[safisoft]

But ask them: "Well what if the president had consulted you on this choice," and the answer is almost always some version of: "I would have thought he was joking."

In fact, when Miers was leaked as a possibility, most of us thought it was a joke - beyond commenting on. We thought that when Gonzales was floated last summer and we spoke up loudly that it was cronyism, the message was received. This seemed IMPOSSIBLY STUPID. We were wrong. Sometimes the people we support really do jump the shark.

[syriacus]

we spoke up loudly that it was cronyism [to nominate Gonzales]

I remember a lot of people were opposed to Gonzales because he had a paper trail showing that he was not conservative enough.

[Williams]

No, you are jumping the shark. You are showing that you can be turned 180 degrees and happily attack your own president as angrily as you would Ted Kennedy. And now that Bush is the "enemy" there is no limit on the hyperbole. Her nomination was floated as a possibility and nobody thought it was a "joke." She's a highly accomplished attorney and I am puking at the snobbery of the pundits who came out screanming about how dare Bush pass over their choices. They should get over it.