Y’all might wanna give me a call for one of your presidential job approval polls.
In the wake of the Miers nomination, my personal presidential job approval has flipped from being a "hold your nose," barely-ranked-in-one-category to being markedly in the other, at least for the moment.
I suspect the same is true of a lot of other people.
Be sure to call them, too.
More on all this as the day progresses.
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Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."
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Mega-dittos (to coin a phrase).
Memo to the President: In case you hadn’t noticed, IT’S THE SUPREME COURT, STUPID.
THAT is why we got you elected, plain and simple. That was the ONE thing we wanted from you — the ONE thing — to give us justices that we could confidently look to to uphold the letter of the law rather than defer to past evil decisions or present political pressures.
Given that we live in a country that is no longer governed by laws but by justices, we want justices we can be confident have an unshakeable commitment to holding themselves to the law and not going beyond it.
And now, with a majority in the Senate, you give us a complete unknown whose main ostensible qualification is that she knows you.
This is not what we sent you to Washington for, sir.
I’m withholding judgement until we know more (assuming we can find out enough to MAKE a judgement).
Bush has disappointed in the area of spending and big government, but has also taken some unpopular positions knowing that it would cost him politically.
It may be that he knows that Miers is the “real deal” and chose her because she lacks the political baggage that more prominent conservatives might have.
It might also be that he chose a wet noodle because he didn’t have the stomach for a political fight.
Pray, folks. And remember, when we put our trust in men and in human institutions, we will be disappointed. Always.