"There's a difference between pushing a little old lady into the path of a speeding bus and pushing a little old lady out of the path of a speeding bus. Turning on someone for doing wrong is not morally equivalent to turning on someone for doing right."
All true. But completely inapplicable to the issue at hand. I certainly hope the anti-Miers brigaders are not planning to come out and take a bow now, claiming to have saved civilization. That would only make this more grotesque.
"All true. But completely inapplicable to the issue at hand. I certainly hope the anti-Miers brigaders are not planning to come out and take a bow now, claiming to have saved civilization"
Civilization is far from being saved, but at least the end of this nomination prevented one more nail from being driven into its coffin.