Miers nomination is purely partisan

[manly]

Miers has worked for Bush for many years. (She thinks he's the most brilliant man she knows!!!!!!!!!) She knows how he would want her to vote on every issue, I'm sure. If she is accepted as a Supreme Court Justice, it would be just like having a mini-Bush on the court. I think it would be impossible for her to vote against Bush's desired outcome and it would be INSANE for any Democrat to vote for her admission as such.

[buff2]

1. Yeah,but I'll bet all the dems WILL vote her in

Damn Dinos.

[Kagemusha]

2. You're using the wrong word. It's purely personal. Personal...

Partisan implies party loyalty. This is loyalty to the person who is the President, and loyalty to the Presidency itself as a consequence and result. Beyond that, Bush doesn't seem to care all that much.

[ochazuke]

3. It's pure bush

Who you know, not what you know. Bush's whole life has been getting ahead through connections. He's just carrying on the tradition for one of his own.

And, yes, she is no doubt just as bad as Priscilla Owens or Janice Rogers Brown. Just no record of that...YET.

[AlinPA]

4. That's it. She is very loyal and will follow the right wing agenda. What

else could we expect of Rove-Bush**? The Supreme Court is not independent anymore. We are dreaming to think they would nominate anyone who would depart from their views.

[gratuitous]

5. Yup, it's a power ploy

Bush wants to show that he's still the Man, that he can still do anything he wants and get away with it. Sure, the Supreme Court is important to some people, but not to him. He'll show us all, Democrat and Republican alike, that government is just his toy, and if he wants to put a personal pal on the high court, well, just what are YOU gonna do about it? Huh?

[sofa king]

6. Golden opportunity, with a side order of golden fleece

We Dems have two wonderful things to look forward to with this nomination.

The first thing is that Ms. Miers has been at the very center of virtually every scandal which has washed over the Bush Administration. Democrats will have an opportunity to do something they've never had the chance to do before: give the nominee enough rope to hang her own self by making her perjur herself before the Senate--which in turn will be grounds for impeachment down the line. Plus, it will be great entertainment to watch the parade of scandal: the Energy Task Force, the President's meetings with Jack Abramoff, the outing of Valerie Plame, the games played with the President's AWOL records, yadda yadda yadda.

You people are here because you effin' A know by now that this is the most criminal Presidency, ever. Well, now's your chance to watch all that dirty laundry get aired out before our less informed countryfolk. It's going to be comedy gold watching cow-eyed Freepers asking their more evil mentors, "what's up with that Boeing thing?" and "how come nobody told us Mohammed Atta was on Jack Abramoff's boat?"

The other wonderful thing is this. Consider what the President has said about this fine nominee:

" ... I've sought to find an American of grace, judgment and unwavering devotion to the Constitution and laws of our country. Harriet Miers is just such a person," Bush said at the White House. "I know her heart; I know her character."

Now I ask you, my beloved fellow Democrats: when is the last time the President ever told the truth about anything or anyone? Hahahaaha! The answer is NEVER! The guy wouldn't know the truth if he coughed it up into his oatmeal. If that's what the President says she is, we know that's exactly what she isn't.

Now our conservative friends are going to learn that--the hard way. And they are going to be very, very upset to learn that this nominee has no grace, no judgment, and no devotion to the Constitution whatsoever.

I myself plan to be magnanimous about it. I'm going to summon up my best Arkansas accent and say scratchily to heartbroken conservatives, "Ah feel yer pain."

Over, and over, and over again.