WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers pledged unflagging opposition to abortion as a candidate for the Dallas City council in 1989, according to documents released Tuesday.
Ok, maybe it’s because I have a head cold and my thinking isn’t very clear, but thank God I am not held accountable for what I thought or said in1989.
I haven’t had this much fun since the introduction of Dan Quayle as the second in charge during the old Bush days. That is to say the 1st Bush, not the current Bush, but the Bush before this Bush. Not the Bush in the Garden of Eden, that was actually a tree, thought I think there was a Bush involved in that story. Well comparing apples to grapefruits here I guess. Who can ever forget the infamous “ What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.” A real gem from a vice president indeed…
As I was saying, the nomination of Harriet Miers is too good. The democrats are simply sitting back and watching the born again wing of the GOP go nuts over this move by GW. In all honesty I doubt God would have been conservative enough for this crowd. All that forgiveness and other silliness, please what next, unconditional forgiveness?
They don’t have a problem with her lack of any judicial experience, a minor point to say the least, but it is her unknown values that are in question here.
In the end it would have been so much easier had Karl “the brain” Rove not been busy with that pesky Grand Jury. Oh sure you leak the name of one CIA agent to the press and suddenly you’re a bad guy. What kind of country are we living in, where’s the love?
In the end all of it will get sorted out I guess. But it did get me thinking how lucky I am to not be in the public eye. In 1989 I think I actually had a mullet and I thought the border of the world ended somewhere near the county line. I thought romance involved a willing participant and the spin cycle on the dyer. Albeit, the dryer thing is still legend in some circles, it was a bit of shallow existence. My major achievements had been several failed marriages and throwing really good parties. It was a chance for normally sedate folks to come over to my place and cut loose and still have the comfort of knowing they could leave at anytime. One of my friend’s parents happened to be at one of our little "get social" functions. During the course of the evening we had several drum sets being played to accompany the sound system. A neighbor decided the kitchen counter was the perfect place to do her imitation of a go-go dancer. You have never seen such fear in my eyes as I waited for the collapse of the counter under the 250-pound plus dancer. A fear that was only surpassed when said dancer suddenly developed a crush on another partier. For a second it looked like it would end up being more then just an emotional crush.
Toward the end of the evening I heard my friend’s mother comment “What a fun party …thank God he isn’t our neighbor.”
Well life changed, I moved on and now it is very clear to me that public service is never going to work for me. Well unless I run as the candidate that at some point of his life broke more taboos then a normal life span should allow.
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