Bush has ignored world-class conservative talent and experience to put a Harry Reid's pick on the Supreme Court. Is that why we worked so hard to get him elected twice? So he could put the Senate minority leader's pick on the Supreme Court?
That should bother you. It should bother any conservative who has any intelligence at all.
I'll ignore your angry, vicious insults, and respond to this post.
I used your analogy to remind you of the obvious...that there is a first experience on the road to expertise.
I never suggested Bill and Hill were under consideration for nomination to the SCOTUS. They were used as examples of people who have been praised to the heavens as being of superior intelligence, yet have failed to exhibit practical results of it. Others who have been ridiculed and denigrated as being of inferior talent, skill, and intelligence have proven to be among the best in their fields. Again, the obvious point is that the same could be true of Harriet Miers.
The president, not Harry Reid, chose Miers. He has probably known her a lot longer than has Harry Reid, so he didn't need a suggestion, or permission, to select her.
I wanted JRB, or Edith Jones, or Luttig to be nominated. The choice belonged to the president according to the Constitution, and he made his choice.
Some have jumped onto Harriet Miers with all fours, and have verbally ripped her to shreds without waiting for information about her. I was disappointed with the choice, at first, but I'm willing to wait until I know more about her before making a judgment. When that time comes, I'll contact my Senators.
Where is the perspective in all of this? This woman hasn't even had the chance to speak for herself. The hearings haven't begun, and she hasn't been confirmed, yet persons of heretofore sound minds seem to have lost all sense of reasoning and proportion.
I frankly resent the fact that she has been treated so badly by Conservatives based on mere speculation. I think it is delighting the likes of Harry Reid, and other libs. They are probably laughing up their sleeves as they make "nice", "supportive" comments about Ms. Miers, knowing that they are fueling the fires of anger among some Conservatives to the point of rage and hatred toward the president. I believe the Left thinks it is hilarious, and that they are watching Conservatives do what they have tried five years to accomplish...destroy the president, and the Republican Party. They would be willing to confirm Miers, if she were the most conservative SCJ in US history, just to see that happen. If that destruction comes about, it will be because the "intellectuals" in the conservative movement cut off their noses to spite their faces and bled it to death. That won't be George W. Bush's fault. They'll have none to blame but themselves. I'm praying everyone comes to their senses before that happens.