"Absurd comparisons. Just look at the actual people who have sat on the court for the past two hundred years."
The comparison is not with those who have sat on the court, but with those available for Bush to choose from.
He wants Meiers. He compared them with her and he wants her. He knows her better than he knows them. I trust Bush on this. I know he loves America and I know he knows how critical this appointment is. This is the woman who helps him select judges. She evidently knows what good judicial temperment is. And she knows what makes for a good judge. It follows that she can be one herself because she has studied judges and their work.