Oh, I think she is the wrong person for the job, I don't feel she has the other qualifications, and that should be the argument, not that the President allowed his feelings on faith to assist him in his choice.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 10:37 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: AYFKM #1: Bush: Miers' Religion Cited in Court Nod > > > Nick wrote: > > I don't have a problem with him using faith as a category. > > > > I somewhat agree with you, however it shows horrible judgement (not > that we needed any more proof that this President has horrible > judgement.) > > One of the major complaints about Ms. Meirs is that she hasn't shown a > competency in negotiating constitutional issues which are about > rights, not morals. > > Let's take prostitution for example. I would argue that I have a > right to enter into a contact with another willing party for darn near > anything and the federal government shouldn't have squat to say about > it. > > A religious opinion, however, would be that prostitution wrong and so > the gov't shouldn't allow it. I say that violates my rights. > > If a justice is making a ruling based on religion or faith rather than > rights, then we're in serious trouble. Thus it's bad judgement for > Mr. Bush to invoke this message. > > Unless you're trying to placate the fundies that put you in office by > fooling fiscal conservatives. Then it's political judgement. The > absolute worst kind. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get Instant Hacker Protection, Virus Detection, Antispam & Personal Firewall. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=62 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176990 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
