These people are Northeastern elitist snobs.
Souter in drag.
I've only read one piece of her writing, I must confess. But I found it flat and unimpressive. I had much the same impression as this. Whatever you think of Podhoretz, he's a fine stylist, and he knows whereof he speaks.
Shakespeare says that "style is the man." Read any editorial by Maureen Dowd and you quickly understand what kind of mind she has. There's nothing like that in Miers's style, but to me it reveals a pedestrian mind, very dangerous among the sharks on the Supreme Court. Yes, she's a convinced Christian and a successful office manager. But I've yet to be convinced that she can stand up to the pressures on SCOTUS.
Muscular, effective, incisive, painstakingly accurate writing is a SCOTUS jusctice's stock in trade. Miers' "golly glittering gee" writing fails by any reasonable measure.
Whaa She is NOT my choice!!! Whaaa! Funny how all these NRO clowns seem to forget that Souter, Ginsburg, Kennedy, Stevens WERE the product of this elitist Judaical activist system they are so desperate advocating. Maybe they might ask themselves WHY Renquest was NOT?
John Pod is an op-ed writer. John Pod thinks that op-ed writing is a qualification for SC judges. John Pod is op-ed-centric
0 + Podhoretz's opinions = 0
I very much understand this perspective. However, the more I keep reading the "we must have academic excellence" argument being used against Miers the more it rankles. I wonder why? I have an advanced degree from one of the top engineering schools in the US. At the same time I've found that just plain folks with "utterly ordinary intellects" can do quite well in sorting through thorny and complex questions about adhering to the founder's original intent in the Constitition. My goodness, this woman is being portrayed as a silly simpleton Aunt Bea character. It's not like Cindy Sheehan was nominated. And don't anyone tell me "we just don't know" because we just didn't know about Roberts either - we just took the pundit's and politician's word about it. Sure some folks probably did pull Robert's papers and actually read them. I would guess that most just read what others said about him. This is more about a power struggle within the Republican party than whether or not Miers is "acceptable". Let's not piss off too many people as we choose the next direction for the party shall we? In other words, let's not lose the war to win the battle.
John Pod refuses to acknowledge her article in Texas Lawyer.
Jackass.
Pray for W and Our Harriet Miers
Sounds a lot better IMO than the frickin' socialist geniuses that have been running our lives for the last 70 years.
What do I know? I'm just an utterly ordinary gnarly old nail banger.
That just about sums it up for me. I hope Miers is as strict a constructionist as is sorely needed on the Court at this point in time. I also hope she has the intellect to navigate the shoals of open ended intrusion of the Courts in every facet of our lives. I just don't see an exceptional candidate in this nomination. Rather a trusted counselor to the President who hopefully satisfies these requirements. Unfortunately, nothing I've seen or heard supports this assumption and I just wish W would stop ignoring the needs of his very supportive base (Immigration, Spending, etc.) and provide some reasonable return on this support.
If she isn't able to fulfill these needs, whether because she is not of sufficient talent, intellect or perseverance, who cares. The result will still be the same and the base will be disappointed once again - Including yours truly. I just think this is a needless risk that could have been eliminated with another choice.
The Supreme Court IS an elite institution. It's opinions will be studied by every law student in the country, argued over in every moot court, taught in every university.
If you believe that excellence matters, there is no reason to put an unqualified crony on the court who will be completely out of her depth and intellectually utterly unable to hold her own.
Since when is respect for excellence snobbery ?
W has finally succeeded in his goal of uniting the country; conservatives and liberals alike AGAINST him.
But, W is playing a very smart hand of poker; while the conservative elites want to go all in, with a hand they have low odds of winning (foolishly putting up a Brown or Luttig, knowing they will get filibustered and not having the votes to ensure winning), W knows that with his choice he has excellent odds of winning (getting another reliable conservative vote on the Court)
Great article for a piece written by an ego-centric idiot.
Let's see one sentence about the subject, Meirs:
The rest of the piece about John Podhoretz.
It's a me, me, me, me, mini-me world
Great article for a piece written by an ego-centric idiot.
Let's see one sentence about the subject, Meirs:
The rest of the piece about John Podhoretz.
It's a me, me, me, me, mini-me world
ping