Wave Maker: Another Shrewd Entree

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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Another Shrewd Entree

It is a testament to the President's shrewdness that his pick of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court would be immediately blasted from the right because she does not have a pedigree made to be the gravy in a partisan ideological food fight.

That she has recorded political contributions to Lloyd Bentzen and Al Gore and satisfies the stated preference of some Senate democrats that Bush look "outside of the judiciary" adds to the shrewdness of her selection.

Does her total absence of a paper trail help or hurt her chances? It depends on where the paper trail would have led if there was one. Too many "movement conservatives" would prefer someone with a blazing superhighway leading to a cafeteria melee.

That does the President and the Republican Party no good whatsoever.

It annoys me to no end that conservatives howl out of one side of their mouths that it is inappropriate for liberals to inquire into the positions of judicial nominees, and then gripe when they can't have their cake and eat it too. When I hear Pat Buchanan blathering and sputtering on Good Morning America, I want to gag on my corn flakes.

The penchant of both liberals and conservatives in Congress to escalate partisan ideological food fights at the drop of a hat is monotonous. But a food fight is only as good as the food that is available to throw, and white bread just doesn't make a mess the way gravy does. So let's leave the food fights to Animal House and restore some table manners to the Capitol.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have suddenly become hungry for nourishment.

Posted by: Wave Maker / 12:28 PM/ |