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Breath Holders

10.5.05 @ 12:01AM

OXYGEN MASKS
Re: John Tabin's Miers, Calmly:

Mr. Tabin states, "Remember that deep breath? It might not be a bad idea to hold it."

Sorry, Mr. Tabin. I'm afraid I will run out of oxygen.

With the nomination of Ms. Miers the President has disappointed me once again. I'm getting so used to Mr. Bush's "go along to get along" attitude and policies that he looks like a neutered long horn bull. A third party vote is starting to sound pretty good to me. Except, I remember what happened the last time with Ross Perot. We ended up with good ol' Bill.

Without strong leadership from the President we are left with Congress.

To the Republicans in Congress, read my lips: Don't get stuck on stupid. Stop illegal aliens from entering our country. Control federal spending. Read the Constitution.
-- Nelson Ward
Ribera, New Mexico

This is a pathetically lame and irresponsible article. Its author seems unaware that we have been holding our breath for 30 years already. Bush and the Republicans were put in office on the explicit promise to appoint justices like Scalia and Thomas. The promise has been broken; the trust has been betrayed. The suggestion that we have to guess and hope for a 60-year-old mediocrity is as insulting as it is absurd.
-- Paul F. Danello

What will be interesting to me about this nominee is whether the solitary "demopublican" Senator, Mr. Specter, will exert any leadership for the benefit of this woman. I am unconcerned with her conservative credentials; the fact that she has never been a judge, nor her possible association with the recently deranged Al Gore. I am concerned with her reputation for critical thought; honesty, and integrity. I view her lack of experience as a judge as a plus.

I am willing to leave the low ground to the democrats. They are the ones who argue that constitution lives and can be changed at the whim of nine old people, but fanatically defend a court decision, Roe v. Wade, as immutable. Let them question her on how she will rule on future cases. And I will hope, as did Ruth Bader Ginsburg, this lawyer will refuse to respond to such pap. But most important is that this President gets his appointee to the Supreme Court and quickly. To that end, I hope Senator Specter will be both aggressive and successful.
-- Jay W. Molyneaux
Wellington, Florida

Let's see, Mr. Tabin advises us to take a deep breath. Maybe hold it, but calm down and take a step back, so to speak. We should give Ms. Miers and, more importantly, Mr. Bush the benefit of the doubt. I mean, she has no track record as an intellectual heavy weight. She has no track record of having an interest in Constitutional law and interpretation. Not how she would rule, but just an interest in Constitutional law. Never mind the slap in the face that Bush has delivered to the conservative voter base. Hey you conservative morons, sit down and shut up and mind your betters.

Now on the other hand, we have an elected Republican leader that has shown the ability to drive Nancy Pelosi and her compadres nuts and defeat them at almost every turn. We have a Democrat prosecutor that is desperately obsessed with taking this effective leader down with spurious political charges. What does Mr. Tabin advise us to do? Why, hang him out to dry. That is Mr. Tabin's advice. Tell me again how Mr. Tabin does NOT work for the DNC.
-- Ken Shreve
New Hampshire

I predict a lot of Bush/Cheney bumper stickers coming off of cars in the next few days.

I don't know why some conservatives are acting surprised at Bush betraying them once again, but then neither do I know why Charlie Brown always lets Lucy hold the football for him to kick.

When the only thing Bush could bring himself to say about the Clinton impeachment was, "I'm glad it's over," we had all the information we needed to know it would turn out like this.

I am hoping that conservatives will fight hard to defeat this nomination. Their chances of winning are slim. But Harriet Miers will be a better-behaved justice for it if her nomination succeeds only against strong, hard fought opposition by Republicans. It won't be much, but it's probably all that can be salvaged.
-- John Gorentz
Battle Creek, Michigan

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