This issue is doing a good job of distinguishing partisans from conservatives. Add me to the list of Barking Moonbats.
I agree. I'm astonished at the level of vitriol directed against conservatives who wonder if Bush made a bad choice. Bush is no conservative and doesn't deserve the totally uncritical support given to him by many people on this forum (no one on Earth deserves uncritical support). We used to joke about Clinton kool-aid drinkers, well I see a lot of Bush kool-aaid drinkers here lately.
In my humble opinion, a conservative would have vetoed the pork-laden highway bill, would not have proposed a multi-billion dollar social engineering program to rebuild New Orleans, not support the prescription drug give away, not have worked with Ted Kennedy on education reform, etc. etc.
Not only is Miers an unknown with questionable things in her background to give social conservatives real reason to pause, she's also an old lady. We have the chance to shape the court for years to come, how long will a 60 year-old serve? I hope I'm wrong about this appointment, but Bush has done a lot lately to cause me doubt him.
Feel free now to flame away and call me names like some of you do to everyone else who raises doubts about Miers and Bush.
The problem's not the criticism it's the claims that conservatives should abandon the Republican party. That's just completely stupid. The Republican party is the vehicle for conservatism in America and conservatives should work at the primary level in it. Any other party that could be created would not be competitive and would throw elections to the Democrats. If it ever became a national party it would simply be the same old thing again because most Americans simply are not interested enough to demand strict conservative policies thus another party could not stay pure and remain important. The American people are too easily bought and demagogued. It's always a struggle to win their minds because the Democrats can so easily win their hearts and appeal to their fears in my opinion.