The NewsPaper's Endorsements for Owens are not true

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The Houston Chronicle said in an editorial May 12, 2003 that Owen's record "gives reason for pause" and that it was "good" that the filibuster blocking her nomination hadn't been ended. It said she has "a penchant for overturning jury verdicts on tortuous readings of the law" and that she has "a distinct bias against consumers and in favor of large corporations."

Houston Chronicle, May 12: The problem is not that Owen is "too conservative," as some of her critics complain, but that she too often contorts her rulings to conform with her particular conservative outlook. It's saying something that Owen is a regular dissenter on a Texas Supreme Court made up mostly of conservatives.

Similarly, the San Antonio Express-News editorialized more than two years ago –April 9, 2003 – that Owen "is known for her conservative activism." The newspaper noted that the same Democrats who filibustered Owen's nomination had voted to approve another, more moderate Bush nominee from Texas, Edward Prado, to the same Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals. It urged Bush to appoint more moderates like Prado.

San Antonio Express-News, April 9, 2003: Democrats in the Senate appear likely to filibuster Owen's nomination. Once again, the battle over the White House's judicial nominees is gridlocked. To avoid this kind of partisan strife, the Bush administration should employ the Prado strategy for future judicial nominees.

Neither of those is an endorsement of Owen by any stretch.

http://www.factcheck.org/article325.html

[Hanging On]

1. I emailed the factcheck link to Barbara Boxer -

at the [e-mail] address. Any other ideas of how to make sure Democratic Senators are aware of this misrepresentation?

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2. the Corporate Media Complex is not listening

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3. The Republicans are saying we are just being difficult

Not Exactly-we have valid reasons for not wanting these judge approved.