that cronyism and nepotism are both foundations of a presidency created on the coat tails of his daddy's money with little qualifications in government or management.
No one is mentioning Miers' lack of qualifications because they have no plans to rerun the "nukalar option" debate. Democrats especially want these nominations, and it isn't because she's the least offensive person he could pick either. (though if you look at the other women who could have been candidates, Miers is a safe bet.) No, Democrats want to add this as a list of charges for the '06 and '08 elections to repeat the same pathetic mantra of "Republicans bad! Us good!"
The most common comment I've heard about this candidate from the Democrats is "it's the president's choice, and we have to look at her as the replacement." Translating that into plain English instead of the deplorable politic speak, it's fairly easy to see why they'd want to get both justices confirmed before the '06 elections. If Miers and Robert turn out to be bad choices, it's more ammunition to use against all Republicans.
Sad really, that this is what passes for political discourse in the US; an opposition party too afraid to oppose anything for fear of losing votes, and an entrenched leadership too full of itself to do anything beyond tossing out wedge issues.
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Date: 2005-10-06 05:56 am (UTC)No one is mentioning Miers' lack of qualifications because they have no plans to rerun the "nukalar option" debate. Democrats especially want these nominations, and it isn't because she's the least offensive person he could pick either. (though if you look at the other women who could have been candidates, Miers is a safe bet.) No, Democrats want to add this as a list of charges for the '06 and '08 elections to repeat the same pathetic mantra of "Republicans bad! Us good!"
The most common comment I've heard about this candidate from the Democrats is "it's the president's choice, and we have to look at her as the replacement." Translating that into plain English instead of the deplorable politic speak, it's fairly easy to see why they'd want to get both justices confirmed before the '06 elections. If Miers and Robert turn out to be bad choices, it's more ammunition to use against all Republicans.
Sad really, that this is what passes for political discourse in the US; an opposition party too afraid to oppose anything for fear of losing votes, and an entrenched leadership too full of itself to do anything beyond tossing out wedge issues.