Comments on: What is He Thinking? http://afcmin.org/ateam/233/what-is-he-thinking Helping plans come together, one post at a time Sun, 03 May 2015 14:00:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.9 By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/233/what-is-he-thinking/comment-page-1#comment-897 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 01:31:42 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=233#comment-897 this emergent blogging thing is thin, wispy, contentless … endly suggestive of substance just out reach via a plethora of links … while perpetually lacking in substance … my opinions on what happened yesterday … linked to my friends paragraph .. perpetually five minutes old, not worth rereading

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/233/what-is-he-thinking/comment-page-1#comment-896 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 05:21:28 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=233#comment-896 I agree Tyler, “absolute proof” is too strong.

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/233/what-is-he-thinking/comment-page-1#comment-895 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 20:57:04 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=233#comment-895 I don't understand TenNapel's argument that Miers' nomination is proof that Bush is a moderate and not a conservative. I assume he means that a real conservative would have nominated a well-known originalist. We know nothing about Miers' views on interpreting the Constitution. It is difficult to draw conclusions that this nomination proves anything about Bush's ideological leanings. And as Roberts argued in his confirmation hearings, we should hesitate to judge lawyers by the cases they take. Roberts cited John Adams defending the British troops at the Boston Massacre and Adams was far from a British-supporter. (Oddly, the lawyer who prosecuted the soldiers on behalf of the colonists was a Tory.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/233/what-is-he-thinking/comment-page-1#comment-894 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:59:16 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=233#comment-894 Thanks for the mention! And, glad to find you!
Lores Rizkalla
http://www.justawoman.org

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/233/what-is-he-thinking/comment-page-1#comment-893 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:33:17 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=233#comment-893 Tim beat me to it with the George Will citation. The thing that haunts me is that I just don't believe that Bush himself knows the ins and outs of constitutional philosophy. I support him, and like him, but this has deeply shaken my confidence in him. I now must admit that the main reason I am glad I voted for him is the prospect of his opponent winning (who, needless to say, would be far, far worse on this issue).

]]> By: Anonymous http://afcmin.org/ateam/233/what-is-he-thinking/comment-page-1#comment-892 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:11:11 +0000 http://afcmin.org/ateam/?p=233#comment-892 Don't forget George Will:

If 100 such people had been asked to list 100 individuals who have given evidence of the reflectiveness and excellence requisite in a justice, Miers' name probably would not have appeared in any of the 10,000 places on those lists.

Will has one thing wrong. There would not be 10,000 names, for people such as Edith Clement, Edith Jones, Janice Rogers Brown, and Priscilla Owen would appear on many of those lists. This is a very disappointing selection.

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