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Thursday, October 27, 2005
Hope Part II??
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Looks like Hariette the Spy has come undone - boo hoo hoo... :=8P
WASHINGTON - In a striking defeat for President Bush, White House counsel Harriet Miers on Thursday abandoned her bid to become a Supreme Court justice after three weeks of brutal criticism from fellow conservatives. The Senate's top Republican predicted a replacement candidate within days.
Miers said she ended her quest for confirmation because the Senate was demanding documents and information detailing her private advice to the president. "I am concerned that the confirmation process presents a burden for the White House," she wrote in a letter to Bush expressing her wish to drop the nomination.
Senior lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee said they had requested no such documents. Instead, Republicans and Democrats said politics forced her to withdraw, particularly the demands of GOP conservatives who twice elected Bush and now seek to move the high court to the right on abortion and other issues.
"They had a litmus test and Harriet Miers failed that test," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy D-Mass.
"In effect, she was denied due process by members of her own party," said Sen. John Warner R-Va. And former GOP Sen. Dan Coats, whom the White House assigned to assist Miers' confirmation campaign, said outside groups and pundits and "perhaps even some senators" had rushed to judgment.
Bush, beset by poor poll ratings, an unpopular war in
Iraq, high energy prices and the possibility of indictments of White House officials, offered no hint about his thinking on a new nominee. He pledged to make an appointment in a "timely manner."
While White House aides had assembled a lengthy list of contenders prior to Bush's selection of Miers less than a month ago, most if not all of them were prominent conservative jurists who could be expected to trigger a sharp clash with Democrats. Other, less contentious contenders could come from outside what Bush calls the "judicial monastery," possibly a current or former senator who could easily win confirmation on a bipartisan vote.
Sen. John Cornyn, a former Texas Supreme Court judge, sidestepped a question about his own availability, demurring without closing the door on an appointment. "If the president calls me, obviously I'll answer the phone or go see him if he invites me to come to the White House, but that hasn't happened and I doubt it will happen," he said.
Miers withdrew on a day that two current members of the court met with Senate Democrats for a private lunch. Justice Antonin Scalia told his hosts he hoped Bush would select the most intelligent nominee available, according to one participant who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the private nature of the occasion.
Whatever the next choice, many Republicans seemed eager to place Miers' nomination and the intra-party brawl it sparked behind them as quickly as possible. "Let's move on," said Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi. "In a month, who will remember the name Harriet Miers?"
Ironically for conservatives, the withdrawal means an extended tenure for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, whose vote has been decisive over the years on 5-4 rulings that upheld abortion rights, sustained affirmative action and limited the application of the death penalty.
Bush issued a statement saying the 60-year-old Miers would remain as White House counsel and praising "her extraordinary legal experience, her character and her conservative judicial philosophy."
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist told reporters, "I expect a nominee quickly ... within days," and held out the possibility of confirmation hearings before Christmas.
The White House worked to depict the collapse of Miers' nomination as a simple matter of principle — upholding executive privilege.
However, in an interview two weeks ago, Sen. Arlen Specter, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, was asked whether he thought there was a chance Bush would withdraw the nomination. "Absolutely not," the Pennsylvania Republican responded. "I think that would be a sign of incredible weakness."
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Miers informed Bush of her decision Wednesday night.
In the Senate, Frist had been in periodic contact with officials at the White House on Wednesday, offering increasingly dour assessments of Miers' chances for success. Frist's spokesman, Bob Stevenson, said the senator talked to White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card during the evening to offer a "frank assessment of her prospects in the committee and the Senate as a whole."
In fact, her nomination never seemed to take hold in the Senate, given the surprise that greeted her appointment, her lack of experience as a judge and the sustained criticism from conservatives in the face of repeated endorsements from Bush.
"However nice, helpful, prompt and tidy she is, Harriet Miers isn't qualified to play a Supreme Court justice on `The West Wing,' let alone to be a real one," conservative columnist Ann Coulter said in one of the more cutting comments.
Additionally, Miers failed to generate enthusiasm for her nomination in private meetings with individual senators, according to many lawmakers. Some senators, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the private nature of the sessions, described her as soft-spoken and reticent and difficult to draw out on the type of issues likely to come before the court.
