<p>Aries, I don’t think Miers is an idiot. I think she’s an insipid mediocrity with a major degree in brownosing the right person. There are thousands of people, tens of thousands of people, as well-qualified as Miers. And that’s the point.</p>
<p>And I draw your attention to a certain lack of feck: loud GOoPer voices demanding the right for up-or-down votes and “no examination of judicial beliefs” on Roberts did such a sudden U-turn on Miers that I’m surprised there aren’t dozens of whiplash cases pending on Capitol Hill.</p>
<p>What got me were the insipid, fawning, adoring, subservient looks she was giving GWB in every photo that was released to the press…ICK factor was way up there. She was a pawn. That alone should have made the Senate question her nomination.</p>
<p>I have had lots of think over this…pawn of diversion, pawn to prepare the way for the real candidate…some evangelical mullah. It is all so incredible really, the hubris, cronisim, not to be confused w/ the cornyism!!! The best he could find huh? Right. So what i see is how GWB surrounds himself with subservient folks…Powell, Rice, Meir…some kind of flawed something. It is very peculiar at best and pathological at worst.</p>
<p>The funniest line in Ann Coulter’s article:</p>
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<p>And the funniest thing she said (not in her article) on TV the other day was something to the effect that, Who thought President Bush would nominate the cleaning lady??</p>
<p>Her nomination was a dark day…lowest common denominator pandering re her late life conversion and evangelical church membership. Pahlease. As If we are all totally enthralled with the version of reality dished out by the Pat Robertson show, which I might add follows the Today show in my town daily. So out of touch with our complex nation, to say nothing about the mortifyingly vague grasp of awareness of the other cultures on the planet.<br>
When you can’t even “read” your most fanatical supporters views on the Supreme Court and the constitution accurately, can you read anything accurately about our nation? George Bush, with his touted home-boy social aptitude, he who knew the names of every man in his Frat when pledging, made a huge EQ blunder. Everyone was insulted by this nomination and its lack of substance and merit. A total misfire. </p>
<p>Bracing now for the next reality…the credentialed Conservative that will actually be the swing vote for the next generation of our country.</p>
<p>Yeah, it reminded me of the adoring way that Nancy Reagan used to gaze up at Ronnie. At least they were husband and wife. What was worse about Miers than the photos were the texts from the memos, letters, and cards she had sent GWB – praising him as best and perfect. She was clearly on the cutting edge of Strategic Flattery theory.</p>