The Sound of the Far Right Going Nuts
Columnists Charles Krauthammer and George Will are in a twit over the president's latest nominee for the Supreme Court. William Krystol, editor of the Weekly Standard was the first to fall out of his editorial chair. "The idea that one is supposed to sacrifice both intellectual distinction and philosophical clarity at the same time is just ridiculous."
All dressed up, with nowhere to go, conservative Republicans (and the deeper the conservatism, the stronger the outrage) have been spoiling thirty years for this fight, waiting for control of the Senate that advises and consents to the President’s choice. They had a long list of potential candidates, sharpened intellectually by conservative thought, honed philosophically to the finest edge, all preparatory to undoing the damage they perceive a half-century of liberal thought has done to ‘their’ court.
Harriet Miers' name is nowhere to be found among those having sweated for and received the mantle of acceptance. George Will says that if a