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October 13, 2005
Bush's "Hypocrisy, Double Standards, and Contradictions"
Who wrote this:
The nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court is foundering, but President Bush is confident that she will be confirmed. Bush thus displays a touching faith in the power of hypocrisy, double standards, and contradictions to see his nominee through. The case for Miers is an unholy mess, an opportunistic collection of whatever rhetorical flotsam happens to be at hand.
Clearly it must be some left-wing, Bush-hating pinko. No one else would write such downright nasty things about our Commander-in-Chief.
Au contraire, mi ami. The author of the above paragraph is none other than Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, one of the greatest bastions of Bush support to be found.
Lowry goes on to cite all the "hypocrisy, double standards, and contradictions" being put forth by the Bush White House to sell Miers to a skeptical public, to wit:
- John Roberts's faith was irrelevant, but Miers's faith is her biggest asset.
- Roberts's work in the Reagan administration did not represent his own views, but Miers's work in the Bush administration does represent her own views.
- Roberts's opinions on abortion were off-limits, but Miers's opinions on the same subject are also an asset.
- Roberts's Ivy League pedigree was one of his biggest assets, but Miers's lack thereof is not a drawback.
- And on and on and on . . .
It's a good read, and it's nice to see more folks are catching on. Too bad the election was last year.
Posted by Mike Tennant at October 13, 2005 01:39 PM
Comments
From what I've heard, it seems that now that the election is over, and we're into the second term, the partisan-loyalty cushion that has somewhat-shielded the President from a large amount strong and significant conservative/Republican criticism is wearing thinner than ever. (Then again, it seemed like this was happening last year, and the year before, and while it did create some chinks in the armor, now that the election is over, I think it may be more severe now than ever before.)
Thank you for excerpting that Lowry piece... I knew that many conservatives were upset about the Miers nomination, but I hadn't even thought of these hypocritical contradictions. And coming from Rich Lowry (someone who I've talked about... and even debated - before), this is very helpful info.
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at October 14, 2005 02:17 AM
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