Is Bush Kidding?

I’m sure the sad-eyed and diminutive Supreme Court Nominee Harriet Miers is a nice woman, likely a person of integrity. But does George Bush really expect us to believe that she is, to use his words, “...the best person I could find?” Gosh. Every time he looks to fill a post, the best person for the job happens to be…one of his closest friends and advisors! I guess the most brilliant people in America are already on Team Bush.

Fact is, the Bush definition of “best person” has little to do with ability or achievement and everything to do with loyalty. When you secretly fear that you are a dolt, that you are in-over-your-head, that you’ve fooled too many people for too long, you need loyalty to protect the truth of your incompetence. Great leaders welcome dissent, but fraudulent leaders surround themselves with “yes people”. And there is no greater example of a Yes Presidency than that of President Bush.

Will Miers make a good Justice? Who knows. You can bet she will make religious conservatives happy, despite their current grumblings. As sure as the Sun is round, Bush knows her stand on abortion and gay rights. After all, they are close and longstanding friends. By choosing a mystery woman, he avoids the bitter fight he would surely get by nominating a conservative judge with a track record, which would further expose and damage his radical and floundering Presidency. But regardless of the outcome, the nomination itself underscores our growing sense of Bush’s narrowness, ineptitude and mediocrity.

“I picked the best person I could find.” Who does he think he’s kidding? What a joke.