[livius]

As I said, I hope you like Gonzales. Because I think that's who you're going to get. Miers never even got to state her position in hearings - she was under ill-informed, hysterical media-fanned attacks from day one. How is that a victory for conservatives?

[mlc9852]

I agree. It just makes Bush look weak to me. I was beginning to feel sorry for her. Why would anyone want to go through that?

[gridlock]

So let me get this straight. Did you like Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court? Would she have been in your Top 1000, if you had to make a list? Did you think she had performed well and voiced opinions that you could support?

Just tell me that your honest, heart-felt answer to any of the above questions is "Yes", and I will allow as to you may have a point.

[dangus]

>> Miers never even got to state her position in hearings <<

Ann Coulter was totally unfair on many points, but she was on the nose with this (paraphrased from memory):

"We don't need hearings to know Miers is not a polar bear, and we don't need hearings to know she isn't qualified."

Miers' public record demonstrated she was unfit. Review my previous postings about Miers. You'll find 90% of my comments were appeals to give her the benefit of the doubt, even moreso than Bush himself (example: "What if Miers is a conservative AND Bush is an idiot?", "Miers' questionnaire likely shows a cautious conservative").

[flashbunny]

If you think GWB is iether stupid enough or stubborn enough to nominate gonzales after this experience, then you have a very low opinion of the type of person he is.