politics: what i don't get... (rant)

Did you hear the Dear Snookems notes between HarrietWhoCantSpellMiers and W?

I think her nomination is just a ploy to give Roberts two votes.

From the not so civil side of the discussion.

TW

Politicians, whether Rebublican or Democrat, are pretty much scum bags in my mind - just two sides of the same dirty, power hungry and insecure coin. I'm sure there are some of them that are ok, I've just never had the occasion to hear of one.

This was on cnn.com this morning:

 U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers told George W. Bush in a 1997 birthday card that he was "the best governor ever" and, in a separate note to her boss, said she hoped his twin daughters recognize their parents are "cool."

It didn't say if she added "bff" and dotted her i's with hearts.

Later in the article, there was this:

Bush wrote back to wish Miers a happy 52nd birthday, telling her that he appreciated her friendship and to "never hold back your sage advice." He ended with a postscript: "No more public scatology."

I don't even know what to make of that.

I can't think about politics - I'm too distracted by Jim's crotch shot!

he he...crafty aren't you?

Ok, sorry Renee - done - not hijaking...just thought it funny all the discussion about civility while eye to eye with someone's package!

Back to regularlarly scheduled debating....

Good point.

Then again... if Robert Bork hadn't been "borked"... then Anthony Kennedy would not sit on the Scotus... then critics of a justice's drift would not have one particular judge to criticize...

Michele,

The story I heard on Meet The Press (Sunday morning) was that Dobson was the one shooting off his mouth:

MR. RUSSERT:  Here's what's concerning to many people, and this is from E.J. Dionne's column in The Washington Post.  "Rather mysteriously, [Dr. James] Dobson"--of Focus on the Family--"who was briefed on the nomination by Bush's chief lieutenant, Karl Rove, told [Fox News]:  `I do know things that I am not prepared to talk about here.'  He was equally cagey with The New York Times: `Some of what I know I am not at liberty to talk about.'  The intrigue whetted the curiosity of Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.), who said that `if the White House gives information to James Dobson, that information should be shared equally with the U.S. Senate.'"

And here's what they are reporting Dobson explained on his radio show http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9673338/:

On a radio show being broadcast Wednesday, Dobson said he discussed Miers with Rove on Oct. 1, two days before her nomination was announced. Dobson said Rove told him “she is from a very conservative church, which is almost universally pro-life..."

Oh, and here's another bit of hypocrisy I find amusing http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9579343/:

Michele,

I'm not terribly impressed with the collective intellect of politicians. Really, if you had spent your career as an appellate judge, would it be such a feat to run circles around these clowns? It would require one to be courageous about one's convictions and to be equally steadfast in saying nothing that would tip your hand about just what those convictions are. No, it's not for the faint of heart but I don't think appellate judges are know to be faint of heart.

The heart of this matter is that some conservatives want Roe v Wade to be overturned. They want the President to stack the SCOTUS with judges committed to overturn Rove v Wade. If not for Roe v Wade, would the SCOTUS appointment generate so much rancor and friction?

Good points, Michele. The Texas Republican Party makes no secret of the fact that they consider separation of church and state to be a "myth." (it's listed in their party platform on their website). They want to refashion our government into a theocracy and flush our Jeffersonian Democracy down the toilet. They're revolutionaries of the worst sort - religious revolutionaries.

Michele, I have to wonder how much attention Ms. Miers' "cool" comments about Bushie  would receive if we actually had a judicial record on which to focus. If all they have to focus on is birthday cards to get a glimmer of insight into the woman...