Shhhh, don’t tell anyone
Miers pledged her support for an amendment banning abortion during a run for city council. I heard this covered on the radio yesterday and a White House spokesperson said something to the effect of: Running for office is different than a court nomination and, basically, we can’t hold her to that.
First, why can’t we? Has she since changed her mind? That’s the implication. Or has she not changed her mind but they know that having that position would jeopardize her nomination or be bad for the Republicans and the administration? If that’s her view, why try to hide that?
Also, this statement basically confirmed that politicians admit that they lie and it’s OK since it’s for elected office.
October 19th, 2005 at 2:59 pm
Well, this raises an interesting question. If she supported an abortion-banning amendment, that would tell me that she thinks one is needed; in other words, the Constitution, as written, doesn’t allow for such a ban, so the amendment is required.
Of course, that assumes that she won’t just rule her preferences once elevated to the bench. IOW, the question shouldn’t be how she personally feels about abortion, but how she would rule concerning abortion. I may be naive, but I think there are still people out there who are principled enough to rule against their own personal preferences, based on what the law says. (That said, I have no idea whether Miers is so principled…)
October 19th, 2005 at 3:52 pm
How do you tell when a politican is lying?
His lips are moving.
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October 19th, 2005 at 9:48 pm
What Tgirsch said. Dangit, I wasn’t fast enough.