This quote from a piece in the Washington Blade (gay mag) about Harriet Miers and her relationship with the gay community made me laugh out loud:
Mark Johnson, a past president of the Oregon State Bar Association and former co-chair of the National Lesbian & Gay Law Association, said he worked with Miers when the two served in leadership positions with the American Bar Association.
“She is a very nice person and seems quite fair-minded,” Johnson said. “Really, the fact that she is a personal friend of the president’s is the only thing about her that makes me question her judgment. I like her a lot and I’m very happy for her personally.”
Bwahaha.
Read the whole thing- bottom line- they don’t think she is a fire-breathing ideologue.
Davebo
It doesn’t really matter much what the gays or lesbians think.
Or what democrats and independants think.
This will just add fuel to the fire.
if the gay lawyers are for her then I’m agin her!”
guyermo
noone knows what to make of this. should we love her? should we hate her? should we mock her? should we give her a chance?
George W. Bush finally fulfilled his promise of being a uniter, not a divider….he united American political junkies in thinking “What the fuck?”
TallDave
Davebo,
Because they’re gay or because they’re lawyers?
It’s fun to see both sides of the aisle going nuts for a change. I can’t wait to see NARAL go after someone Harry Reid endorsed. Ah, politics.
TallDave
Also, when taken with Rangel’s comments I think this makes it clear the level of vitriol for Bush on the left has now far exceeded that of the right for the Clintons. I can’t imagine a prominent Republican saying something like this about either the former president or the presumptive ’08 nominee.
Rusty Shackleford
I think Souter has a soulmate.
Souter and Miers…it makes me think of the South Park ‘Sex Ed’ episode where Mr. Mackey and Miss Choksondik get it on.
Pug
Also, when taken with Rangel’s comments I think this makes it clear the level of vitriol for Bush on the left has now far exceeded that of the right for the Clintons.
When a prominent Democrat starts blasting away at watermelons in his backyard we’ll be close to the same level of vitriol. So far, not even close. An $85 million investigation into the personal life of GW might be a good start, though.
danelectro
yes, this is exactly like the clinton chronicles video. exactly the same.
Harley
Say TallDave? The vitriol aimed at the Prez today seems to be coming in large part from the right. Heck, they’re still cleaning up the exploding heads over at Redstate.
Defense Guy
In the beginning there was confusion. Expect things to align in their places of party before too long.
I’d bet Reid will reget his choice of words before this is over, and the right will come to be happy with this choice.
I don’t think the pres is going back on his word.
The Disenfranchised Voter
She is still unqualified…There really isn’t room for debate about it either. She has absolutely no judical experience and also no experience in constitutional law–something that other justices that were not judges, i.e. Rehnquist, did have.
CaseyL
I have a hard time believing her qualifications are really an issue with the Right. The only thing at issue is whether she’ll hand down the “right” decisions. Why do they think, or claim to think, she won’t?
JPS
CaseyL:
You’re projecting somewhat. There are some on the right who think as you suggest, but a lot of us explicitly reject the results-oriented jurisprudence that most on the left demand.
The Disenfranchised Voter
Hmm CaseyL, I might want to point out that I voted for John Kerry in the past election. It was more of a vote against Bush than anything, but I am hardly a member of the “religious right”, or a supporter of Bush.
I honestly have a real beef with such an unqualified person getting the job. To me, her views matter not because she is so unqualified. Add in the fact that she is Bush’s personal lawyer and longtime friend and there is no way in hell she should be allowed on the highest court in the land.
It is really that simple.
Stormy70
She is pro second amendment, which is a main reason I support her. She has a long record of this in Texas.
Shygetz
JPS–Now you’re the one projecting. Both sides want results. The Religious Right wants to strike down Roe v Wade and get religion back into the public arena, and everything else is secondary. They really don’t care what philosophy it takes to achieve this goal. The wealthy Right want governmental deregulation of business, and really don’t care too much what it takes to get there.
Shygetz
Stormy–I’m pro-second amendment–hell, a gun in every pot is my motto! Can I be a Supreme? Please?
Ekim
John, Do you mean to say that someone who thinks the president is the most brilliant man she’s ever met doesn’t make you question her judgement?
Krista
Stormy – don’t you think, though, that out of all of the potential candidates, that they could have found one who was still pro-second amendment, but wasn’t a close personal friend of the president? I don’t think that anybody here is saying that she doesn’t have her good points — I’m sure that she does. But if she’s close friends with the president, then do you honestly think she’d be able to stay objective if called upon to make judgments that may affect the president or his other friends? It just seems too much like a you-scratch-my-back-and-I’ll-scratch-yours kind of situation for my comfort. (Not that anything the SCOTUS does affects me personally, but I’m still a bit concerned for you guys and what this could mean.)
Davebo
Stormy
A long record of pro second ammendment support in Texas?
Can you provide us some examples? Perhaps some of her votes on the Dallas City Council?
Because I feel certain you’ll find not examples during here time with the ABA or Texas Barr Association.
Don
I don’t understand why that’s funny. They judge her by the quality of the company she keeps. So?
Geek, Esq.
She thinks gays belong in jail. I’m not sure why she’s viewed as so moderate on the issue–because she talks to them?
Defense Guy
I’m sure you can back this up with something, or maybe it’s just snark. Guilt by association maybe?
Geek, Esq.
Read the answer to question 2a.
Question: Do you, as an individual citizen, support repeal of Section 21.06 of the Texas Penal Code which criminalizes the private sexual behavior of consenting adult lesbians and gay men?
Miers: No.
Anderson
they don’t think she is a fire-breathing ideologue.
Neither is Bush, but he’s happy to act like one if it’s politically convenient. That’s the scary part.
Defense Guy
Geek
Interesting. Sort of a mixed bag on the questionnaire. Is that the law the USSC told Texas to get rid of?
Geek, Esq.
Yes, that is the law that the Lawrence case torpedoed.
It’ll be fun watching the Republicans devour their own, but a Democrat had better ask her why she thinks gay people should be thrown in jail.
Tractarian
You do know Senator Reid is pro-life, right?
The Disenfranchised Voter
Ahh one-issue voters now using that “supreme” logic for the supreme court.
Gotta love that…
Baron Elmo
Considering that Ms. Miers has never been married, I’m just wondering how long it will be before the first religious rightist starts up the “Wait a minute — could she be a… a… a LESBIAN?” panic. Should be amusing, at least.