More NewsMax fun - Rush Limbaugh: Miers Pick 'Disappointing'

[sabra]

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/10/3/134610.shtml

Rush Limbaugh: Miers Pick 'Disappointing'

Rush Limbaugh Unhappy with Miers

Rush Limbaugh is none too happy about President Bush’s nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, saying it’s a selection "made from weakness.”

"There was an opportunity here to show strength and confidence, and I don’t think this is it,” Rush told listeners of his show, America’s most widely heard talk radio program.

"It seems to me from the outset that this is a pick that was made from weakness.

"There are plenty of known quantities out there who would be superb for the Court. This is a nominee that we don’t know anything about. It makes her less of a target, but also doesn’t show a position of strength.

[librechik]

1. Damn, I'm shocked Shrub didn't pick his mother

or Bill Bennett.

[Mr_Spock]

2. Who cares what Oxyanalcyst Rush thinks anyway.

He could be decoying like everyone else is - I'm just not into believing anything he says - EVER.

[King Coal]

3. He did pick his maid though.

Didn't he?

:rofl:

[Neocondriac]

4. Rush was hoping for...

a pasty white, impotent , oxy contin popping fvck like himself!

[papau]

5. Meanwhile WSJ implies Miers anti-abortion and a Scalia "originalist"

So is Ms. Miers's not just a judicial restraint/limited role of the court/judicial conservative, she is a Scalia anti-abortion "orginalist" with no respect for precedent?

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB1128351923853585...

<snip>Marvin Olasky, a journalism professor and the father of the "compassionate conservative" movement, posted a series of excerpts from interviews with friends and acquaintances of Harriet Miers he conducted before the official nomination. One of the interviews was with Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht, who said he has known Ms. Miers for 30 years and described their relationship as "very close friends."

Quoting Mr. Hecht on Ms. Miers's judicial philosophy: "She's an originalist -- that's the way she takes the Bible," and that's her approach to the Constitution as well -- "Originalist -- it means what it says."

Mr. Hecht says he and Ms. Miers "went to two or three pro-life dinners in the late 80s or early 90s."<snip>


http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa022701a.htm
Scalia on the Constitution


U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia explained and defended his "originalist" approach to constitutional interpretation in a closing address to a Princeton University conference on James Madison, fourth president and framer of the Constitution.

Speaking on Feb. 23, 2001, Justice Scalia explained that he, like Madison, interprets the Constitution according to the "common sense" meaning and definition of the document's words at the time they were written. An opposite approach, Scalia suggested from that applied by Justices who believe the Constitution "changes from age to age in order to meet the needs of a changing society."

Scalia criticized the second approach, saying that it too often results in crafting subjective interpretations of the Constitution to address issues that could and should be handled by Congress.

Calling his view of the Constitution an "originalist" view, Scalia conceded it often places him in a position of supporting laws that do not seem to make sense.

"It may well be stupid, but if it's stupid, pass a law!" he said. "Don't think the originalist interpretation constrains you. To the contrary. My Constitution is a very flexible Constitution. You want a right to abortion? Create it the way all rights are created in a democracy, pass a law. The death penalty? Pass a law. That's flexibility

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[pompano]

6. yep...

Lush Limpballs won’t be happy until the Supremes include, Jerry Falwell, Pat “diamond mines” Robertson, Jimmy “hotels NOLA” Swaggart and some DA extremly sympathetic to oxycontin abuse, doctor shopping, by the rich and famous.

you know, the party of family values...no?

[Sequoia]

7. But, but...she goes to church every Sunday and

works late into the night. The MSM said so. Single, right? So no whiny spouse or kids wondering when she'll be home to cook dinner. You can bet the ilk of Rush and the rest will pounce on that one:"M-m-m-m, not married eh...something must be wrong with her".

[ken_g]

8. The way Bush has been acting, I thought for sure he would

appoint a horse like Caligula did.

[Vinnie From Indy]

9. Isn't this all just a bit too coordinated?

Honestly, if OXY Rush were somehow "surprised" by the announcement of Miers don't you think he would be just a little less inclinced to IMMEDIATELY attack the BushCo. choice? I believe that if he were truly surprised by the announcement he would have soft shoed it today about the nomination. Has OXY Boy ever given you a reason to believe that he is not fully in league with BushCo.? I would venture to say that OXY Boy is a central player in BushCo., he is not uninformed and his lightning quick panning of Miers is highly suspect.