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host · 10-05-2005, 08:38 AM

These comments are represented as Harriet's, in her own words. After reading this campaign propaganda, I can picture her calling Karl to ask how she should rule on a given SCOTUS case........Is this what this administration has reduced us to, listening to a cadre of puppets mouthing uncle Karl's carefully worded drivel?

Quote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/print/20041029.html
October 29, 2004

Harriet Miers
Hello, this is Harriet Miers. I am Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy at the White House, and I am delighted to be here to answer your questions this Friday afternoon. This is always a great weekend because we will all get an extra hour of sleep Saturday night. And given all that is going on, I have to say, we here at the White House are looking forward to that extra hour!

....Additionally, with victories in Afghanistan and in the toppling of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and other efforts around the world, we are promoting freedom and democracy in the greater Middle East as well as elsewhere. Sowing the seeds of freedom around the world brings the goal of peace for all nations ever closer. All these efforts require great resolve and sacrifice, but we are making our Nation safer and we will leave a better world for our children and grandchildren. The last four years have been in many ways difficult years, but we have accomplished a lot and as the President has said: "because we have made the hard journey, we can see the valley below. Now, because we have faced challenges with resolve, we have historic goals within our reach, and greatness in our future. We will build a safer world and a more hopeful America -- and nothing will hold us back."

.....So, James, as you can tell, I think we are much better off than we were four years ago. And that belief is without discussing many, many other areas where I believe great progress has been made also. For example, with the President’s effort in education and the implementation of No Child Left Behind we are seeing much needed improvement in our schools. The President and Mrs. Bush believe in the power of quality education. That is why immediately upon taking office, the President introduced a bill to improve our education system. I could go on and on, but it is time to take another question.

.......Environmentally responsible development of the resources in ANWR is one part of the President's comprehensive energy plan, which calls for a responsible mix of increased domestic energy production (like ANWR and clean coal), alternative and renewable fuels (like ethanol and biodiesel), and conservation and efficiency to reduce the growth of American energy consumption. The President's plan is essential to increasing America's energy security.

......And to reduce the deficit, we have to foster economic growth and control government spending. The President's Budget for 2005 holds non-security spending to less than 1% growth. This is a restoration of fiscal discipline, especially when compared to the 15% growth in non-security Federal spending during the last year of the previous Administration. The President has pledged to cut the deficit in half in five years, and we are making progress toward that goal.