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Thread ID: 20534 | Posts: 14 | Started: 2005-10-05
2005-10-05 23:20 | User Profile
Last night on Fox News, Ann Coulter was on Hannity & Colmes talking about Miss Miers...In the interview Coulter mentioned something to the effect, that the Supreme Court nominee had become a Christian...My question is: does anyone know if she is a Jewish convert to Christianty?
If she is, that would make three minority Jews sitting on America's highest court, Ginsburg & Breyer being the other two.
2005-10-05 23:22 | User Profile
Vytis,
That's an interesting question, for I heard Limbaugh say today that she was a convert. Hell, maybe she's a former Druid.
2005-10-06 04:46 | User Profile
vytis,
I do not know, but I think the name Miers is common among them?
2005-10-06 17:44 | User Profile
I believe she was raised Roman Catholic.
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2005-10-06 18:55 | User Profile
I think she was Catholic. She was on the city council here in Dallas. I believe she was for gay rights and all that bull. Then she found Christ, got on with the Texas State lottery commision. There was some sort of scandal there that I believe she may have been involved in.
2005-10-07 11:05 | User Profile
[QUOTE=BlueBonnet]I think she was Catholic. She was on the city council here in Dallas. I believe she was for gay rights and all that bull. Then she found Christ, got on with the Texas State lottery commision. There was some sort of scandal there that I believe she may have been involved in.[/QUOTE]
Perhaps another Catholic jew like John Kerry?
2005-10-07 15:42 | User Profile
[QUOTE]There was some sort of scandal there that I believe she may have been involved in.[/QUOTE]
[URL=http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/002383.html]pnionline.com[/URL]
[QUOTE]New Supreme Court nominee's ties to Bush's National Guard scandal Breaking News: President Bush on Monday nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, reaching into his loyal inner circle for a pick that could reshape the nation's judiciary for years to come.
Last week, we looked at a troubling episode in Miers' past -- we're reposting for anyone who missed it:
White House counsel Harriet Miers has never served as a judge before, and while this career "hard-nosed lawyer" (as she is invariably described) from Texas certainly deserves some kudos for a trailblazing career as a female lawyer, she's not a legal scholar, either.
But she does know better than just about anyone else where the bodies are buried (relax, it's a just a metaphor...we hope) in President Bush's National Guard scandal. In fact, Bush's Texas gubenatorial campaign in 1998 (when he was starting to eye the White House) actually paid Miers $19,000 to run an internal pre-emptive probe of the potential scandal. Not long after, a since-settled lawsuit alleged that the Texas Lottery Commission -- while chaired by Bush appointee Miers -- played a role in a multi-million dollar cover-up of the scandal.
Whatever Miers knows about the president's troubled past, she may soon be keeping that information underneath the black robe of an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Miers, who not long ago succeeded Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez as White House counsel, is now Bush's pick to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor:
Miers is a skilled lawyer -- mainly on behalf of big business, including Microsoft and Disney -- and the first woman elected Texas State Bar President. But her main qualifications for the highest court in the land appear to be the same as most of Bush's recent appointments: She is unfailingly loyal to George W. Bush.
Here's how Newsweek's Michael Isikoff, on July 17, 2000, described her initial foray in the morass of Bush's Guard service:
The Bushies' concern began while he was running for a second term as governor. A hard-nosed Dallas lawyer named Harriet Miers was retained to investigate the issue; state records show Miers was paid $19,000 by the Bush gubernatorial campaign. She and other aides quickly identified a problem--rumors that Bush had help from his father in getting into the National Guard back in 1968. Ben Barnes, a prominent Texas Democrat and a former speaker of the House in the state legislature, told friends he used his influence to get George W a guard slot after receiving a request from Houston oilman Sid Adger. Barnes said Adger told him he was calling on behalf of the elder George Bush, then a Texas congressman. Both Bushes deny seeking any help from Barnes or Adger, who has since passed away. Concerned that Barnes might go public with his allegations, the Bush campaign sent Don Evans, a friend of W's, to hear Barnes's story. Barnes acknowledged that he hadn't actually spoken directly to Bush Sr. and had no documents to back up his story. As the Bush campaign saw it, that let both Bushes off the hook. And the National Guard question seemed under control.
