I'm quite sure that, by now, someone has posted Ann Coulter's latest op-ed slamming Bush. Even though it's immensely fun to read Coulter bashing Dubya, I won't do it again here.
Oh what the hell... it's so fun to read I can't help myself. From Coulter:
First, Bush has no right to say "Trust me." He was elected to represent the American people, not to be dictator for eight years. Among the coalitions that elected Bush are people who have been laboring in the trenches for a quarter-century to change the legal order in America. While Bush was still boozing it up in the early '80s, Ed Meese, Antonin Scalia, Robert Bork and all the founders of the Federalist Society began creating a farm team of massive legal talent on the right.
Hee hee HEE!!!
Anyway... what I really wanted to do here was point my fellow librulls to a site called FrontpageMag.com, where I go on occasion to see what kind of shit the wingnuts are stirring up.
My trip today to Wingnutville was quite satisfying and I had to share.
Read on!
Here are but a few juicy tidbits:
This is an uncommonly valuable article from Ann Coulter. I always enjoy her humor, but sometimes she is breezy and unnecessarily sarcastic, without adequately backing up her assertions. Here, she is in good form. If Harriet Miers had a shred of integrity she would refuse the job. If the GOP had a shred of integrity they would acknowledge that the Bushes (père et fils) have no special affinity for conservatism.
Finally, I think Ann's elitist argument and SMU put-down sucks. She didn't like Roberts either, and Roberts is as elite as you can get. My guess is Ann's upset because she is very chummy with a couple of the judges under consideration, and pissed off because she won't have a friend on the highest court.
Why hasn't anyone mentioned Bush's legendary vindictiveness. During the assault weapons debate many gun-rights people were worried that he was going to promote the continuation of the ban out of spite for his lost support, which they said was typical of him when he was Texas governor. Is that what were are seeing in him pushing his illegal immigration amesty and selecting Meirs? Like the spoiled child he is, he wants to take the Republicans down with him for good since they are abandoning him for his Iraq war.
I agree with Ann. I'm not as vitriolic about Miers and the quality of her law school as Ann is (maybe because I too went to a "lesser" law school), but, bottom line, I agree with her. Bush really let us down here. I think it's because he was so afraid of facing a filibuster from the Dems. Some are saying that he made a private deal with the Dems, and maybe he did.
Bush's pick of Meirs should be a disappointment to all conservatives. At the time when we need a conservative judicial heavyweight on the Court, Bush goes ahead and rewards a long-time employee (who may be a very competent lawyer and a great worker) with a Supreme Court nomination! This was the one time in a number of decades where we could re-align the Court in a proper manner to finally outvote the left-wing activists on the Court and result in a Supreme Court that actually interprets law and doesn't create it. Bush has totally disappointed me with this pick. Hopefully Meirs will do the right thing and decide to withdraw her name before the Senate Judiciary Committee begins the hearings.
Its the cronyism that bothers me. Even if she turns out to be good, this pick makes Bush look weak for the fight. My god what next... His personal chef for head of the food and drug administration? Bush rewards loyalty, and that is a good thing. However, his loyalties in this case are misplaced. Bush should have been loyal to his conservative base after they help elect him with promises of a conservative court. I love Bush, but I hate this pick.
They're either pissed at Bush or pissed at Coulter. A win/win!!!