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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49289)	10/18/2005 6:12:47 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

(Clinton was a great thoughtful and very bright leader, ‘Agenda’ is an eye opener and insight to his way of thinking, Clinton was a thinker, he use to reflect, consider and sense about the pros and cons, and ended up most of the time doing nothing in matters of strategic response, he left a ‘peaceful world’ but a lot was happening around under simmering melting pots about to blow, sometime leadership is about 'impulse' more than intelligence, it can be combination of the two like Churchill but it rare, sometime confidence in eradication of evil in absence of raw intellect needs impulse and faith. Here it is where, Clinton virtue of a great thinker fades against mediocrity of Bush that has its core strength in process of quick decision making, building responsible allies around a policy that is ethical and principled and one that ensures a change instead of a status quo. Look today how quietly Mier credentials as someone against abortion were slipped,( revelations about Miers came from a questionnaire sent out by Texans United for Life. Miers, who was a candidate for local government in 1989, said that she would oppose the use of public money for abortions and would use her authority to keep "pro-abortion" people off city health boards and commissions. Her stance opposing abortion except to save the life of the mother mirrors the views of many conservative abortion opponents.” That’s a pretty strong pro-life position," said Jonathan Entin, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University. "That doesn't necessarily mean that if she were on the court now she would vote to overrule Roe. It might mean that." O'Connor, in her decisions, has said that restrictions on abortion must be accompanied by an exception concerning the health of the mother. She is participating in cases until her successor is confirmed.) This is a political coup d’etat to bring the wavering heartland religious right on the side of Mier, that right could have derailed Mier, but now this very right may have been pacified. First the charge that an intellectual minnow has been promoted is fizzled out second the main core of his support base has been tapped. To get two nominees on Supreme Court without Bork kind of stumble is art of Presidency, even Reagan/Bush Sr. could not do it, with Bork, Scalia and Clarence, he had to sacrifice Bork to the long knives of liberals like Kennedy in the full vote, but what great guy Bork was he refused and exposed the political hypocrisy. Mier will prove to be a strong Judge, and hopefully will bring a fine balance to the court) I read this great article today, 'source unknown' but forwarded to me by my son.... It is the oldest political gambit in the book: If you can't attack the message, attack the messenger. That's exactly what they're doing to Supreme Court nominee, Harriet Miers. Eggheads inside the beltway are relishing the opportunity to assail Miers for her supposed lack of intellectual credentials. Chief among their criticism: she graduated from Southern Methodist University Law School, as opposed to Harvard or Yale. Therefore, she is in no position to shape the legal landscape, let alone occupy space in the marbled halls of the nation's highest court. At least, that's the way several liberals along with conservative columnists George Will and Ann Coulter--are telling the story. As Coulter noted in her syndicated column. The average LSAT score at SMU Law School is 155. The average LSAT score at Harvard is 170.The obvious implication: the intellectual gap between Harvard students and Miers is humungous. For the record, SMU is an outstanding law school. Further, it was extremely rare for a southern woman in the 60's to leave the region to go to college. Exceptions granted for old money. The fact is, Miers did pretty well for herself. Following law school, she did even better. Her record is a litany of firsts: first female hired by the prestigious Dallas law firm, Locke Purnell Rain Harrell. She went on to become the firm's first female president. She was the first female president of the State Bar of Texas,served on the Dallas City Council and became a senior White House official. Those are impressive credentials that are just flat out being ignored because she didnâ€™t attend an Ivy League school. This is ludicrous. Or, as Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland observed, "They're saying a woman who was one of the first to head up a major law firm with over 400 lawyers doesn't have intellectual heft." What a joke. Plainly, Miers has a distinguished record. So let's be honest about what's really going on here. Lurking beneath all the Miers-bashing is partisan infighting over how to select judges. The Democrats refuse to acknowledge that Bush won the election and so jump at the chance to smear any of the federal Judge or Supreme Court Justices he nominates. The partisan character of the process has become so vitriolic that respected and well-qualified nominees like Miers are now being tossed out because of sheer factionalism. A partisan blood oath, not reasoned and methodical consideration, now determines who rules over our courts. At least one major implication is that the infighting will prevent nominations from going through and undermine the administration of justice in this country. In the meantime, I can't help but hope that Miers is carrying around with her a short list of people whose first amendment rights she intends to revoke. At the top of the list: people who sit in front of you at the movies and give away the ending just as the opening credits roll. But just slightly below them, the martini supping elitists who demand that Harvard and Yale students are open spigots of profundity; the rest of us are not. I don't think anyone will mind not hearing from them for a while.