabber. Bush has betrayed me, and hundred's of thousands like me, again. I feel sick and angry.

I hope my Senators have the balls to do what is right. I am not wasing any more time contacting Bush".

[fujiyama]

18. When I saw the freeper use the word "cronyism"

in their conversation, I did one of those Jon Stewart, eye rubbing "whaaa?" takes.

I wouldn't expect them to say that.

That said, she does indeed sound like a hack.

[NWHarkness]

21. "most left-wing candidate in American history with Ginsberg"

As usual, these buffoons know nothing of history.

Ginsburg to the left ot William O. Douglas? Thurgood Marshall? Abe Fortas?

They must believe that history began in 1980.

[2bfree]

22. But after 1990 she only gave to republicans.

So sounds like she changed sides at that point.

[Rowdyboy]

23. Certainly....She blows with the wind...She's a flip-flopper...Pisses the .

righties off big-time.

[high density]

24. OK, I've posted this twice already, but I think it needs to go in this

thread, too.

"Bush Loyalist Gets High Court Nod"

(CBS/AP) ...
Once described by White House chief of staff Andrew Card as "one of the favorite people in the White House," Miers has been there for President Bush at every turn for more than a decade.
...
Card, in a 2003 interview with the publication Texas Lawyer, said Mr. Bush's affinity for Miers is clear in the frequent invitations she receives to visit the presidential retreat at Camp David, "a privilege that is not enjoyed by a lot of staff."
...
Intensely loyal, Miers is happy to stay off the radar screen as long as her boss is happy, on the thinking that White House counsels only make news when there's been a mistake.
...
Miers reveals little of her own emotions or ideological persuasions, but has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Bush administration on a broad of initiatives including tax cuts, Social Security reforms, restrictions on federal spending on embryonic stem cell research, national security, education reforms and fighting terrorism.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/03/supremecourt/main897953.shtml