Comments on: Althouse Opposes Miers Nomination

By: protein wisdom

protein wisdom — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:26:01 +0000

Give us this day our daily Miers

Last evening I noted that Hugh Hewitt, in his rebuttal to George Will's critique of the Miers nomination, raised several serious questions aimed at those of us who've expressed particular concern over the nominee's purported political po…

By: The Trigger » Hackery, thy name is Hewitt.

The Trigger » Hackery, thy name is Hewitt. — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:24:11 +0000

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By: Ann Althouse

Ann Althouse — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:50:28 +0000

Very amusing.

I had lots of anti-Miers posts before I wrote “Mellowing on Miers” and after, but all the links went to “Mellowing on Miers.” I guess all those other posts just weren’t “very important.”

It’s nice of Hewitt and others to use positive reinforcement, but incredibly obvious in this case.

By: steve

steve — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:15:46 +0000

“This ‘my president, right or wrong’ thing is getting tiresome.”

Yet if he were 25 of 30 points higher in the polls, “the right’s television troubadours and op-ed bards would be describing Miers as Mother Teresa and Madame Curie combined.”

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/23/INGPIFACKQ1.DTL

These right-wing critics, many intelligent and sophisticated, are guided by the French slogan “sauve qui peut,” which might roughly be translated as “stab the wounded.” If his reputation sinks, theirs might, too. Bush’s former friends treat him as not only a lame duck, but as a walking bucket of avian flu.

By: jd watson

jd watson — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 08:25:34 +0000

Let’s see. By my current count the NZ Bear site has the following: 60 opposed, 10 neutral, and 14 support. By the Delphi principle, it seems a bad choice.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:36:52 +0000

Beldar is doing a better job than the WH.

Where would the we be without them? The WH would have withdrawn HM weeks ago.

And where would we be without our defense of mediocrity? We’d be a party with high standards.

By: Kevin Murphy

Kevin Murphy — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:27:52 +0000

Hey, who besides Hugh is defending this? Not counting the “let’s wait” folks. Given Hugh’s “A” rating for Bush’s first debate, I wonder what it will take for him to throw in the towel. This “my president, right or wrong” thing is getting tiresome.