Miers's qualifications (conservative writer chides conservatives opposed to her)

The Boston Globe ^ | 10-7-05 | Kevin P. Martin

[inquest]

That last sentence of the column is a bit on the disturbing side. If she really does have the capacity to let such grudges interfere with her judgment (and I'm not saying she does, so calm down everyone), then that should be an immediate disqualification for the job.

My criticism here isn't so much of Miers herself, but of this type of attitude displayed by a lot of her new supporters - "Don't criticize your public servants too harshly or they might get upset and take their wrath out on you." What utter anti-republican bilge.

People like this need to be reminded of who's in charge in a constitutional republic, and it's not the public servants. They can remind themselves of this, of course, right after they're done complaining about the "elitists" who are opposed to her nomination...

[traderrob6]

I agree, was a stupid last statement and frankly does a disservice to Miers.

[Mount Athos]

Yes, let's all follow the fantastic advice of the Boston Globe since this publication has our best interests at heart.

What a joke. The "elitist" thing is one big straw man. Conservatives just want a justice with a documented strict constructionist history, which is exactly what Bush promised in his campaigns anyway.

Kick the plug on this abomination of a nomination.

[Betaille]

You sexist elitist! /Sarcasm

[Betaille]

"Kick the plug on this abomination of a nomination."

The entire conservative movement agrees with you.

[Mount Athos]

It's an abominomination! A new word is coined.

[Ol' Sparky]

It also ignores history. Justice Clarence Thomas is among the justices currently revered by conservatives for his service on the Supreme Court, and deservedly so. Yet at the time of his nomination, it would have been difficult to finger Thomas, only recently appointed to the Court of Appeals, as the nation's preeminent jurist, legal scholar, or advocate

What moronic point. Thomas was only one of the four stealth candidates to be conservative. Thomas was only nominated after Bush 41 gave us David Souter, another stealth candidate.

Meanwhile compare the stealth strategy to that of the one Bill Clinton. Clinton found known leftists, nominated them and they ended up moving the court to the left.

Sadly, Clinton and the liberals have more intelligence than Kevin and other conservatives that continue to promote the failed stealth strategy.

It is beyond belief with 55 seats in the Senate, we're not getting known originalists appointed. The conservative movement is going to die due to stupidity.

[GSlob]

"Yes, let's all follow the fantastic advice of the Boston Globe since this publication has our best interests at heart."
Well, this piece of advice is purportedly written by one of former Scalia's law clerks. Boston glob just happens to be the publication vehicle here. Unless they edited it beyond recognition, the contents and the responsibility for it belongs not to them, but to "Kevin P. Martin, [who] is a Boston attorney and a former law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia".

[Ditto]

Thomas was only nominated after Bush 41 gave us David Souter, another stealth candidate.

If I recall correctly, Souter had been on the bench for over 10 years when nominated by Bush I. With 10 years of "paper trail" how could he be stealth?

[Mount Athos]

Fair enough, my bad.

[Unam Sanctam]

Indeed, the opposition could ultimately prove self-defeating if she is confirmed and begrudges the assaults on her competence and integrity from the right.

I wonder about this myself. Sure there are a lot of issues of concern about the Miers pick, but the language on both sides within the conservative camp has been so over the top and ad hominem and dismissive of the concerns of the other side. People are using against fellow conservatives language usually used for dealing with the left. Surely we can discuss these issues rationally, even if we don't go back to Ronald Reagan's maxim of "thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican." I have a feeling that some bitterness over the Miers brouhaha may be long lasting and may cause damage to the conservative cause.

[mosquitobite]

Everyone but the "trust him" Bushbot brigade...

[HEY4QDEMS]

First Gore, then Leahy, and now the Globe supports her.

That's to much of a coincidence for me, I hope she is not confirmed.

[Betaille]

I didn't know Gore/Leahy supported her. Last I heard Leahy was very skeptical.

[HEY4QDEMS]

She was on a list of nominations that he gave the president of nominations he would support.

If he's flip flopping his position, that doesn't suprise me.

Oh BTW Time magazine supports her also. What's up with that?

[Betaille]

HEY KIDS... JOIN THE ABOMINOMINATION TRAIN!

[inquest]

I like it.

(although it's a bit Kennedy-esque; that could be good or bad ;)

[dawn53]

The entire conservative movement agrees with you.

Not true.

[HEY4QDEMS]

People refusing to be Bushbots, and you accuse them of being Kool-Aid drinkers???

Did I wake up in Bizarro world or something???

[coconutt2000]

Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity will probably see it and co-opt it. :-)

But your friends on FR will remember you were first. Your comment is time stamped.