I’ve held back my hand on the Miers nomination, because there just isn’t enough information one way or another. However, there has been so much howling on the right, much of it from people I respect, that it’s time to chime in.
I don’t know what kind of justice Miers will be. I do know, however, that Thomas Sowell is right when he says that we have more cause to trust the President than we do the Senate Republicans.
Bush has been consistent thoughtout his presidency. Bush has sold nobody down the river. Those who were up in arms over his statement on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade were either being naïve or just plain stupuid: What did they expect him to do, issue a toothless executive order?
All this pissing and moaning arises from two sources: those who for whatever reason cannot distinguist between conservative and constructionist (hint: Bush has never promised to appoint a conservative to the SCOTUS), and misplaced distrust.
As far as the former goes, I don’t want a judicial actist SCOTUS, liberal or conservative.
As for the latter, it isn’t Bush who caved in to the Democrats over and over again. It isn’t Bush who behaves (note the present tense) as if they are a minority. It isn’t Bush who turns and runs with his tail between his legs every time the Democrats make a threat.
It’s Frist, Specter, Voinovich, McCain. It’s the Senate Republicans. The worst I can say about Bush here is that he campaigned for most of them.
I still don’t know if Miers will be a good justice. But I do know that I’ll trust Bush before I trust the Senate Republicans. They’re castrated, unprincipled, sell-outs, and I want them all voted out of office as soon as possible.
weaver says:
i with you. everything that i’ve seen on miers indicates that she’s careful and thoughtful. i’m stunned by the opposition she’s getting from republican senators. what party do they think they belong to? the democrats look like kittens compared to specter et al.
October 10, 2005, 9:32 amHelga says:
Good job.
August 6, 2006, 12:33 pm