No, you are jumping the shark. You are showing that you can be turned 180 degrees and happily attack your own president as angrily as you would Ted Kennedy. And now that Bush is the "enemy" there is no limit on the hyperbole. Her nomination was floated as a possibility and nobody thought it was a "joke." She's a highly accomplished attorney and I am puking at the snobbery of the pundits who came out screanming about how dare Bush pass over their choices. They should get over it.
You seem to not understand the relationship of a sitting 2nd term President to the constituency that elected him.
Her nomination was floated as a possibility and nobody thought it was a "joke."
Then you accept the premise she was put on the short list by, well, by the president and herself because of the consultation and approval of Sen. Reid and Sen. Leahy?
She's a highly accomplished attorney
There are thousands of lawyers in this country with similar levels of accomplishment within their specialized career paths. We're talking about a Judgeship that is on the most powerful Court in the world. There is an entirely higher plain of accomplishment that has been achieved by hundreds of lawyers and judges in this country, who when compared to Miers make them better qualified and more apt to build a true legacy of Constructionist interpretation.
They should get over it.
This is not about any pundits or individuals particular favorite candidate for the court, President Bush and Harriet Miers failed to give ANY candidate a fair chance. It stinks of cronyism, insularity, and quite possibly sycophantic behaviors by Miers to pursue her career goals by any means necessary.
...I truly hope she has been talked into throwing herself to the lions to further the 2nd nominees chances to pass confirmation.