President Bush names former babysitter to Head of Homeland Security
Today, President Bush nominated his personal legal counsel, Harriet Miers, to be the next Supreme Court Justice. I can safely say that after having been exposed to the Republican cronyism involved in picking Mr. Michael "I have no disaster preparation whatsoever but I'm a Bush man to the end" Brown to head FEMA, meritocracy is dead in America.
How is it that with all the experienced judges in all the land, both conservative and liberal, Democrat and Republican, not one of them could be considered more qualified than the one he chose, a lawyer with no experience on the bench whatsoever? Some analysts say that he deliberately chose someone without any judicial rulings/paper trail to avoid a protracted Democrat attack on his nominee's legal philosophy.
But he also insulted a whole profession with the message that despite how hard you work, no matter the intellectual debate and dilemmas that you have had to resolve, you will never be a Supreme Court Justice unless you are a member of my inner circle.
See the line? How far you go in your career depends on which side of it you stand.
I'm all for recommending people you know, of course. That's what networking is all about. But this is the Supreme Court, for frakkin' sake! We're talking about judges who judge for a living!
I just don't understand how Americans can continue to tolerate this President's policy of stacking his friends into positions that require expertise and experience. How much more of this "Michael Browning" can America?
I really shudder to think whom he will consider to take over other important positions. Should his former first grade teacher become his Secretary of Education? How about his personal gardner as head of the Environmental Protection Agency?
I guess we have more in common with Third World politics than we thought.
How is it that with all the experienced judges in all the land, both conservative and liberal, Democrat and Republican, not one of them could be considered more qualified than the one he chose, a lawyer with no experience on the bench whatsoever? Some analysts say that he deliberately chose someone without any judicial rulings/paper trail to avoid a protracted Democrat attack on his nominee's legal philosophy.
But he also insulted a whole profession with the message that despite how hard you work, no matter the intellectual debate and dilemmas that you have had to resolve, you will never be a Supreme Court Justice unless you are a member of my inner circle.
See the line? How far you go in your career depends on which side of it you stand.
I'm all for recommending people you know, of course. That's what networking is all about. But this is the Supreme Court, for frakkin' sake! We're talking about judges who judge for a living!
I just don't understand how Americans can continue to tolerate this President's policy of stacking his friends into positions that require expertise and experience. How much more of this "Michael Browning" can America?
I really shudder to think whom he will consider to take over other important positions. Should his former first grade teacher become his Secretary of Education? How about his personal gardner as head of the Environmental Protection Agency?
I guess we have more in common with Third World politics than we thought.
posted by Alan at 12:12 PM
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