Pundit Concludes That Harriet Miers Might Not Be "Ready For Primetime"
New York Daily News - Home - Michael Goodwin: She's already failed
There are so many problems with Harriet Miers' nomination to the Supreme Court that it's hard to know where to begin. But it is easy to know where to end: Miers is not ready for prime time.
The final straw is a plan to delay the start of her Senate confirmation hearings, tentatively set for Nov. 7. It seems Miers has some cramming to do before she can face the Judiciary Committee. She needs, Sen. Chuck Schumer says, "some time to learn" about key constitutional cases. The panel chairman, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), was quoted as saying, "It is unfair to start the hearings before she's ready."
Before she's ready? In plain English, they're talking about remedial education. Not since the City University of New York ended the insidious practice of dumbing down its standards has a government institution stooped so low to accommodate an unqualified applicant."
It isn't as if she's a dummy, Mr. Goodwin, just that she and the Prez feel that the Supreme Court can be an entry level position for a fine upstanding lady who makes a damn good cup of joe.
In her defense, such pearls of wisdom coming from the mental giants otherwise known as Schumer and Specter can and should be taken with a healthy grain of salt. They ALL were bitchy about Roberts too, and when push came to shove he cleaned their collective clocks. You just wait unti Dianne Feinstein gets to her obligatory shoes by the river question and betcha Harriet takes THAT ball and scores bigtime.
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