The claim that most female candidates withdrew their names to avoid the "persecution" that would insue from the Democrats is really hard to swallow. Who in their right mind would do that if they were honest motivated jurists? They are a fearless bunch, especially motivated females...This whole spin is just malarkey from the WH IMO. If in fact the females on the list were such Wusses and we are left with Miers, Bush should have fallen back to his "best qualified" list and picked a guy like Luttig. (a non female...there I said it...I must be a sexist..for wanting a superior known conservative judge on the bench)
Well swallow it anyway, because it is a FACT.
The amazing thing, is that this thread assumes who the finalists were, and NONE of you know that. I find it stunning that FReepers are now engaged in a concerted effort to call the President or his staff a bunch of liars or spinners.
With friends like some of you, I don't know why you would expect the President to be concerned about what you think at all. You want him to be loyal to you, but at the first sign of stress, I see many of you jumping off the bandwagon, as I stupidly did last week until I was made to understand what is going on.
This thread is just plain disgusting. That I at one time behaved like some of you are doing on this thread makes it that much worse.