Do you think we would have been better off with Harriet Meiers?
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Thu Jan-12-06 05:31 PM
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Poll question: Do you think we would have been better off with Harriet Meiers?
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Thu Jan-12-06 05:32 PM
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1. While not perfect, she was no right wing blind ideolouge.
Edited on Thu Jan-12-06 05:54 PM by AX10
Miers, still is very much to the right of O'Conner. However, Alito is a PURE Fascist.
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Thu Jan-12-06 05:33 PM
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I think there are plenty of solid candidates for the Supreme Court that we shouldn't have to choose between a bad choice and a worse choice.
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Thu Jan-12-06 05:33 PM
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i think she too would have given Bush dictatorial powers - she might not have been as rigid on abortion (or maybe more so, her record was certainly cloudy in this regard).
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Thu Jan-12-06 05:33 PM
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4. Like we had a choice? /nt
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Thu Jan-12-06 05:36 PM
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Alito is blindly pro-business and neoconservative. Miers is blindly pro-Bush. The difference is subtle, but significant. Either way, it's a disaster.
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Thu Jan-12-06 05:36 PM
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fascist vs. moron bush groupie. What kind of choice is that?
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Thu Jan-12-06 05:37 PM
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7. Gawd if Meirs was appointed
* would be wearing a crown already. This guy is scary enough, she was total stepford.
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Thu Jan-12-06 05:41 PM
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8. Meyers would have been another vote for Scalia. Scalito takes it to a new,
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Thu Jan-12-06 05:48 PM
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9. DOES matter, both disasters; just DIFFERENT disasters
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Thu Jan-12-06 06:33 PM
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maybe she would've gotten caught giving the monkey a BJ.
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