So far, intriguing...but it gets better, and more complicated. At roughly the same time all of this was happening, Miers was also the Bush-named chair of the scandal-plagued Texas Lottery Commission. The biggest issue before Miers and the commission was whether to retain lottery operator Gtech, which had been implicated in a bribery scandal. Gtech's main lobbyist in Texas in the mid-1990s? None other than that same Ben Barnes who had the goods on how Bush got into the Guard and avoided Vietnam.
In 1997, Barnes was abruptly fired by Gtech. That's a bad thing, right? Well, on the other hand, they also gave him a $23 million severance payment. A short time later, Gtech -- despite the ongoing scandals -- got its contract renewed over two lower bidders. A former executive director thought the whole thing stunk:
The suit involving Barnes was brought by former Texas lottery director Lawrence Littwin, who was fired by the state lottery commission, headed by Bush appointee Harriet Miers, in October 1997 after five months on the job. It contends that Gtech Corp., which runs the state lottery and until February 1997 employed Barnes as a lobbyist for more than $3 million a year, was responsible for Littwin's dismissal.
Littwin's lawyers have suggested in court filings that Gtech was allowed to keep the lottery contract, which Littwin wanted to open up to competitive bidding, in return for Barnes's silence about Bush's entry into the Guard.
Barnes and his lawyers have denounced this "favor-repaid" theory in court pleadings as "preposterous . . . fantastic [and] fanciful." Littwin was fired after ordering a review of the campaign finance reports of various Texas politicians for any links to Gtech or other lottery contractors. But Littwin wasn't hired, or fired, until months after Barnes had severed his relationship with Gtech.
Littwin reportedly settled with Gtech for $300,000. This all could be interesting fodder for a Miers confirmation hearing this fall. But Bush apparently went for Miers' top two credentials:
Loyalty...and a little inside information.[/QUOTE]
2005-10-07 20:51 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Sertorius]Vytis,
That's an interesting question, for I heard Limbaugh say today that she was a convert. Hell, maybe she's a former Druid.[/QUOTE] Personally, I think she's kind of a cute old girl...I've never seen a jewess who looks anything like the lady.
Hopefully the fag stuff and the illegal alien - immigrant stuff just seemed like a good idea at the time to her. :biggrin:
She's better looking than Ginsburg---who could stop a clock or break a camera.
2005-10-07 21:03 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Pennsylvania_Dutch]Personally, I think she's kind of a cute old girl...I've never seen a jewess who looks anything like the lady.
Hopefully the fag stuff and the illegal alien - immigrant stuff just seemed like a good idea at the time to her. :biggrin:[/Quote]
[QUOTE=Pennsylvania_Dutch]She's better looking than Ginsburg---who could stop a clock or break a camera.[/QUOTE]
Not by much... [img]http://www.nfrw.org/images/people/miers.jpg[/img]
2005-10-07 21:18 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Gabrielle]Not by much... [img]http://www.nfrw.org/images/people/miers.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
C'mon...what do you look like... :pimp:...
2005-10-07 21:30 | User Profile
[QUOTE=jeffersonian]In 1997, Barnes was abruptly fired by Gtech. That's a bad thing, right? [B]Well, on the other hand, they also gave him a $23 million severance payment.[/B] A short time later, Gtech -- despite the ongoing scandals -- got its contract renewed over two lower bidders. A former executive director thought the whole thing stunk: [SIZE=4]$23 million![/SIZE] I wonder if they give that to all their ex-employees? Hey Tex, do they have any openings at the Texas Lottery commission?
Barnes and his lawyers have denounced this "favor-repaid" theory in court pleadings as "preposterous . . . fantastic [and] fanciful." [/QUOTE]Certainly not! Its just "friends helping friends" the way all those good ole boys(and girls) in Texas do things.
Too bad I didn't spend more time making these kinds of "friends". $23 million - that would certainly buy a few groceries. :lol:
2005-10-08 07:14 | User Profile
Miers looks like a typical old-maid. Ginsburg however is ugly as sin.
2005-10-08 12:29 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Pennsylvania_Dutch]C'mon...what do you look like... :pimp:...[/QUOTE]
Sort of like my avatar. :)
2005-10-08 13:13 | User Profile
[QUOTE=adam 1860]Miers looks like a typical old-maid. Ginsburg however is ugly as sin.[/QUOTE]
Whoever does Mier's hair and makeup isn't doing her any favors.