It's all a plot you know. The Miers nomination, I mean.
It's in the VRWC (Vast Right Wing Conspiracy) Handbook. Chapter 3 ("Stocking Federal Courts With Ultra Right-Wingers), Section C, paragraph 5, sentence 4 to be exact!
The President nominates a candidate who is a complete unknown with no judicial experience, but a distinguished legal career who really is a closet ultra right-wing conservative determined to overturn Roe v Wade and turn the US into a theocracy. This nominee, of course, has had her career carefully shielded from the media so as to look like a complete mismatch for the role of Associate Justice (never mind the fact that there have been 40 other Supreme Court picks with no judicial experience who have served honorably).
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, conservatives and conservative organizations all pretend to be unhappy, nay, outraged over the President's pick. Thus Democrats and liberals in the MSM (ever ready to underestimate Bush), believing they have succeeded in intimidating the President, rush Meirs' nomination process.
Little do they realize that is EXACTLY what all of us ultra right-wing neocon vast right-wing war-mongering chickenhawks want! Democrats have just spelled their own doom (you know... D-O-O-M)!
Muahahahahahaha!
Muhahahahahahah!
MUAHAHA... cough, cough, cough, COUGH!
Sorry. Have a little cold.
David Flanagan
Viewpointjournal.com
Article comments
1 - Steve S
Reports from the news indicate that right wingers are upset with the nomination process, but there's speculation that it's all a ploy in order to get her through. You lack of concern about her, and playing along with the conspiracy theory is very telling.
The theory floating around, I like best is that she's Bush's 'Get Out Of Jail Free' card. She's babbled on incessantly about how Bush is the smartest man she's ever known.
He's stacking the court in his favor in case of impeachment. THAT makes more sense to me, since the administrations actions are about self-preservation first and country second.
2 - David Flanagan
He's stacking the court in his favor in case of impeachment.
Ummm... Steve? Correct me if I'm wrong, but, normally, a President can only be impeached by Congress, not by the Supreme Court.
But the rest regarding our greatest ever vast right-wing plot is all true. :-) Fortunately, the MSM is playing right along. They're so easily manipulated.
David
3 - Steve S
Although the Senate sits as a court during impeachment trials, it is not a court, but a political body deliberating on what are properly considered political offenses. The Supreme Court would be for the violation of law, not just mere political offenses, sorry for the misunderstanding.