It's no wonder she is having trouble keeping her story straight: When all you've ever done is say "yes", the truth is an unknown quantity
Posted by bbtb at October 18, 2005 09:09 AMIt's no wonder she is having trouble keeping her story straight: When all you've ever done is say "yes", the truth is an unknown quantity.
Posted by bbtb at October 18, 2005 09:11 AMSorry about the double click.
Posted by bbtb at October 18, 2005 10:02 AMShe's a stupid as Dumbya. Are they related? No wonder they're so in love with each other.
Posted by Red_Neck_Repub at October 18, 2005 10:12 AMBUSH's Born aGAIN SCAM??
THE GREATEST scam EVER...?
We all know that what is called the democratic or rep. party is really just a lose federation of groups that may or may have competing goals. This is seen on the DNC web site that lists various interest groups and not much on core values... It is also seen on the right.
That said, real vaules can be deduced by one's actions. MY HAT goes off the ROVE/BUSH, and cast... on defining BUSH as a borm again christian. THIS allowed Bush's past behavior to be ignored since he had been saved. IT also gave them leaway to attach others that did not have this get out of jail free card... a TRUELY amazing coop.
There is a very interesting op/ed piece in today's Los Angeles Daily Journal about Miers' work for Bush/Cheney during the run-up to the 2000 pretzeldunce election. It seems that the U.S. Constitution bars electors from choosing a Pres. and Vice Pres. from the same state. Cheney's long time residence was Texas - he lived there, paid taxes there, voted there, etc. Same for W.
Just prior to the Republican primary, Cheney moved his residence, voter registration, taxes, etc. to Wyoming to get around that proscription. But Wyoming has a law stating a newly arrived citizen must live there for one full year before they can claim legal residence in that state. A group of Texans sued to bar the (s)election of Cheney as VP on the Bush ticket . Harriet Miers argued on W's and Dickhead's behalf before Texas Dist. Judge Fitzwater in support of Cheney's claimed Wyoming residence. Fitzwater,in a paroxism of judicial activism, found in Cheney's favor, including going so far as to make a finding of fact that, since Cheney was born in Wyoming (even though his bio says Nebraska), he was merely returning to his home state and the "same state" bar does not apply. Also, Fitzwater found that the Texas plaintiffs had no standing to sue because they were "not harmed" by a violation of the Constitution "same state" prohibition. Of course, the finding survived on appeal and the Supreme Court declined review. That should give the Senators a veeerrrrry interesting line of questions to probe Meirs' "judicial temperament." (:>
Posted by Donald Cormac at October 18, 2005 12:17 PManyone who says Bush is brilliant is a moron or a girlfriend or both.
Posted by T2 at October 18, 2005 01:30 PMI don't think Bush is an idiot. He's of about average intelligence, which in my book is too dumb to be president.
Rove, on the other hand, is brilliant like Hannibal Lecter.
Posted by DukeRevolution at October 18, 2005 01:54 PMThis Court term will see another tremendous battle in our endless war over Roe v. Wade---the Supreme Court will hear arguments on a major abortion case on Nov 30., a case that comes out of New Hampshire.
And the Conserva-mentalists sure as hell want their two new reactionaries seated to decide it.
Should be quite a winter!
Posted by euzoius at October 18, 2005 02:30 PMI think Miers' nomination is another example of Bush's and his administration's arrogance. They believe themselves to be omnipotent and the general population (at least 51%) to be fools whom they've mesmerized, hypnotized, and successfully brain washed into submission. This administration evidently thinks we're too stupid to notice that an unqualified, inexperienced, "yes" person has been nominated to the supreme court. We are supposed to accept her just because trustworthy GW says so!
Some of the antics of this administration remind me of teenagers' (including mine) reasoning and arrogance when trying to get away with something. I have great kids. But they are teenagers! At times, they tend to think all adults are stupid. This means they occasionally forget how smart I am and try to convice me that they are "right" or influence my decisions, or obtain permission with BS and faulty logic. They sometimes embellish a story or expect me to believe a lie when all evidence is against them. When not getting their way they may even try to make me give in to them by acting offended while claiming I've falsely accused or wrongfully mistrusted them; thereby, making me seem like the guilty one or the "real bad guy. If this doesn't work, they will try to persuade me by adding emotion to their act or claim the support of some other teenager that they perceive as reputable.
I do occassionally ignore the little things and allow them to think they succeeded with some clandestine plan, especially if I benefit from it. I may reveal that I knew of their subversion all along when I need evidence to demonstrate how smart I am and point out all the flaws of another attempt at wrongdoing or an idiotic act that I can't ignore.
Maybe comparing Bush's actions behavior with teenagers' is a stretch, but I see similarities. Thankfully, most teenagers don't go to war to get their way.
Posted by OffTheFence at October 20, 2005 02:52 AM