Harriet Miers

I must begin again by apologizing for not writing in so many weeks. My last post was a rather angry blunt post on doing something about the gas prices.

My post today is on Harriet Miers, I watched the Roberts proceedings with some amusement as Senator's made speeches and everything seemed to pass with no real problem. Roberts is now Chief Justice and it is time for the next round of fighting to begin-it's no secret that this time we(the conservative and liberal groups) will be more involved in this process.

The fact of the matter is that I am not sure the conservative movement is prepared to fight this time. I have read blog after blog on the issue and none-of them seem ready for anything other than criticism. I think the bloggers will not be much support to the movement or the administration as they act out the Republican party's own confusion over the nomination of Harriet Miers.

Questions abound: Is she a crony of the President? A repeat of Souter or Abe Fortas. Is she really conservative? I mean she did support GORE of all people in the 1988 presidential race. Is she well enough to serve? The woman looks a little unhealthy if you ask me-but no one did :)
Does she have enough experience? She has tons of legal experience-just not as a judge. Did the President wuss out by picking a woman and thereby bend to the PC forces? No.

I have no doubt in my mind that her relationship to the President has made her a candidate for this position. But, the reality is that no one gets nominated for the Supreme Court without being known to the President. The Leader must have had time to understand how the person works and to judge for themself whether the candidate can handle a post like the Supreme Court.
I am mystified by the President's position at this time. I, like many others in the Conservative movement-think 'Did we miss the joke?' 'Is this another dodge?' We are waiting for someone to pop out from behind the curtain and say 'Just kidding! Gotcha! Now for the real nominee to the Supreme Court!' Well everyone, that is not going to happen.....

I can only at this time think that the President- in his almost prophetic actions that have over time made more sense to me-knows something I don't..well duh. And I cannot imagine that anyone at the White House would be stupid enough to jeopordize their career and the fate of the country with a Crony appointment.

Yesterday, as I read article after article on how the President had chosen someone for this post who has been known by the former head of the RNC to be a Democrat. The woman gave money to GORE!!! AAAAAAAAAH! Well, this is what I can say- A.) She can't be a true Democrat and work for Bush. B.) Maybe she was orginally a conservative Democrat on Social Issues whose only vice is big government. C.) Reagan was a Democrat before he became the ultimate Republican Conservative and revitalized the country. Done.

My major concern is really that this woman does not look healthy. Maybe she just needs an acid peel? Her skin shows sun spots which could be pre cancerous but, I am not a doctor. I am the daughter of a doctor whose mother has fought skin cancer a few times in life. This makes me no expert-only paranoid. Whatever the case-she looks like she is only good for 10 years, I suggest she get some rest-go see my Doctor-Dr. Ella Toombs in Dupont and get that skin freshened up so that she looks ready for the battle in the next few months. Also, she really needs to lighten up on the heavy black eyeliner. (Don't do the whole eye! I love black eyeliner too-but seriously woman!)

Harriet Miers served as the Head of the American Bar Association for Texas-no simple job. She asked the Association to take a neutral stance on Abortion in stead of being pro-choice-because she felt that it was wrong to say the Association was pro-choice when all of their membership was not-and was in fact in half on the issue at the time. That smacks to me of someone who is very draconian in their administration practices. She is known to be a Christian Fundamentalist and very practical. (I mean that in a good way.) And well people, she has the Left scared-just look at the article linked to below.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002538146_miersviews04.html
She has done a good job of working in the legal world and balancing the law with politics-maybe that makes her overly qualified-because she can be a judge who follows the constitution and see through the emotional appeals to the law. The fact of the matter is that judges on smaller circuits make sweeping and unconstitutional decisions everyday that hurt this country. And I believe that the longer a person has served as a judge-the more likely they are to make these kind of choices...

Finally, the Conservative movement needs to wake up! We can only survive and grow if we take notice of this country and respond to the needs of the people. This is a diverse country-we are made up of not just men or women or blacks or whites, or any other color. In order to have a truly representative Supreme Court-or Congress, or White House-we need to have people of both genders and different races serving the country. It is strong and ambitious to pick a woman or a minority for a job-that reflects so much on you if that person does not perform well.

I recently, sat through a meeting at ATR for gathering volunteers to support Roberts. I watched incredulous as a person asked a room full of hardworking people to take time off from work to hang out and attend a rally for Roberts???Sure, my boss would love that... The fact of the matter is this woman was in the wrong room. She needed to approach the stay at home Moms, the college students, and the temporarily unemployed for this effort. These are the people who the movement can count on to support our efforts when we are hard at work. These are the people who need us to recognize them and their contribution to our efforts.

The Conservative movement relys too much on white men, in their suits and collars to motivate people-well they motivate a certain group and without help their leadership will cause the slow suffocation of the movement. The country and the movement must be reflective of the world-not globalism-but the actual social world we live in..and therefore our leadership must be reflective of the people we intend to influence, serve, and ultimately inspire.

Harriet Miers needs the Conservative movement to stop complaining and get organized.









http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,377932,00.html