First of all, let's get it straight—Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is a genious. His support of the president's nomination of Harriet Miers to SCOTUS is a beautiful thing...he knew what a divisive move it would be, and is having a good laugh...so am is Zorro! Not only are the wingnuts furious, confused, demoralized, andd depressed...they are now beginning to doubt everything. And it's so much fun to watch...heres a little roundup of what our brethren on the right are saying this afternoon between heavy sighs and tossing back shots:
"I'm sorry, but the Republicans richly deserve to lose control over the House and the Senate in 2006. There is no excuse whatsoever for their profligate spending, and no excuse for Tom Delay's absurd claim that there is no fat in the federal budget. Every American should be disgusted at this spending spectacle.... It's time for shock therapy. "
"As a Matter of Fact, No, I’m Not Happy It’s a Woman
Well, we knew it was coming. After having the unmitigated gall to appoint to the High Court that odious creature known as a white man, President Bush has redeemed himself before the altar of baal with an affirmative-action nominee.... Think about it: generally speaking, where do you find good, conservative, traditional women? The answer is in the home, not the House. Traditional women are usually devoted to traditional endeavors, such as raising their children and tending to hearth and home. And when they are forced by necessity into the workaday world, they’re usually doing merely what is required to put three squares on the table."
Zorro gets a particularly good belly laugh outta that one—is Selwyn Duke "goin' Islamic" on us? Here's a few more:
"It appears, for what it is worth, that George W. Bush was the ultimate stealth nominee. He has acted like a true-blue conservative, talking the talk and walking the tax cut walk. But, he has expanded government, spent the future, and now nominated she who has the potential to be a female Souter."
"Bullshit. That's what the Miers nomination is. She is not only unqualified, but an unknown in terms of judicial philosophy. The only people happy with this nomination are Democrats. Bush ran away from a fight he could have won with a solidly conservative jurist. He has needlessly rewarded his political opponents and incentivized obstructionism. The president better know what he's doing, but I'm losing confidence pretty quickly."
"This guy [Bush]will do what he wants. If he wants to pick a close friend and flunky, whatever her virtues, as a Supreme Court Justice, passing over dozens of other brilliant legal minds and more experienced jurists more acceptable to his base, that's what he'll do. And that's what he's done."
"Thinks Bush is the most brilliant man she had ever met? Well, that's just weird. Or, really, sycophantic."
And of course, the masked-one's favorite is seeing the Tasmanian Devil (Michelle Malkin) go "dust-devil":
"Another grating phrase I keep hearing from the few diehard Bush supporters trying to salvage this nomination is that she "opened doors" for women. All well and good. But I repeat: This tells us nothing about Miers' judicial philosophy or temperament. We need strong conservative intellects on the court. Not bellhops.
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We have a Republican House. A Republican Senate. And a Republican White House. Why is it, after working so hard to put a president in power who promised to appoint conservative judges, that we have to settle for crossing our fingers and accepting a blank-slate Supreme Court nominee with an ideological paper bag over her head?"
You GO grrrrrl!!
Ahhhh....it is turning out to be a glorious Injun Summer!