October 17, 2005

To Err is Human – and so is President Bush

By J. Peter Mulhern
In the physical universe every action has an equal and opposite reaction.  Apparently the political universe is no different.  Suddenly the braying Bush haters on the left are balanced by a cadre of deranged Bush groupies of indeterminate ideology. The Harriet Miers debacle has been something of a coming out party for the groupies.  If you spent any time over the last several weeks reading through the threads on any prominent conservative/Republican public affairs website you will have seen a great deal of evidence that many Republicans are so inured to criticism of President Bush that they are no longer capable of seeing any fault in the man.  At Freerepublic.com, Lucianne.com, Redstate.org and others, a substantial number of posters were prepared to argue that the conservative community should accept any Supreme Court nomination President Bush puts forward.  The story line goes something like this:  Trust the President, he knows Harriet Miers and he...(Read Full Article)