Thousands of years ago the Chinese general Sun Tzu said that the battle that is won before it begins is something the common man cannot comprehend. Each day it appears more and more likely that this is true of Bush’s pick of Harriet Miers to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court.
The initial reactions from the conservative end of the spectrum weren’t exactly joyous. Given so many qualified conservatives on the various Circuit Courts that he could have picked, it has been a let-down for everyone not to see one of those individuals get the nod. They've been there, put in their time and taken strong stands on the issues. This just seemed like more of a pattern of running away from what we believe – or at least not wanting to highlight it and fight for it. Why must we always have to go with a "stealth" nominee and hope for the best, when the other side never does?
When the President announced the nomination, my initial thoughts weren’t positive. I, as with most other conservatives, didn’t know much about her, much less her philosophy, while we did know a great deal about so many other potential nominees. And, at sixty years old, she would seem about ten years older than the ideal, given that we would like a nominee that could help stock a conservative bench for thirty years. On the first point, our fears may be unfounded, and on the second, given the wonders of modern medicine, she may live to be ninety.
You have to believe that after all of these years of close contact, Bush knows her very well and, given the incredible importance of this pick, knows her well enough to be confident in her philosophy.
Remember, this is the same president that has appointed staunch conservatives to the district and appeals courts, stuck by nominees that were being filibustered, and resubmitted their names to the Senate. If he's been that committed to putting conservatives with an originalist mind-set on the bench at those levels, we should assume it's important to him that he do so here.
Article comments
1 - billy
george bush could slaughter a fetus and eat it on the white house lawn and you would be cheering him on.
2 - Maurice
billy
maybe you should read the post first and then comment...
3 - Steve S
This article is about trusting in the President's decision?
In this day and age, and with the Iraq war, terrorism, Katrina, Brownie at FEMA, and other, absolutely embarassing leadership results, people already either trust the President or they don't.
4 - John
I believe we will learn very quickly whether the DNC can stomach someone who believe the Bible is the inerrant, inspired Word of God to be taken literally. I think with having a born-again fundamentalist Christian, President Bush has forced the DNC's hand. They will have a hard time
not showing their anti-Christian bias.
Right now the moveon.org and company are probably frustrated with the Democrat senators speaking highly of a born-again Christian. It could be Reid and other Democratic Senators are looking at Miers BC (Before Christ). They maybe do not realize the new Miers.
The foolishness of God is wiser than men. God loves to confound the wise, mighty, and self-righteous.
5 - Georgio
She is a born again Christian..that alone should disqualify her..she won't interpret the Constitution ...she will interpret the bible and pass laws on what it says..plus I understand she never had kids so what the hell does she know about families...your right about one thing though ..the right should love her ,,she is the right wing fanatic Christian that we fear and hate..
6 - RJ
"I hope that's what we've got in Harriet Miers."
Yabut, we DON'T know, because she is such a non-entity...
A non-entity who gave money to Al Gore in 1988...
7 - alethinos
I think at this point the Republicans, seeing that the Dems couldn't find their collective asses, let alone a cogent question for Roberts, think they can just sail this one right by them without so much as a "Yah, but, hey" from them... They'd likely be right.
I certainly believe in God. I believe in Jesus. What I don't believe in is someone who is a Catholic in a State that is OVERWHELMINGLY Baptist and suddenly, just as she's climbing the POLITICAL ladder decides this is the time to abandon the Church and go on to "find Jesus".
Alethinos
8 - RogerMDillion
"As conservatives have shouted from rooftops for years, the President gets to choose."
The conservatives apparently weren't listening.