There were fresh problems at midweek, including the disclosure of a speech Miers delivered in 1993 that touched on the issues of abortion and voluntary school prayer. "The underlying theme in most of these cases is the insistence of more self-determination. And the more I think about these issues, the more self-determination makes the most sense," she said, remarks that sparked fresh criticism from conservative groups.
Specter had released a letter stating he intended to question Miers about constitutional issues in the war on terror, including the administration's policy of open-ended detention of suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He also said he wanted assurances that Miers would rule without showing "special deference" to Bush if confirmed.
No more wolves in sheeps clothing - any new nomination will be an unadulterated right-wing anti-abortion religious zealot bastard, and the fight will begin again!
Oh, and this to Baby Bush - HAHA!!!!!!!!
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- posted by The MooCow @ 11:00 PM 0 comments
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Sheeeeesh... :=8/
Just in case u needed further proof that this country is going down the toilet...check this out: Majority of Americans Reject Theory of EvolutionNEW YORK (Oct. 23) - Most Americans do not accept the theory of evolution. Instead, 51 percent of Americans say God created humans in their present form, and another three in 10 say that while humans evolved, God guided the process. Just 15 percent say humans evolved, and that God was not involved. :=8O
These views are similar to what they were in November 2004 shortly after the presidential election.
This question on the origin of human beings, asked both this month and in November 2004, offered the public three alternatives: 1. Human beings evolved from less advanced life forms over millions of years, and God did not directly guide this process; 2. Human beings evolved from less advanced life forms over millions of years, but God guided this process; or 3. God created human beings in their present form.
The results were not much different between the answers to that question and those given when a specific timeline was included in the final alternative: God created human beings in their present form within the last 10,000 years.
Americans most likely to believe in only evolution are liberals (36 percent), those who rarely or never attend religious services (25 percent), and those with a college degree or higher (24 percent). That's me, folks... :=8/
White evangelicals (77 percent), weekly churchgoers (74 percent) and conservatives (64 percent), are mostly likely to say God created humans in their present form. Ahhhh, the enemy... :=8/
Still, most Americans think it is possible to believe in both God and evolution. Sixty-seven percent say this is possible, while 29 percent disagree. Most demographic groups say it is possible to believe in both God and evolution, but just over half of white evangelical Christians say it is not possible.
Opinions on this question are tied to one’s views on the origin of human beings. Those who believe in evolution, whether guided by God or not, overwhelmingly think it is possible to believe in both God and evolution – 90 percent say this. However, people who believe God created humans in their present form are more divided: 48 percent think it possible to believe in both God and evolution, but the same number disagrees.
This poll was conducted among a nationwide random sample of 808 adults, interviewed by telephone October 3-5, 2005. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus four percentage points.
Hell in a Handbag, folks... :=8/ Someone find me a snuggly little Canadian chickiepoo I can marry... ;=8)
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- posted by The MooCow @ 9:09 PM 0 comments
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Hope Afterall??? :=8D
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Well folks, I gotta admit I never thought I'd see it happen, but one of the Republican crooks has finally be caught - check it out!!!
Arrest Warrant Issued for Tom DeLay
Former House Majority Leader Due in Court Friday
By SUZANNE GAMBOA, AP
AUSTIN, Texas (Oct. 19) -- A Texas court issued a warrant Wednesday for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to appear for booking, where he is likely to face the fingerprinting and photo mug shot he had hoped to avoid.
Bail was initially set at $10,000 as a routine step before his first court appearance on conspiracy and money laundering charges. Travis County court officials said DeLay was ordered to appear at the Fort Bend County jail for booking.
The warrant was "a matter of routine and bond will be posted," DeLay attorney Dick DeGuerin said.
The lawyer declined to say when DeLay would surrender to authorities but said the lawmaker would make his first court appearance Friday morning.
The charges against the Texas Republican stem from allegations that a DeLay-founded Texas political committee funneled corporate money into state GOP legislative races through the National Republican Party. Texas law prohibits use of corporate money to elect state candidates.
DeLay is charged with conspiracy to violate state election laws and money laundering, felony counts that triggered House Republican rules that forced him to step aside as majority leader.
