Definately needs more cowbell...
Definately needs more cowbell...
Tony Snow always gets the "DUH! Mr. Obvious!" Award from me...hyuk, hyuk!!!
Interesting article and take on the political savvy of the President. I would like point out that many Conservatives who dislike this nomination are not elites.
I would support Tony for the SCOTUS.
Yes --- remember this:
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GWB: HBS MBA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1070924/posts
The American Thinker February 3, 2004 | Thomas Lifson
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One final note on George W. Bush’s management style and his Harvard Business School background does not derive from the classroom, per se. One feature of life there is that a subculture of poker players exists. Poker is a natural fit with the inclinations, talents, and skills of many future entrepreneurs. A close reading of the odds, combined with the ability to out-psych the opposition, leads to capital accumulation in many fields, aside from the poker table.
By reputation, the President was a very avid and skillful poker player when he was an MBA student. One of the secrets of a successful poker player is to encourage your opponent to bet a lot of chips on a losing hand. This is a pattern of behavior one sees repeatedly in George W. Bush’s political career. He is not one to loudly proclaim his strengths at the beginning of a campaign. Instead, he bides his time, does not respond forcefully, at least at first, to critiques from his enemies, no matter how loud and annoying they get. If anything, this apparent passivity only goads them into making their case more emphatically.
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Yep.
As mad as I was about the pick of Ms. Miers, I'm starting to think that President Bush has roped the dopes again.
So what! She will be nothing but a VOTE when it comes down to it. She can be just as dumb as a rock but if, as GW says, "she has my judicial philosophy" and she has it for the next 20 years, who cares?!
She can sit and read comic books or do a good cross word puzzle and then ask some really good lawyer questions then VOTE Pro-life, Anti-Gay, Pro-business, Anti-envirowhackos and on and on and on...
A VOTE that will back the President and all of us on the Right.
I'm starting to think that this pick is nothing more than the dopes got roped again.
Bushbot article. I think a lot of these people overrate George W. Bush. Even as the Democrats underestimate him, I think many Republicans overestimate him.
GW's pros:
Places high importance on character
Disdain for beltway culture
GW's cons:
Sometimes bows to political correctness
Unwilling to fight his political foes
The upcoming confirmation hearings will determine her fate — and the president's. If she defies expectations, George Bush will look like a genius. If the Senate rejects her nomination, his presidency will come effectively to an end.
Good article but for that tidbit at the 'end'. The fact is this: W is the leader of the GOP, now, and will remain so for a long, long time. His stamp of approval for future nominees in future elections will be very eagerly sought. The Harriet nomination, whether it goes through or not will only strengthen W (primarily b/c of her Biblical World View).
Tony was right about the genius part, but if the nomination is torpedoed, the fault will solely rest w/ Rinos first, demonrats second. Harriet and Bush will have done their part to fantastically encourage or motivate the base. Either way, the Rinos/Demonrats are going to suffer b/c of Ms. Miers and her boss.
I'm considering taping the hearings it will be such a joy to watch....
The latest from the Snow Man.
Of all the people to talk about why we should not be worried, it should not be you.
I don't know what more the conservative critics want. As I read her qualifications and philosophy I perceive that Harriet Miers is the very candidate the Democrats feared most. She thinks like Dubya!
But they'll accept her. Ried even recommended her!
In short, she's an ignorant intellectual lightweight, a token, and a crony.
Somehow, that makes her a "superior" choice for the most important judicial body in America?
Great article.
I was a naval gazer when just a lad. Enjoyed watching all those ships come in the New York harbor... ;-)
"The name is 'Jackington.'" 
Pretty good analysis. Of course, the referendum on the Iraqi constitution had better come out well for our side. Gambling is great so long as you win.
Bump for later.
bttt