The Dischordant Ballad of Harriet Miers
How do people feel about this woman being nominated to the Supreme Court? Literally everyone – even the typical political bedfellows, the ones who shamelessly and indiscriminately shack up together on the issues – has a dissenting opinion.
People are mad that the press is making Miers’ faith is an issue in order to snow her. Others are mad that Bush made Mier’s faith an issue to begin with, in order to promote her to the rank-and-file. Still OTHERS (conservative author and speaker Cal Thomas, for example) are upset that Miers can supposedly promise to lay her “faith” aside to make impartial judgments, arguing that firmly held convictions must be part of the decision-making process by any person.
Miers is admired because she is a politically loyal white conservative woman. Miers is dismissed because she is a politically loyal white conservative woman.
Miers is admired for her diligence and attention to detail. She is dismissed for her inability to think on her feet and prioritize the most important details.
Good = Bad = Big Trouble at the Little Ranch in Texas
No matter what positives can be brought to the table, someone still manages to shred Miers for the very same things. (I suppose one could also say that, no matter what negatives are being brought to the table, someone still manages to buttress her reputation for the very same things – this sort of dichotomy is only par for the course).
Whatever her qualifications, conventional wisdom suggests that Bush is not taking this court appointment seriously enough.
Democrats seem indifferent, and Republicans have already suggested that Miers does not currently have enough “Yes” votes to survive the committee, let alone Congress. I hope Bush had a backup plan, since this appears to be just one more embarrassing faux pas in the debacle that is his second term in office.
(Hard to believe that the presidential election was held less than one year ago… The Faceless Mob is unwaveringly fickle.)
People are mad that the press is making Miers’ faith is an issue in order to snow her. Others are mad that Bush made Mier’s faith an issue to begin with, in order to promote her to the rank-and-file. Still OTHERS (conservative author and speaker Cal Thomas, for example) are upset that Miers can supposedly promise to lay her “faith” aside to make impartial judgments, arguing that firmly held convictions must be part of the decision-making process by any person.
Miers is admired because she is a politically loyal white conservative woman. Miers is dismissed because she is a politically loyal white conservative woman.
Miers is admired for her diligence and attention to detail. She is dismissed for her inability to think on her feet and prioritize the most important details.
Good = Bad = Big Trouble at the Little Ranch in Texas
No matter what positives can be brought to the table, someone still manages to shred Miers for the very same things. (I suppose one could also say that, no matter what negatives are being brought to the table, someone still manages to buttress her reputation for the very same things – this sort of dichotomy is only par for the course).
Whatever her qualifications, conventional wisdom suggests that Bush is not taking this court appointment seriously enough.
Democrats seem indifferent, and Republicans have already suggested that Miers does not currently have enough “Yes” votes to survive the committee, let alone Congress. I hope Bush had a backup plan, since this appears to be just one more embarrassing faux pas in the debacle that is his second term in office.
(Hard to believe that the presidential election was held less than one year ago… The Faceless Mob is unwaveringly fickle.)
posted by Fortunato at 11:19 AM
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