[Hurricane Andrew]

Question for all who are let down, disappointed and angry with the president for this choice.

If Miers turns out to be a Luttig, Brown, Ted Olsen, Clarence Thomas type, will you still think as you do now?

Well, if I decide to go over Niagra Falls in a barrell and somehow survive, would you still think it was a stupid thing to try in the first place? There are action and outcome. While the outcome is yet to be determined, it is the action that many are complaining about.

[SE Mom]

Yes, if you decided to do the Niagra Falls thing- I would conclude it was a stupid thing to have done. That is because there was PRIOR EVIDENCE of the risk.

With Miers, don't have that- for good or ill. My question was rhetorical- hoping in vain to jar some thinking here. IOW's what if we get the RESULT we want? What if she turns out to be Scalia or Thomas-like?

Bottom line I often ask myself- do I want to be RIGHT or happy?