Posted on 10/14/2005 7:27:06 PM PDT by NapkinUser
Round and round and round...and down, like a draining sink.
It was an incredible error from the beginning, and they keep making it worse. As more info comes out it has become even more apparrent that no serious vetting and/or planning was done to begin with.
What an embarrassment to pick his good friend (employee) of 10 plus years. Nearly all of this time she has been working for him.
You make a serious mistake when you allow yourself to believe that this is mostly David Frum's fault.
I dislike Frum intensely. I also cancelled my charter member subscription to the WS during W's first campaign. Must have been in the Spring of 2000. Kristol and Co. were hyping McVain for months, and making fun of W. I was furious and could not stand them anymore.
When I first heard the rumor that it was going to be Miers, I thought it was a joke. Hours later there he was, on tv with Ms. Miers at his side...to say I was shocked is to underestimate my feelings.
I agree with everything you said in this post, nerdgirl!
Spoken like a true "broken glass" Republican, of which I am a proud member.
If you agree with me, perhaps you are a broken glass conservative, standing up for principles rather than people...
Applies to everyone except the conservative base.
Isn't that the truth.
Principles before party is correct!
right there with you :)
I never said anything was David Frum's "fault." Frum has been hyperventilating on a daily basis since the nomination, escalating his rhetoric and his "calls to action."
They are having little effect, it seems to me. Miers is getting ready for the hearings, as are the Senators. This petition to withdraw the nomination is desperation, as it will draw only a few thousand signatures.
Overwhelmingly, Republicans and Americans in general want to know more, and they await the hearings to provide additional information.
Now that brings up worthy considerations and questions that should be asked of Bush, Miers and of course Roberts too.
However, Republican senators should be much, much more positive about Harriet Miers than about the Clinton nominations for which they voted.
Now that brings up worthy considerations and questions that should be asked of Bush, Miers and of course Roberts too.
However, Republican senators should be much, much more positive about Harriet Miers than about the Clinton nominations for which they voted.
Bush satifies two major constituences - God and Mammon - the Evangelicals believe him, when he says he knows her heart and beliefs and feel Bush has sent them a stauch anti abortion advocate. Bush's word is enough for them, and they aren't too bothered by her not being a member of the "judicial monastery".
As a practitioner of corporate law, she brings the POV of that constituency to the SJC.
Out in the cold are the intellectuals, the ones who wanted a learned man of letters steeped in constitutional jurisprudence, a heavyweight with a track record who could forcefully articulate their POV, both as a rallying measure for the GOP and conservatives, and also to present their legal philosophy to persuade the lumpenproletariat.
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