Bush, arrogance overdrive: "I'll let you know when I'm ready to tell you"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

NOTE FROM MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8625492/): "Bush was expected to speak for 10 minutes but would take no questions, NBC News reported."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162923,00.html

WASHINGTON — President Bush will name his selection for the open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday night. FOX News Channel will carry the announcement live at 9 p.m. EDT.

Earlier in the day, Bush was cagey about whether he'd name his pick on Tuesday.

"I do have an obligation to think about people from different backgrounds, but who share the same philosophy, people who will not legislate from the bench," Bush said when asked by reporters Tuesday during a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister John Howard. "I'll let you know when I'm ready to tell you who it is ... I'm confident about where we are in the process."

Two Republican sources very close to the Supreme Court nomination process told FOX News that the groundwork had been laid for a public disclosure, but the timing of the announcement was up to Bush. The name at the top of the list appears to be that of Judge Edith "Joy" Clement (search), who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans. Activists have already prepared a video testimonial from long-time lawyer friends of Clement. FOX News has learned that Clement has already been interviewed by Vice President Dick Cheney, a possible sign that she is the choice for the high court.



http://www.sctnomination.com/blog/archives/2005/06/profile_of_pote_3.html

Profile of Potential Supreme Court Nominee - Judge Edith Brown Clement

Brief biography: Judge Clement currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Prior to her appointment by President George W. Bush, she was a judge on the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (1991-2001) and a lawyer with Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre in New Orleans (1975-1991).

Judge Clement was born in Birmingham Alabama in 1948. She attended the University of Alabama and Tulane Law School. She clerked for Judge Herbert W. Christenberry, a U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Notable opinions: A majority opinion in Vogler v. Blackmore, 352 F.3d 150 (5th Cir. 2003), reducing a jury verdict for pain and suffering damages to the estates of a mother and three-year old daughter killed when an eighteen-wheel tractor trailer crossed the highway center-line and ran over their car. The damages to the mother were reduced from $200,000 to $30,000 and the pain and suffering award for the daughter was eliminated entirely based on the lack of specific evidence about the daughter's "awareness of the impending collision."

[tmooses]

1. I never could understand how people can characterize Bush as

"likeable". To me he is the poster child for every spoiled rich kid who
always got his way and never needed to be accountable because he knew he was going to get bailed out. His answers are so condescending and arrogant when questioned on issues he doesn't want to talk about.

[Moondog]

2. He is so ill-bred

that his father must wonder what Babs was up to.

I grew up with, and went to school with, seriously wealthy people. Bush the Elder acts like one of them. So does the other son, Jeb. Dubya does not.

He just doesn't fit the mold.

Methinks the bitch jumped over the wall.

[ClusterFreak]

3. Methinks I'm going to piss my pants!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Rambis]

4. Spoiled bratt

who was raised on the east coast but never went to finishing school. How anyone can listen to that Texas affectation and slurp it up it is beyond me.

[Patchuli]

5. Except that there is a resemblance

between H.W. and the Chimp. Poor H.W.!

As for Babs, I heard she admitted to drinking when she was preggo with that monster. That she made some kind of comment about him like "Don't blame me for him; I drank during my pregnancy." Don't know how true that may or may not be but it would make sense judging from the Chimp.

[Enraged_Ape]

6. I think it was her participation in the National Pregnant Mothers

Belly-Flop Contest at the Kennebunkport Municipal Pool that is more to blame. Simple alcohol abuse wouldn't even begin to explain it.

[allalone]

7. in other words

They haven't told who I'm picking yet.

[bunny planet]

8. and the prosecutor will let you know when he's ready to indict you.

Ookay Bubble boy.

[Contrary1]

9. Truth be known...

Karl probably hasn't informed the Idiot Son who the nominee is yet.

[mandomom]

10. Why would we consider a nominee who is picked by a

suspected felon? We all know that Rove sets up the game, names the rules and chooses the winners based SOLEY on dirty political needs.

[The Jacobin]

11. He has to convince more soldiers to stand behind him.

"PLEASE guys, just one more time?!?"