Bush Screws Up

George Bush seems to have made a particularly poor choice in his nomination for the Supreme Court. An awful lot of conservatives are greatly annoyed that Bush is throwing away his advantage- Republican White House and Senate and House. Is Miers supposed to be a safe bet so as not to upset the Democrats? Is it mere cronyism? It's strange that Bush has all this political capital to spend and a promise to appoint conservative judges- and he then picks the untested, unknown quantity of Miers.

The importance of this nomination can be seen quite easily in this post from Smallest Minority- a town in Florida is using the Kelo decision to try and force about 6,000 people out of their homes so that a swanky harbour development can be created.

Thanks to the liberal judges on the Supreme Court anyone's property in the United States is up for grabs- Bush needs to take a moment and listen to what the Republicans who voted him into power are saying. Miers may turn out to be a staunch conservative that Republicans will be proud of- but there's too much riding 0n her appointment for Bush to be taking chances on her, especially when there are so many other qualified people for the job.

UPDATE- Miers was pre-approved by Democrats?

"AP reported Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had urged the administration to consider her, two congressional officials said. There was a long list of staunchly conservative judges that Democrats were poised to fight, Miers not among them."

Good job, Bush- pick someone the Democrats want in office. That'll go down well with Republican voters.

Hat-tip to War on Guns for the story.

UPDATE 2 - Oh yeah, and Miers has donated money to Democrats running for office, including arch-moonbat Al Gore. The more I read about her the less I like.