You said: Without the votes of Republicans living in New York, California, Massachusetts, among all of the other states enumerated by this guy, George W. Bush would have lost the popular vote in 2004.
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I hate to appear elitist, but under our constitution the popular vote doesn't really count. Sure, I am glad we won it, but we didn't in 2000, and Bush was elected nonetheless. The poster makes a brilliant observation. Most of those who oppose Miers are from states that didn't give the electoral, that is, constitutional, vote for the president.
I may or may not support the Miers nomination, but I like the fact that plain ol' folks identify with her.
(By the way, for what little it is worth, I am an attorney, out of a less than elite law school, UNC, and I could interpret the constitution better than at least 4 of the justices.... and I bet there are plenty like me with no apparent "judicial philosophies"....)
It was related to the imbecilic assertion that we had to "shut up" because we lived in states that didn't cast their electoral votes for President Bush.
He was implying that we had less of a voice in the matter than Republicans who lived in states that were in the red column, which isn't true.