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To: neolib who wrote (9782)1/25/2006 6:57:02 PM
From: MrLucky  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541623
 
Nope.

(1) The republican partisans expressed, in loud terms, their unhappiness with the Bush choice of Meiers. He ultimately responded.

Some on the thread suggested, it was an ideology thing with the right, which drove their rebuttal of Meiers. Don't think so. The concern was her lack of qualifications for the job and therefore she would never pass muster in the hearings. For days, the media told us how unqualified she was for the USSC. Many republican politcos joined in. The din became louder and she finally withdrew her nomination.

Bottom line. Bush made a mistake.



To: neolib who wrote (9782)1/26/2006 10:50:23 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541623
 
Your example of H Meiers, often quoted by conservatives to make this point, is the ultimate strawman.

I agree.
What that episode showed is that conservatives all plainly know that Bush Jr. is not their leader, he is just a frontman with a good haircut. In the Meiers case he actually tried to push his idea (limited as it was) and that was what the conservatives rebelled against. Once Cheney and Rove shook some sense back into him he let them choose.

TP


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