Miers Is The Wrong Pick (George Will Implies Shrub Is Not Smart)

[Mark E. Smith]

townhall.com

WASHINGTON -- Senators beginning what ought to be a protracted and exacting scrutiny of Harriet Miers should be guided by three rules. First, it is not important that she be confirmed. Second, it might be very important that she not be. Third, the presumption -- perhaps rebuttable but certainly in need of rebutting -- should be that her nomination is not a defensible exercise of presidential discretion to which senatorial deference is due.

It is not important that she be confirmed because there is no evidence that she is among the leading lights of American jurisprudence, or that she possesses talents commensurate with the Supreme Court's tasks. The president's "argument" for her amounts to" trust me. There is no reason to, for several reasons.

He has neither the inclination nor the ability to make sophisticated judgments about competing approaches construing the Constitution. Few presidents acquire such abilities in the course of their presidential careers, and this president, particularly, is not disposed to such reflections.

http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/georgewill/2005/10/04/159414.html

The Right really is revolting! And they're pretty upset about the Miers deal, too.

[etherealtruth]

1. "The Right really is revolting! "

True on so many levels.

[jayfish]

2. Why Do They Hate America?

He is President, he nominated Miers, the Senate consents. Isn't that what we have been lectured about for the last five years?

Jay

[jobycom]

3. Will's a guppy. Next week he'll praise Bush's genius and blast anyone

opposing Miers. He does this all the time. That way his PR people have one portfolio to prove he's a fair moderate and one to prove his a right wing ideologue.

He blasted Bush as an "immature frat boy" during the 2000 election, but that didn't stop him from praising Bush's "leadership" after 9-11, and comparing Bush's speaking style to Hemmingway.

He has as much intergity as John McCain. I like Pat Buchanan better. At least with Pat I know he'll always sound like an ass, and that he's not just pretending to be an ass to please his audience. He sounds like an ass because he is an ass. Will sounds like an ass because he doesn't have the courage to own his own beliefs--if he even knows them anymore.