Petraeus was put into a similar situation, so he committed sepukku and outed himself, to avoid having it be used as leverage.

Hastert paid off the blackmail for years, instead. Sign of a difference in fortitude.

Interesting. The same conservative talk show hosts and pundits who criticized Harriet Miers because she didn’t attend an elite law school were the same ones who subsequently talked incessantly about how wonderful Roberts would be. the timing led me to the conclusion that Roberts was her replacement.

That said, my point stands. The conservatives who are criticizing the Republican establishment have drunk the
kool-aid that only graduates from elite law schools are fit to serve on the supreme court. Perhaps the super competitive personality that is favored by the elite schools helps explain why so many Republican nominees to the court “evolve” over time to establish their legacy which they assume will be written by the left.

People keep talking about Roberts after that but Alito’s name comes up rarely. It’s almost like Alito faded into the background, with Roberts taking most of the name recognition and media spotlight, with Miers being known for withdrawing and the conservative criticism.

Harriet Myers was replaced by Alito after she withdrew.

You can look it up.

Samuel Alito, a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, was nominated four days after her withdrawal and subsequently confirmed.

Why does this error persist that Miers was replaced by Roberts? I’ve seen it stated that way several times. I think the mixup is because O’Connor retired (that’s who Miers was supposed to replace) and about two months thereafter Rehnquist died. Roberts had initially been nominated to replace O’Connor (and Miers had been head of the search committe). But before the hearings on Roberts began, Rehnquist died, and Bush switched the Roberts nomination over to having Roberts replace Rehnquist, and then nominated Miers to replace Roberts as the replacement for O’Connor. Then when Miers withdrew, Alito was nominated to replace her.

Because it’s now ILLEGAL in New York to go to a doctor who has any govt. business at all, and pay for your health care out of your Own Pocket.

Yep. I’m in the stockyard already, and the chute is narrowing. Forced into their filthy system, being charged up the wazoo (more than my private insurance!!!) AND, new special hotness, they’ve already sent a letter saying they’re demanding an 11-12% INCREASE in the premiums.

Bad as this deal is, it’s getting worse all the time. And will continue to do so.

Just wait until all the corporate employees are dumped into the Obamacare woodchipper. And THAT’s why the Supreme Court locked it down in advance, so the kulaks can’t escape.

That’s what people were told happened.

Is that what instigated it or did the Left instigate it?

Nobody is immune to the Left’s mind control and propaganda techniques, I remind you.