Senate Dems Defend Miers on Top Court Nod

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Do you believe this shit?

By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 29 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Some Senate Democrats are jumping in the middle of a Republican fray to defend Harriet Miers from conservative criticism that she isn't qualified to serve on the Supreme Court.

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That doesn't mean Democrats will vote to approve President Bush's longtime confidante for the high court or give her an easy time at a Senate confirmation hearing.

Behind the scenes, a half-dozen aides to Senate Democrats — speaking on condition of anonymity to protect their jobs — admit that they are enjoying watching the GOP's right wing beat up the president. None will say whether their bosses feel the same way — or might be insincere when they heap praise on Miers and call her critics unfair.

"All the trashing is coming from the right wing of the Republican Party," Sen. Tom Harkin (news, bio, voting record), D-Iowa, said in a conference call with reporters. "I really think it's despicable what they're doing."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051008/ap_on_go_su_co/miers

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1. I think it's amusing they're calling the Repubs on their incivility

Besides:

"That doesn't mean Democrats will vote to approve President Bush's longtime confidante for the high court or give her an easy time at a Senate confirmation hearing."

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2. When they get enough rope...

And do their level best to hang themselves, why not let them show their true colors?

Some of the things they're saying about her are FAR worse than the VALID criticism of her our folks will have. I guess our senators are just reacting to the fact that if you have Robert Bork and Little Oral Annie heap it on you, you must not be THAT bad a person--only idealogically un-qualified!

I'll bet we'll throw the hard questions at her when the time comes...have a feeling we won't see major Judiciary Committee defections as we did with Roberts!

B-)