"The Best I could find"...

[etgryphon]

Miers

Bush actually says that Miers is the best he could find...WTFO?

I'm switching sides...Bush is a liar at least some of the time...

-Gryph

[SheetWise]

Think strategy, and the confirmation hearings.
My guess is, she'll withdraw -- and was meant to.

[etgryphon]

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Think strategy, and the confirmation hearings.
My guess is, she'll withdraw -- and was meant to.


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I hope so...But it is still a plain lie to say that she was the best he could find...I don't appreciate that.

-Gryph

[SheetWise]

the best he could find...
for the mission, not the job. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[etgryphon]

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the best he could find...
for the mission, not the job. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]


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So what happens if she is confirmed?

-Gryph

[Miggo]

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the best he could find...
for the mission, not the job. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]


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I like the skit on Letterman last night. "The best he could find ... within 25 feet of the oval office"

[Dynasty]

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the best he could find...
for the mission, not the job. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]


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So what happens if she is confirmed?


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She'll vote the conservative side of nearly every issue that comes before the court. I find it hard to believe Bush didn't directly ask her "Would you overturn Roe vs. Wade if you had the chance?"

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My guess is, she'll withdraw -- and was meant to.

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Please explain this gameplan to me. I've never heard it. I find it very unlikely, but maybe you could change my mind with more explaining.

[SheetWise]

As strategy, it would be brilliant. Think back to the Gov. Blanco/Bush fiasco. There are at least three people who know what really happened -- Blanco, Bush, and Miers. Blanco won't talk. If Bush talked, it would seem petty and self serving -- that leaves Miers. Whatever advice she gave Bush would cut to the core of her understanding and belief re: Constitutional rights Federal vs. State. -- so we should expect the subject to come up in the confirmation process. This gets the story out. There are any number of ways to back out gracefully.

[Cyrus]

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Please explain this gameplan [behind the Miers nom]. I've never heard it. I find it very unlikely, but maybe you could change my mind with more explaining.

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Bush nominates a person that will get lukewarm support from his supporters, reaction from the Extreme Right and some support from the liberals (who feared worse). He picks a contributor to the Gore '88 campaign. He shows he is a uniter. He shows he does not pick candidates on the basis of their ideology.

Only thing is, the girl is not technically that qualified. Her nom looks likely to get shot down, possibly with bi-partisan opposition. She withdraws. Or better yet her nom is voted down!

Bush introduces the real deal, a true-blue conservative. The nation looks forward to closing this divisive episode and the pressure by media and Democratic moderates alike is on the liberals to allow the president's selection through.

...You think this is too clever? I think it's a possibility. The curerent administration had weirder ideas in the past.