Harrier Miers for Supreme Court -- Yes or No

[Kahuna]

Wow, anti-Bush people, don't hold back your feelings - just let it all out!

 

With all due respect, like most vehement anti-Bush people, you guys are just reading a bit too much into the situation. The Bush administration is not on the verge of a nervous breakdown and few, if any, members are going to be hauled off in cuffs. Sorry. The administration made what appears to be a major gaff in appointing Miers, although there are those who speculate it was a more devious plan. In any event, this did not go nearly as badly as the Bork fiasco under Reagan or some of the other gaffs from previous administrations. They certainly were able to neatly side-step with the "document release" issue as a hook.

 

As to the VP being charged, I don't know anyone who is talking about that, except maybe Al Franken and Michael Moore. If Libby is charged, it's no reflection on the President and even if Rove gets indicted (which I personally doubt) it doesn't mean the President is without a brain. No doubt Rove has contributed a lot to the political savy of the administration, but I think Bush is smart enough to make his own decisions.

 

I've seen the websites before with the "Bush is Toast" headlines over practically every issue since his first inauguration. Sorry, guys, you just aren't being very realistic.

 

End of anti-anti-Bush rant.

[Prairie_Scouter]

I think that the Miers thing was basically a mis-guided, tho well-meaning attempt by Bush to reward someone who has been loyal to him in his administration. Sometimes this works, sometimes, like in the appointment of the FEMA head, it can cause real problems. I think there's a certain irony in the conservatives blasting Miers out of consideration without even allowing her the courtesy of a fair hearing. They've accused the liberals of the same kind of actions. When the liberals tried to find out the agenda of conservative candidates, that was "out of bounds" according to the conservatives, but the conservatives seemed to think it was just fine when they went after Miers. I think that this shows something about the more vocal conservatives. It seems that they really don't want the best possible candidate (whatever that is), they are after a candidate that will provide a swing vote in their favor in things like a readdressing of Roe v Wade.

 

Regards the grand jury, we should find out today if there's anything to the allegations. You can be sure the Administration will distance themselves from anyone indicted. That only makes political sense. And honestly, if anyone really did "out" that CIA agent in a political payback, that person deserves to go to prison, as well as anyone who would have approved it. Not saying that the VP or P had anything to do with it; I could easily see Rove and/or Libby doing it on their own. Besides, Chaney has been in the this game much too long to let anything stick to him, if he did anything questionable. And nobody is going to go after the Pres unless they have ironclad evidence. In such a case, Rove would probably take the hit in an effort to protect the Pres. That's how the game is played.

 

 

[Fuzzy Bear]

Libby took the hit, Rove and Chaney will duck but most likely will be dragged into their own mess. Blindly rewarding those who are loyal has been aptly demonstrated as a disaster in the making and bluntly crushing your opposition has its own downside. It is a strategy of the lower road and has now been sanctioned as a Christian method.