Harriet Miers: The Worst Possible Choice
Robert Paul Reyes
October 06, 2005
President George W. Bush's power and prestige has been severely weakened by the quagmire in Iraq, the high price of oil and the disastrous federal response to Hurricane Katrina.
However even with his diminished stature, Bush could have nominated and pushed through the Republican-controlled Senate, Attila the Hun for the Supreme Court.
Bush did not choose a conservative with a proven track record like Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia or Clarence Thomas. He chose the path of least resistance and nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers.
The White House was caught of guard by the torrent of criticism that greeted his nomination; Bush calculated that by selecting a non-ideologue female, he would have muted the protest from the left, but most of the outrage has come from the right.
Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers smacks of appeasement, cronyism and cynicism.
I didn't expect Bush to nominate a liberal after my own heart, but I would have been satisfied if he had selected a qualified conservative to this most crucial position.
Harriet Miers is no Judge John Roberts, in fact she is no judge at all, she is supremely unqualified to be a Supreme Court justice.
I hope that the Senate Judiciary Committee interrogation of Harriet Miers will make the Judge Roberts hearings look like a friendly coffee klatch.
George W. Bush put his buddy in charge of FEMA, and we will pay for that foolish decision for months to come, if the Senate confirms Harriet Miers we will pay for that decision for decades to come.
However even with his diminished stature, Bush could have nominated and pushed through the Republican-controlled Senate, Attila the Hun for the Supreme Court.
Bush did not choose a conservative with a proven track record like Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia or Clarence Thomas. He chose the path of least resistance and nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers.
The White House was caught of guard by the torrent of criticism that greeted his nomination; Bush calculated that by selecting a non-ideologue female, he would have muted the protest from the left, but most of the outrage has come from the right.
Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers smacks of appeasement, cronyism and cynicism.
I didn't expect Bush to nominate a liberal after my own heart, but I would have been satisfied if he had selected a qualified conservative to this most crucial position.
Harriet Miers is no Judge John Roberts, in fact she is no judge at all, she is supremely unqualified to be a Supreme Court justice.
I hope that the Senate Judiciary Committee interrogation of Harriet Miers will make the Judge Roberts hearings look like a friendly coffee klatch.
George W. Bush put his buddy in charge of FEMA, and we will pay for that foolish decision for months to come, if the Senate confirms Harriet Miers we will pay for that decision for decades to come.
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