Sorry, but to lose the remaining years of the Bush term I need a lot more than unsupported fears. And I will not forget who tossed away the opportunities we have in front of us ten years from now if they were wrong. Wrong is wrong. Crying ‘fire’ when there is none is wrong. This is not being cautious, it is being ridiculous. Miers will be confirmed, so your actions now are simply to hurt Bush for no reason.

Being on Harry Reid’s shortlist is not a recommendation for me!

Why are we who are wondering if we’ve let down again by the president bearing the burden of splitting the Republican party? “Trust me” is not enough for a president who has backed moderates instead of conservatives in Republican senatorial races only to have them betray him at every juncture — for his lack of spine on government pork, the Kennedy education bill, etc., etc.

This was a once-in-decades opportunity to stop the slide of the court ever leftwards. We have two stealth candidates who may not do that. We are in the midst of judicial tyranny in this country and I fear that Pres. Bush let the opportunity pass to present such a stellar nominee that the Democrats would be afraid to attack him/her.

If I am alive in ten years and Miers turns out to be an originialist, I will be singing, “Allelulia” and apologizing to those who support her. If the Loyalists are wrong, their sorrow won’t begin to make up for the damage that was done.

I have concluded the anti-mier crowd have decided to defeat her at all costs. A wasteful, shortsighted and unwarranted revolt.

Sorry, I can never join such a group. I know it will cost me a lot of readers. But pretending Bush nominated someone like Hillary simply because the fanatics did not get their pick is not for me.

I remain an independent because of this same zealotry that so infected the left now has the right in its grip.

Miers is not the end of the world no matter how many people try and convince me otherwise.

And sadly we will be shown right – but those in the anti-miers crowd will probably never be able to admit it. The damage is done.

I’m closer to you politically than I first thought, however I for one believe that debate is good. It is good now for the party. If we don’t debate now, this will turn into a disaster.

As I have posted on CQ, this nomination is a disgrace. There is no place for this cronyism in our party. If we don’t stand on principles what do we stand for anyway?

This administration is in deep trouble and I wonder who in the WH is listening? What happened to surrounding yourself with the best and brightest? Who is running the WH now? I don’t think the VP was even briefed on this selection much less prepared Miers for her initial meetings with the Senate.

I did not open my checkbook and bust my butt for this administration only to see big government, out of control spending, and cronyism. I just pray the stories about GB selecting his personal accountant for the Chairman of the Federal Reserve are not true.

Sorry, but “trust us” is not enough for me anymore………

Respectfully,

Rebel Alliance

You are so right. I must confess I find the anti-Miers crowd, now actively opposing the nomination and calling for her defeat, to be a real problem the party needs to face. Once they vented I assumed they would deal with reality and give grudging support. But the open warfare against any and all who simply don’t want to lose the movement over this proves this is a serious problem. We don’t need these fanatics if, when they do not get their way, they throw the entire conservative agenda in the trash.