Ann Coulter rants about whatever upsets her at the moment. Usually her pen is pointed away from Republicans, but this time Harriet caught her eye. While some of her literary flair might have been over the top (that's her style), Coulter was absolutely correct in her opinion that she (Coulter) was more qualified than Miers.
As for your contention that the anti-Miers crowd (of which I was proudly a part) is elitist, I simply disagree. I'd just say that we were more realistic about what qualifications are necessary to serve on the Supreme Court. Like Coulter, I attended a top law school, did well, made the law review, and clerked for a federal appellate judge. That said, I also have two friends who clerked for the Supremes, and their legal reasoning skills and abilities are so far beyond mine that I find it scary and depressing. So go ahead and delude yourself with the belief thinking that anyone who can read the Constitution is smart enough to serve successfully as an associate justice. It ain't true.
A much stronger argument can be made that the Miers' supporters were anti-intellectual than that the anti-Miers' folks were elitist.
I do not believe Ms. Coulter was more qualified than Miers, and I don't think she ever wrote that either - didn't Coulter say something like "Miers is qualified to be on the SCOTUS like I am qualified to be a sumo wrestler"?
Good for you. I bow before your blinding light.
Speaking of which, I see the wonderfulness of your legal education is reflected in this statement: "A much stronger argument can be made that the Miers' supporters were anti-intellectual than that the anti-Miers' folks were elitist."
Anti-intellectual? Good Lord, but the whole anti-Miers argument was centered on her supposed lack of an intellect and lack of an intellectually grounded judicial "philosophy." It was and remains dishonest. What the anti-Miers people want is someone with a public record that is demonstrably hard Right. They want someone on the court who will not only vote what they consider to be the right way, but who can articulate their arguments in written opinions.
That's fine. It's what the political process is all about. What I can't abide is the lie that Ms. Miers was not qualified when the Constitution, itself, is silent on the matter of judicial qualifications, and when many former SCOTUS justices had comparable resumes to Ms. Miers.
You say that like it's a BAD thing...
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I, for one, supported Miers because I am an intellectual elitist. Although she did receive a law degree -- a negative indicator of intelligence -- her undergrad degree was in mathematics. This makes her the smartest person ever nominated to the court.
Ever.