For me, she jumped the shark as far back as the Harriet Miers deal. I’m sure she was right in being against her appointment but she was absolutely crazed on the subject until I had to flick off the radio. She is VERY high-strung.
I’m going to say something that will be interpreted as really bitchy but I’ll say it anyway. In all the years she’s been on the national scene - what, 15 years? - she has never changed her hair style, hair color, clothes style (low-cut, black mini-dress), nothing. It’s as if she’s a stopped clock. What was sexy and attractive 15 years ago now seems completely dated and stuck in amber. Most women update their styles on a regular basis - particularly those who are on tv a lot.
Well, I was very much against the Harriet Miers deal, so I agreed with Ann on that. Miers was pushed by Laura Bush and some of Bush’s more liberal advisers. And after doing a good deal of investigating, I concluded that Miers was pro-abortion, and that she was not really the Evangelical that she pretended to be, but more of a professional feminist.
I think Bush finally realized that it was a mistake. She was a personal friend, and Bush could sometimes be a sucker for personal friends, but she was not a suitable candidate for the court.