Bush May Have Eyes on His legacy With Miers

[DoYouEverWonder]

October 4, 2005, 3:23 AM EDT

WASHINGTON -- In picking White House insider Harriet Miers as his second Supreme Court choice, President Bush may have had his eyes more on his legacy than on his political base.

Supreme Court justices are the living legacies of the presidents who appoint them.

Almost everything else has gone wrong for Bush lately. His goal of bringing democracy and stability to Iraq -- which Bush probably hoped would be a big part of his legacy -- continues to go badly. Terror mastermind Osama bin Laden remains at large. Bush's approval ratings are near the low point of his presidency. And Republicans in Congress are weakened by internal disputes and investigations.

In naming his White House counsel and sometime personal lawyer to the seat of retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Bush followed a pattern established with his selection of John Roberts to be chief justice: a seemingly play-it-safe choice that immediately won the praise of some of the Senate's most combative Democrats and seemed to rule out a bitter confirmation fight.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-scotus-bush-legacy,0,7678521.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines


You know, I don't think it's his legacy that Bush is worried about. I think he's much more concerned about stacking the Supreme Court with friends who will rule in his favor when all those court cases BushCo is facing finally make it to the Supreme Court.

[truthisfreedom]

1. that's the word, baby.

that's the word.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Regarding your last paragraph.

One wonders if anyone will ever again have any respect for this country when this is all over.

We know now that right-wing Christians and rugged individualist businessmen will break any rule that stands in the way of their ideology or success. Including the constitution. So, where is the cornerstone of this country, really?

[izzie]

3. They all seem so second class to me. Then I think Bush is

He gets where he is because of his father who rode in on his father. Every one needs help but some men do things like get into college on their own and make a living. I just see this as more of the same. Second rate people who make it on who they know. You just do not get a 'winner' out of stuff like this. Can not think if the word for this. It does seem to be what the voters want.

[CJCRANE]

6. "Little America".

* runs the US like the sheriff of a corrupt small-town where all his friends and cronies get a bite of the cherry and nobody else gets a look-in. There's no room for expertise or excellence in his version of America.

[fasttense]

4. Harriet Miers is one lucky woman.

No one else would have nominated her. She is not a brilliant legal mind and has done nothing to gain any legal credentials worth mentioning. The only reason she was nominated was because brush likes her and she was willing to cover up his nonexistent war record. She is at the right place at the right time. Luck is the only thing she has going for her.

[acmavm]

5. bush**s legacy will be that drooling idiot we all saw during the

presidential candidate debates.

[Blaq Dem]

7. Nope. Bush has his eyes on HER

I know she's waxing his boots. They've been together too long and she's still unmarried. (Like Rice). It'll be another 50 years before the truth comes out.

Quid pro quo. Who do you have to sleep with around here to get a good govt. job in this country despite not being qualified?

[Maggie_May]

8. This is a disgrace

This women is very inexperienced. She is way over her head! I guess she takes after her boss. I would not confirm this women.