Monday, October 24, 2005
Puzzled
62 million people voted for GWB, like it or not, so why shouldn't his nominee be heard before being drawn and quartered? I'm puzzled at the yelling and screaming about Harriet Miers even from many of his supporters. It's not as if all the other Supreme Court justices are such giant intellectuals displaying cleverness, wit, wisdom and general all-around brilliance. Well, maybe one or two of them but not most and not most of the time. Were group-aligned Bush supporters sure their agenda was the one he would serve once elected and that's why they're crushed that he didn't nominate someone supporting their plan? Get real. Congress wouldn't approve obvious proseltyzers. Besides, I kind of like the Miers nomination because it suggests what I've always suspected which is that Bush follows his own agenda. He often gives an impression of cowtowing to interest groups but then follows his own plans. I don't always agree with him but he's the guy who gets to make these choices right now. By nominating her, he sticks it to lots of people who deserve it. Did people prefer the supposedly brilliant and right-thinking (uh, that's "correct" thinking, for those who agree with him) Mr Clinton making most of his choices for what they would get him (votes, friends, money, etc.)? It's refreshing to have decisions made for reasons I don't necessarily understand since I'm not in the room nor privvy to the discussions or reasoning nor the one who earned the right (read: votes) to make the decisions.
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