First, the nomination of Harriet Miers to fill the Supreme Court seat of the retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Conner -- To the "Hard-Core" Conservatives: SHUT UP!  We don't know much about Ms Miers but you know what, I don't think she would have been nominated by President Bush if she didn't agree with his core principles. 

 

So she isn't a issue oriented person that drives a wedge between people just by mentioning her name.  Personally, I don't WANT a Justice to be an ideologue.  I want a Justice to be a judge that looks at the Law of the Land (the Constitution) to decide the case.  If you want a person to be a justice that has issues driving their decision then you are not getting a judge but a politician.  We have enough politicians in court these days as it is.  We need more true judges.  I think we are off to a good start when Chief Justice Roberts was sworn in earlier this month.  I truly believe that he is the mold of what President Bush is trying to get the court to look like.  Since Harriet Miers was on the team that selected Justice Roberts, she has the potential to be in that mold.

 

Now to the liberals that are screaming "She isn't qualified, she is just a crony, she'll make abortions illegal"  You too get a SHUT UP!  I would like to say that you are starting to annoy me, but you aren't.  I know that you will oppose anything that GW Bush proposes and have to find some way to "make your position look good" no matter how shallow it is. 

 

The Appointment and Confirmation process will help to see if she is truly fit to be justice, but when you have senators like Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, and Patrick Leahy and all they do is attack attack attack regardless of the facts you don't have a good confirmation process.  If they would - just one time - question a nominee with questions that are not so shallow or factually incorrect just so they can appease their "base" then I might start to respect them.  I have no problem with someone being a liberal when they have a firm stance on their liberal views.  It is when a liberal takes each and every side of the issues then calls you wrong for not agreeing with them is what I cannot stand.

 

Finally, could there have been "better" people to nominate than Harriet Miers, possibly.  But we won't know until she has gone through the process.