Liberals have a tendency to take your powder.
I know that's probably easy for me to say because I haven't been a bona fide conservative for more than a couple of years.
Even though I was too young to vote I watched Jimmy Carter win in '76. I watched at my school and cringed when the final tally came in. So yeah, it is easy for you to say.
But consider this: Miers may be an "unknown quantity" to us, but she is NOT an "unknown quantity" to the President.
Some of us are our doubting our faith. Especially the way Kennedy and Clinton are being hailed as heroes. Thirty years of experience trumps I haven't been a bona fide conservative for more than a couple of years. every time.
This hysterical, knee-jerk reaction is just what the Democrats want to see!
I don't care what they want to see. We have a majority in both houses and the Presidency and are still kissing their asses. Explain that.
Look, I think I understand your anger. I just don't see this situation the same way you do. One of the reasons I was in line at my precinct at 5:00 AM on Election Day, after having worked all the previous day and night, was because I wanted to vote for President Bush and Johnny Isakson, because I knew that Supreme Court vacancies would probably be coming during this term. I wanted someone who would appoint and vote for judges who are strict constructionists who will not legislate from the bench and who will not consider international law as part of their decisions. I trusted President Bush to make such appointments, and I still trust him.
When you consider this appointment, you also need to consider who his "warriors" in the Senate are. He needs to play this very shrewdly. There are too many weak-spined Republicans in the Senate who will buckle under pressure, at this point. I think the President has taken all of these things under consideration. His judicial choices, so far, have been excellent. We were skeptical of Roberts, but see how that turned out? I think we may end up being pleasantly surprised with Miers, so I'm taking a wait-and-see attitude. I really don't think the President has sold us out.