What they're telling the right wing
grassroots activists about Harriet Miers
Thursday, Republican and Religious Right leaders held a conference call to convince conservative grassroots activists that Harriet Miers would be everything they wanted in a Supreme Court justice. People for the American Way must have had a wiretap, because it has provided a summary of the call.
Some highlights:
Jay Sekulow of Pat Robertson's American Center for Law and Justice: (Don't you love the names? The wingnuts are for the family, law, justice, truth, the American way, and keeping the rest of us in our place.) Sekulow sez:James Dobson of Focus on the Family sez:
Conservatives beating up the Prez need to stop and take a breath
This Prez believes in the pro-life movement, he's proven it by:Signing the partial birth abortion bill
Mexico City policy; and
He's fought against embryonic stem cell researchI've done my own research on Miers; I've talked to people in Dallas; People that have know her for 10 years, 20 years, 25 years and they all believe in her
We've got believe the Prez has done the right thing in nominating HM
Prez keenly aware of what's at stakeYou can read all of the notes from the call, which also included folks like Ken Mehlman and Chuck Colson (!) here.
This is a not only a legacy issue, but the direction of the country
I've argued before the court numerous times and am getting ready to do so again on a partial-birth abortion case
I want HM's vote
Last time O'Connor voted against us and the outcome was 5-4
O'Connor is a swing vote
Miers said that judges should not be policy makers
This is the first time since 1931 that an evangelical Christian has been nominated to the Court
HM will do great before the Jud. Comm.
She's very smart and will handle herself very well
She's different than Roberts - but very smart
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