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2005-10-13 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by mmurray821 2005-10-13 12:22|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Old news. Miers had both a religious and a political conversion not long after 1990.

The hysteria is amusing ... or would be if the country weren't falling apart while this is going on.

Posted by lotp 2005-10-13 13:26|| 2005-10-13 13:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Really, the country is not falling apart, lotp. You must live inside the Beltway. This will be forgotten in 6 months, except as yet another episode in MSM generated hysteria that led to it's irrelevance.

Posted by Throgum Elmoluse7582 2005-10-13 13:40|| 2005-10-13 13:40|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm beginning to think the "blogosphere" has looked into the abyss of the MSM and the chattering classes, and the abyss has looked back into them...

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-10-13 13:46|| 2005-10-13 13:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Does this mean they won't legalize grass?

Posted by Bardo 2005-10-13 14:00|| 2005-10-13 14:00|| Front Page Top

#5 All this talk of abysses are too deep for me.

Posted by Slorong Unomomp8085 2005-10-13 14:05|| 2005-10-13 14:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Stealth candidates make one's spine quiver :

David Souter - Appointed by Bush 41, 1989...

Year.. % Con-
Term.. servative
------ Decisions
------ ---------
1999-00 24.1
2000-01 21.8
2001-02 19.0
2002-03 22.3
2003-04 21.1
2004-05 20.7
------- ----
Average 21.6

As a comparison
Non stealth candidate:
Clarence Thomas...

Year.. % Con-
Term.. servative
------ Decisions
------ ---------
1999-00 85.2
2000-01 91.1
2001-02 85.0
2002-03 94.7
2003-04 82.9
2004-05 83.7
------- ----
Average 87.3

or

Antonin Scalia...
The last justice before
all judges were political

Year.. % Con-
Term.. servative
------ Decisions
------ ---------
1999-00 90.7
2000-01 96.4
2001-02 92.0
2002-03 90.4
2003-04 84.2
2004-05 85.9
------- ----
Average 90.4

Source :
Personal studies case by case...

Posted by BigEd 2005-10-13 14:06|| 2005-10-13 14:06|| Front Page Top

#7 You mean the sky ISN'T falling? Armageddon doesn't hinge on this nomination?

Wow .... fooled me, I guess .... LOL

Posted by lotp 2005-10-13 14:54|| 2005-10-13 14:54|| Front Page Top

#8 Let me get this straight. The Conservatives are all upset because the Court uses the rationale of preumbra to justify coming up with things the Constitution was 'meant' to say. However, looking over the same document, I have to conclude that Conservatives are using preumbra in defining who is or who isn't qualified to take a SCOTUS seat. Let's see, conservatives are better than liberals because -
1 - they'll spend less?
2 - they'll balance the budget?
3 - they'll interpret the Constitution by original intent?
Am I missing something here? Heh!

Posted by Snomock Elmotch9995 2005-10-13 17:06|| 2005-10-13 17:06|| Front Page Top

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