Folks,
Politics is rife with cronyism. Nothing new there.
But I think it used to be kind of a "dirty little secret", or at
least something that people didn't talk about, except as a way to
criticize the other guys.
The Bush administration turns that logic on its head... Here's the
transcript of an October 6 conference call that brought together top
RNC strategists and White House staffers to rally support for the
President's nomination of Harriet Miers: http://www.nocrony.com/
#conferencecall (a recording of the call is also available at http://
www.crooksandliars.com/2005/10/06.html#a5253).
The transcript contains a wonderful piece of unintentional
transparency at about 23 minutes:
"He and she [the president and Miers] both understand that if
she were to get on the court, and she were to rule in ways that
are contrary to the way the president would want her to approach
her role as a justice, it would be a deep personal betrayal, and
would be perceived as such both by him and by her."
So much for the President's yak about how important it is for
Supremes to be independent.
Dave
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