It is inappropriate and just plain wrong for W to nominate

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

his former personal attorney and a person with NO judicial experience for this post. It is wrong, wrong, wrong!!!!

[teamster633]

1. In other words...

...it is perfectly in keeping with nearly every single decision this moran has made since he took office.

[electron_blue]

2. yah, but won't she come in handy should Bush's troubles

land him in the SCOTUS again?

I agree - it is a huge conflict of interest for her to be nominated and never being a judge - how many times has that happened before? I'd like to think it's never happened before, but I have no idea.

Any Scotus scholars out there?

[Tesla]

4. Looks like the only promises he is keeping that he made during the

election are to his friends!
This has got to be stopped!

[acmejack]

5. There have been several Justices w/o law backgrounds.

Let alone Judicial experience.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

7. several - it's an anomaly and an outdated practice. The vast majority

have judicial experience. We are not an unsophisticated society any longer that can have an inexperienced crony thrust upon us.

[elehhhhna]

12. The Reeps love On the job training. Suck at it, but love it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Can you say "Cronyism"? "Fawning sycophant"? I knew you could.

[Zen Democrat]

6. This is called ... CRONYISM. Bush just can't shake it. It's all he knows.

The old circle the wagons business. He wanted Gonzalez, another personal friend, but had to settle for Miers. Looks like he was determined to put a personal friend in that spot.

But the fact that she donated in the 80's to the Al Gore campaign and other Democratic campaigns should doom her with the Freepers. That she supported Democrats in the Reagan/Bush years will be a big no-no for the true believers.

Just another crony of George W. Bush being promoted beyond her expertise. Has this woman ever argued a case before the Supreme Court?

I smell a big push against her from all sides. Sandra Day O'Connor may spend more time than expected on the Court this year.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

8. Remember those extreme circumstances that called for fillibuster?

Well , this is one of them. The Dems need to realize that the American public, thanks to Katrina now clearly understands the concept of cronyism leading to incompetence and/or corruption. The American Supreme Coourt cannot be tainted with even the slightest hint of this.

I think we should start making a big, bad stink right this second, that soon will make this another MAJOR embarrassment for this administration. How dumb do they think we are? Pretty damn dumb.

[Mass]

10. Kind of doubt this will happen unfortunately

AP says Reid recommended that Bush considers her and that she was recommended by Dems as well as Reps.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

14. then he is full of it too.

I am saying that this is the perfect moment for BOTH parties to recognize that they have a responsibility to the AMERICAN PUBLIC to make sure that the best possible person is elevated to one of the most powerful positions that exists in our country - SCOTUS. As I said earlier, this nomination is unacceptable just on the face of it due to the close PERSONAL connections this person has. Why didn't Bush just nominate Karen Hughes? If we don't think judicial experience is important, why do we even need to think having a law degree is? Why doesn't he just nominate Jenna?

[Catchawave]

9. Still needs to be confirmed, right?

Biden and Boxer are on that committee, and I hope they're as sick of cronyism as I am :banghead:

How did Brownie get through, or was he justa simple appointment?

[Mass]

11. Not Boxer, Feinstein.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

13. start those emails right now.

[Benhurst]

15. As a nominee she is a joke; but increasingly so is the Supreme

Court and the nation as a whole.

All in all, a perfect choice by our anointed leader.

Face it folks, banana republics don't have good people serving on their courts.

[leesa]

16. Worked for the Head Supreme.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

17. Tweety just said -"this is clearly a "bring it on" to the Democrats!

He also said - "this is clearly a political appointment." He is on MSNBC right now. Now, if someone as clueless as Twety gets it , can the rest of us get some understanding about how totally in your face this appointment is?