Posted on 10/04/2005 3:03:35 PM PDT by new yorker 77
You gotta dance with the one that brung ya.
The question is (assuming she IS everything we could want), will the administration have to go SO far in convincing the right that she's "the one" that the left will catch on and sandbag her?
I think that many of the Democrats that are supporting Miers are doing so simply because they know that expressing their support will cause conservatives anguish. Many of us will think that, since Harry Reid is voicing his excitement, that automatically means that Miers must be anathema to everything that conservatism holds dear. They want conservatives to be in disarray.
That's just conjecture, of course. But considering the visceral hatred the liberals have for President Bush, I have to be skeptical of their suddenly cheering for one of his nominees. No Bush nominee could ever be sufficiently far left to make the liberals genuinely happy.
Miers may very well be one of the greatest of President Bush's mistakes. But she may also be a very faithful conservative. I'll wait to learn a little more before I get my panties in a wad.
Several thousand years ago, Sun Tsu, in his everlasting book named, "The Art of War" which has been studied by every military since, said, " The best general wins the battle without firing a single shot".
Does this sound like GWB? Do not play Texas hold-em with GWB.
Jay is a solid citizen.
How about this: plausible denial?
IOW, Reid knows Miers is probably quite conservative, but he also knows WE the people don't know that.
So he can go along saying what a swell gal she is and when she turns out later to be exactly what the Rat base despises, he can claim: How was I to know?
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