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October 19, 2005
Laura Ingraham - Harriet Miers 2: From Minimalism to the Surreal
Yesterday (which now that I think of it is kind of a fluid concept when you're nocturnal) the Bush Administration entered a bizzare new phase of the Harriet Miers nomination process by leaking information that suggests she would support overturning Roe v Wade.
Laura Ingraham discussed the situation at length on her show, and she points out that this really doesn't change her opinion, which is that Miers doesn't have a history of legal scholarship that can protect her from the leftward pull of life inside the Washington, DC beltway. Still, the release of this information has to be seen as an attempt to mollify a highly dissatisfied conservative movement, especially when placed next to the toughening stand on illegal immigration.
But if you take a step back, it quickly becomes clear that this is a staggering tactical mistake. For liberals, the Supreme Court is about Roe v Wade, but for conservatives, it's about the Constitution vs. the judicial branch. The leak of Miers' responses to the Texans United for Life questionnaire essentially makes her unacceptable to liberals without giving conservatives anything they want. Either Bush has forgotten what conservatives are really about or this is an attempt to torpedo the nomination and fix the blame on the Democrats.
That would be clever, but it's not what we want. Conservatism should be about standing on principle. When the tide of history comes rolling in, the proper response is to stand on the beach with you arm outstretched yelling STOP. It is not telling the Democrats that the beach is safe because it's low tide.
I think the problem is that Bush has fallen for the journalistic spin on this whole escapade. Here are some hints I hope will jolt him back to reality.
- Former Supreme Court clerk Laura Ingraham does not believe that women can't understand the law.
- College dropout Rush Limbaugh is not a snob about Ivy League credentials.
- The definitive awful decision on everybody's mind is not Roe v Wade, it's KELO v NEW LONDON.
Respectfully submitted,
Ferdinand T. Cat
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