[Clara Lou]

So if Bush nominates Barney the dinosaur, by this logic, we should all fall in line and support the president
Your reasoning is what isn't reasoning at all-- it's ridiculous.
One more thing-- what does the fact that Meirs has not withdrawn her nomination by now despite splitting the conservative unity tell you about Meirs the person?
The name is M-I-E-R-S. If you're going to criticize someone, spell her name correctly. The fact that she hasn't withdrawn her name says that she's not a quitter.

[SteveH]

Your reasoning is what isn't reasoning at all-- it's ridiculous.

Except for a change of object, it's not my reasoning at all. But thanks for agreeing with my point, which was that the form of the statement was not reasoning at all.

The name is M-I-E-R-S. If you're going to criticize someone, spell her name correctly.

Form over substance. Whatever.

The fact that she hasn't withdrawn her name says that she's not a quitter.

That in itself is OK, but by not quitting now, she's dragging the country down with her, which is quite a different thing.

Skimpy paper qualifications. History of alignment with liberal agenda and/or rhetoric in the past. The nomination of Harriet Miers has the hallmarks of an 'affirmative action' nomination.

Harriet Meirs, affirmative action nominee to the Supreme Court-- withdraw your nomination. Now.