"It's called a 'talent scout'. Many mediocre players have been great scouts and coaches. That's not the pool of talent you look in to find the next quarterback."
Maybe so, maybe not. Let's at least wait for the hearings. The fact that anyone at all is nominated by the toon is more than justified to be Borked based on the fact that he is a stain on America, morality, and the Executive Branch. I mean, for goodness sakes; "ACLU"? That alone disqualifies that 8!tc# Ginsburg.
The fact that more people are willing to Bork Miers than Ginsburg is quite a disturbing paradox. Should have fought tooth and nail back then.
"There was precious little that was constitutional in that bill. He should have vetoed the CFR, and vetoed any rewrite as well."
The President shares mine and your concerns. But he decided that it's benefits outweigh the costs. We may not agree but that's what happens. You are free to not vote for the GOP, though I strongly advise you against it. Meanwhile, I'm trying to reform it from the inside out.
As soon as we see someone hurt by it, even if it's liberals, support them to the hilt and get the Courts to strike the unconstitutional parts of CFR (or as you see it; the whole bill) dead. Even if that fails, keep doing it until the First ammendment is safe again. Better yet, pressure your Critters to ammend CFR. We are not without recourse. And the Pres., as much as I like and respect him, doesn't have the final say on CFR.
I don't see it as 'borking' Miers. With Bork, his legal talents were clear, the borking went after his video rentals. With Miers, the complaint is that there is no evidence of constitutional legal talent or inclination. We aren't digging for bad stuff, we are digging around trying to find the good stuff.
The President shares mine and your concerns. But he decided that it's benefits outweigh the costs.
No, he doesn't share my concerns, or he would not have seen any benefits in the CFR.
What I have seen in Bush is that he's giving the right things like tax cuts that can be quickly repealed, and given the left things that are next to impossible to change like huge increases in spending on education and medicare, and given them CFR and a huge influx of illegals. He talks a good bit about personal responsibility, but tends to have the federal government pick up more and more responsibility, as in his recent calls for more use of the military in disaster and epidemic responses.
The president isn't the final recourse, but he is a major player, if not the major player, in setting the political agenda. If he isn't on board an effort to cancel the CFR, it isn't likely to happen.