"The first quality that comes across when I read this speech is its mediocrity. I assume Miers wrote it herself, because no one would pay for something written this poorly, just on a mechanical level."He rips the content as well.
...she suggested a new statewide income tax to gain control over school spending. Not a single word about school choice, voucher programs, magnet schools, or reforming tenure and demanding pay-for-performance in public schools.Finally, with friends like this, Harriet doesn't need enemies.
That isn't centrist. That's very liberal, and it should make everyone wake up to the threat Miers represents. In fact, this speech gives so mamy reasons to oppose Miers that it's a wonder she hasn't already repudiated it as a youthful indiscretion. There's hardly a passage in here that gives any credence to the notion of Harriet Miers as an originalist, or even a conservative.
I'm off the fence for good now. I oppose the Miers nomination.
Also, based on the page numbering of the document, it looks like the White House produced this document in support of her nomination. If so, then they must not have much else to balance it out. Can they produce other speeches written by Miers herself which demonstrate (a) any skill at written communication, or (b) significant rethinking of the positions she appears to take in this paper?
Update! 9:02AM Well, that didn't take too long, did it?
The Associated Press is saying that the withdrawal of the Miers nomination has "Democrats" (unnamed) accusing the President "of bowing to the `radical right wing of the Republican Party.'" Gosh, I hope so. After all, the courts and the Associated Press have been run under a "Radical Left Wing philosophy," at least according to "Bloggers."
