tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post112837494498617586..comments2023-09-25T21:22:28.439-04:00Comments on Cup Of Joe Powell: Supreme CronyismJoe Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1128473878293028222005-10-04T20:57:00.000-04:002005-10-04T20:57:00.000-04:00Well, Juris -- reading about her past work history...Well, Juris -- reading about her past work history, and her close ties to the president, says volumes. She was also on the committee searching for candidates, and for her to be selected, as many other news organizations pointed out, means a lot of qualified folks were ignored. The info is out there on the Web and is easily accesible. I did some searching about her and found her woefully lacking. Many court watchers, like me, were likewise appalled by the choice<BR/><BR/>Being the president's attorney and secretary also indicates her real success has been to be a player in the Bush game and little else.<BR/><BR/>The rush?? Forced to defend the nomination today the president says "She is pleny bright."<BR/><BR/>Fine. Use her as a light bulb, not an Associate Justice. The president also says he "knows" her and her "character" as a reason to select her. I'm sure she is a wonderful person. If these are the standards the president and the Senate have for someone to be on the court, then pick a name out of the phonebook. I'm sure there are "plenty bright" people of good "character" to find. At least they wouldn't be an employee in the White House.Joe Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1128472706088595052005-10-04T20:38:00.000-04:002005-10-04T20:38:00.000-04:00Wasn't blamin' you for anything, man, & believe it...Wasn't blamin' you for anything, man, & believe it or not, the "L" word was not what I had in mind.<BR/>Your shock & horror just came a bit too quickly & predictably.<BR/>I don't see (yet) how you can claim the new nominee's ignorance of or apathy towards the Constitution. I was just cautioning against a rush to judgement (so to speak).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1128466726236514662005-10-04T18:58:00.000-04:002005-10-04T18:58:00.000-04:00I won't blame you, I'll agree w/ you. It's a crap...I won't blame you, I'll agree w/ you. It's a crap nomination. I can't believe he was even serious about it. A supreme court justice w/ no judicial experience? Someone who clearly is an asskisser and has riden up his coat tales for her career? Jeesh, it's so transparent, it reminds me of that old, yet still funny joke about the guy who goes into the psychiatrist office naked except for being covered in saran wrap and the dr says 'I can clearly see you are nuts'.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10260965729372810133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1128451433165649552005-10-04T14:43:00.000-04:002005-10-04T14:43:00.000-04:00Garsh, Juris M. - you are soooooo correct to note ...Garsh, Juris M. - you are soooooo correct to note that I AM THE PROBLEM, and not the president's record for naming close friends and hangers-on to appointed positions. Go ahead and say the word "liberal", it won't offend me.<BR/>After all, it was Democrat Harry Reid who urged the president to nominate Miers. Maybe you need a new phrase for someone who thinks outside the two party system (see Monday's post).<BR/><BR/>And Miers does have a record which is readable. <BR/><BR/>Who cares if she hasn't been a judge?<BR/>Or shown interest in the Constitution?<BR/><BR/>The more we eliminate real qualifications from positions in government insures power will be left in fewer and fewer hands.<BR/><BR/>In the world of American politics, there is a real likelihood that Miers is just a way to give the Senate a chance to vote "no" on a nominee, then the president will get huffy, and he gets more time to promote whoever he is more sincerely interested in placing on the bench. Although the more cronyism<BR/>used to fill the Supreme Court will certainly decrease their ability to make decisions based on Constitutional Law -- the ones being dismantled by this administration and overseen for decades by the late Chief Justice Rehnquist - another one who never served as a judge and whose record shows no approval for our Bill of Rights.<BR/><BR/>Just blame me -- it's the safe way to go.Joe Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326800254526438870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15078815.post-1128429411428328732005-10-04T08:36:00.000-04:002005-10-04T08:36:00.000-04:00Need some liniment for that jerky knee?Need some liniment for that jerky knee?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com