Two separate indictments charge that DeLay and two political associates had the money distributed to state legislative candidates in a roundabout way -- sending it from the political action committee in Texas to the Republican National Committee in Washington and finally back to candidates' campaigns.
DeLay has denied wrongdoing.
The effort had major political consequences, first by helping Republicans take control of the Texas Legislature in the 2002 elections. The Legislature then redrew congressional boundaries according to a DeLay-inspired plan, took command of the state's U.S. House delegation and helped the GOP retain its U.S. House majority.
Former House Majority Leader Due in Court Friday
By SUZANNE GAMBOA, AP
AUSTIN, Texas (Oct. 19) -- A Texas court issued a warrant Wednesday for former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to appear for booking, where he is likely to face the fingerprinting and photo mug shot he had hoped to avoid.
Bail was initially set at $10,000 as a routine step before his first court appearance on conspiracy and money laundering charges. Travis County court officials said DeLay was ordered to appear at the Fort Bend County jail for booking.
The warrant was "a matter of routine and bond will be posted," DeLay attorney Dick DeGuerin said.
The lawyer declined to say when DeLay would surrender to authorities but said the lawmaker would make his first court appearance Friday morning.
The charges against the Texas Republican stem from allegations that a DeLay-founded Texas political committee funneled corporate money into state GOP legislative races through the National Republican Party. Texas law prohibits use of corporate money to elect state candidates.
DeLay is charged with conspiracy to violate state election laws and money laundering, felony counts that triggered House Republican rules that forced him to step aside as majority leader.
Two separate indictments charge that DeLay and two political associates had the money distributed to state legislative candidates in a roundabout way -- sending it from the political action committee in Texas to the Republican National Committee in Washington and finally back to candidates' campaigns.
DeLay has denied wrongdoing.
The effort had major political consequences, first by helping Republicans take control of the Texas Legislature in the 2002 elections. The Legislature then redrew congressional boundaries according to a DeLay-inspired plan, took command of the state's U.S. House delegation and helped the GOP retain its U.S. House majority.
A true scumbag and crook, DeLay should get everything he deserves, and mooore.
I guess all we gotta dew now is cowvict Bill Frist, Karl Rove, and the entire Bush administration for all their crime, incowpetence, and thievery. Go get 'em boys!!!
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- posted by The MooCow @ 8:00 PM 0 comments
Monday, October 03, 2005
Harriet the Spy... :=8/
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Baby Bush finally got around to nominating an-udder one of his friends to a government post with the nomination of Harriet Miers to replace Judge Sandra Day O'Connor:
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, proposing to replace Sandra Day O'Connor with a lawyer who has never been a judge a career path that makes it harder for both liberals and conservatives to figure out where she stands on national issues.
"She has devoted her life to the rule of law and the cause of justice", Bush said, announcing his choice from the Oval Office with Miers at his side. "She will be an outstanding addition to the Supreme Court of the United States".
If confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate, Miers would join Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the second woman on the nation's highest court and the third to serve there in its history.
Clearly, Baby Bush is feeling the heat from the Anti-Abortion Nutcase side of the Der Uber Party; but rather than present a nominee who would clearly galvanize the weak-kneed left he gave us a puzzler, a cryptogram, a conundrum. Foul-crying right-wingers need only wait until this wolf in sheep's clothing gives away her true agenda. Baby Bush is trying to be cute by presenting a nominee who not only has no controvercial background, but who has no background whatsoever. Miers has never been a judge, and only barely been a lawyer, representing (of course) only limited corporate interests, although she has clung to Baby Bush's shank like a lamprey for over a decade. And she's a Texan to boot, whose previous public service includes serving as Lottery chairperson. Make no mistake, folks, she is Bush's creature up and down.
To date Harriet Miers has written no legal briefs, no theoretical arguments, and no blazing op-ed pieces by which any of her ideals can be gleamed, which makes her all the moore dangerous. Best case scenario, we have a inexperienced crony, another Michael Brown; worst case, another ideologue, an-udder Clarence Thomas. Is this truly the best person qualified to fill the Supreme Court vacancy in all the land??? Are you joking???
You herd it here first, folks, this is just an-udder example of the RNC giving the American public a royal screwing.
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- posted by The MooCow @ 2:31 PM 0 comments
