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By TChris, Section Harriet Miers
Posted on Mon Oct 03, 2005 at 12:24:21 PM EST
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James Ridgeway writes about the biggest fear surrounding the Miers nomination:

Above all, Miers is loyal to President Bush. It’s hard to imagine her putting faithfulness to the Supreme Court above faithfulness to the Bush family.

Ridgeway also writes about the best news surrounding the nomination: the degree to which the right wing feels betrayed. "They’re howling with dismay," says Ridgeway.

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    The Bad and the Good | 15 comments (15 topical)
    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#1)
    by scarshapedstar on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:38 PM EST
    I can't for the life of me figure out why conservatives object to this. Blank slate a la Roberts: check. Feckless Bush crony a la Brownie: check. Am I missing something?

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:38 PM EST
    Scalia and Thomas ideologue social conservative populist, Scar? Well, no check there as far as I see at the moment.

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#3)
    by desertswine on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:38 PM EST
    I can't for the life of me figure out why conservatives object to this. Miers and Roberts may not be quite nuts enough for them. They would've preferred someone like Roy Moore.

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:38 PM EST
    Exactly!!! Justice SUNDAY, BABY! Followed by torchlight parade!

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:38 PM EST
    Bush needs another placid vote on the Court for their plans to declare the 22nd Amendment unconstitutional in late 2007.

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#6)
    by mpower1952 on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:38 PM EST
    The Dems on the Judicial Committee must get her to promise to recuse herself from any Bush admin. related cases. If they get her on the record she can't go back on her word or she'll have lied to Congress. Remember, she's the one who decides if she needs to recuse herself. The more detailed they can get her to be, the better.

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#7)
    by Al on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:38 PM EST
    Bush's "base" also howled about Gonzales. It is designed to make the unwary think they are getting a "moderate" candidate, not understanding that "moderate" in this context means anyone to the left of Attila the Hun.

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:39 PM EST
    "right wing feels betrayed. "They’re howling with dismay," says Ridgeway"
    I don't believe anything coming from any republican these days. I wouldn't put it past them to contrive their dissention just to plant the idea in democrats, and all observers (like this blog), that she is not neocon enough. That's one of the first thoughts I have anyways when I read the repub protests, that "she can't be all that bad." Rubbish, they are just playing the part. She is a Fundamentalist christian, and thinks Bush is the most brilliant man she ever met. I consider that dangerous, and I bet the repugs are salivating at the idea of her being nominated. Just a semi thought-out idea!

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:39 PM EST
    Sorry Al, you said that already!

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:39 PM EST
    Above all, Miers is loyal to President Bush. It’s hard to imagine her putting faithfulness to the Supreme Court above faithfulness to the Bush family. That may be the case until 2008. After that, though, do we really think Miers will decide cases according to what the ex-president thinks and not according to her own views? That's the one upside to a lifetime appointment: eventually, the Justice is beholden to no one but herself. Besides, does anyone honestly think that if Miers is defeated Bush is going to nominate someone more amenable to the left? Alioto, Brown, Owens, McConnell -- the parade of horribles goes on and on. Bush has antagonized his base once; let's not give him a chance to learn from his mistakes. Better an unknown like Miers, who may -- may -- turn out to be another Souter, than an Owens who we know won't.

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#11)
    by Sailor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:39 PM EST
    David Frum reports that Miers "once told me that the president was the most brilliant man she had ever met."
    Anyone THAT disconnected from reality and that partisan has already given grounds for automatic rejection.

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#12)
    by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:39 PM EST
    Sailor, You got that right.

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#13)
    by The Heretik on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:39 PM EST
    Those who saw the person who would sit in O'Connors's spot on the bench as an opportunity to tilt the balance toward far to the right are indeed disappointed with Miers for several reasons, not merely for a "right" judicial view, but also because she is sixty, much older than Roberts at fifty and other candidates as well. Quite a few yays and nays on Miers in the roundup at BUSH GONE WILD

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#14)
    by kdog on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:39 PM EST
    Sailor, Che...thinking Bush is brilliant should be grounds for automatic diqualification. I mean seriously, that's just nuts.

    Re: The Bad and the Good (none / 0) (#15)
    by Johnny on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:04:42 PM EST
    thinking Bush is brilliant? She must be inhaling some of the same stuff our hypocrite in chief was snorting back in the 70's

    The Bad and the Good | 15 comments (15 topical)