{"id":8593,"date":"2005-10-03T15:47:15","date_gmt":"2005-10-03T22:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/10\/03\/another-interesting-nomination.html"},"modified":"2005-10-03T15:47:15","modified_gmt":"2005-10-03T22:47:15","slug":"another_interes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/10\/03\/another_interes.html","title":{"rendered":"Another interesting nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evidently Bush’s nomination of Harriet Miers to replaced O’Conner on the bench has folks on both sides of the aisle all a-twitter<\/a>. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is said to have been someone who suggested her to Bush. Democrats are still leery of her lack of judicial record on their key issues. Republicans, especially on the far Right, are equally concerned — and, since they are “in power,” are kind of cheesed.<\/p>\n

Eugene Delgaudio, president of the conservative group Public Advocate, described the nomination as “a betrayal of the conservative, pro-family voters whose support put Bush in the White House in both the 2000 and 2004 elections and who were promised Supreme Court appointments in the mold of (Clarence) Thomas and (Antonin) Scalia. … When there are so many proven judges in the mix, it is unacceptable this president has appointed a political crony with no conservative credentials.”<\/p>\n

Added Troy Newman of Operation Rescue, an anti-abortion group: “The small pieces of information we do know are disappointing. For example, she?s Southern Methodist, notoriously pro-abortion.”<\/p>\n

Well, gee, with folks like that <\/em>miffed at her nomination, I’m almost ready to leap forward and support her whole-heartedly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Evidently Bush’s nomination of Harriet Miers to replaced O’Conner on the bench has folks on both sides of the aisle all a-twitter. 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