Hume: Miers Is Qualified (At Least If She Isn’t Compared to White Men)

[donsu]

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/10/09/hume-miers/

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WILLIAM KRISTOL: I was opposed to the president nominating Gonzalez, but I think it is absolutely the case just on the merits that Judge Gonzalez was more qualified than Harriet Meiers.

BRIT HUME: I think, Chris, that to the extent that the president flinched, he flinched on this point, and that is he decided it had to be a woman and/or a minority, and that narrowed the field. And I think it’s also the case that while he had just named to the appellate bench some quite likely seeming candidates, Priscilla Owen being one, Janice Rogers Brown another, and after prolonged battles, lasting years, gotten them confirmed, I think that he was still operating from a much narrower list. And in that context, she looked much better than she would have against a full field, men and women alike.

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there is video

[Supersedeas]

1. Hume has no problem checking his integrity in order to acquiesce the WH

[Toots]

9. I actually thought in this case he was quite truthful

He described to a T how most wingers look on it.

[spooky3]

2. yes, the list of women and minorities is quite short

if you demand that they have both the job qualifications and the complete disconnect of thought processes necessary to support neo-con positions, particularly given that that requires them to support suppressing women and minorities.

[bluedawg12]

3. Buchanan said on tweety: they wanted Asscroft!!!

OMG!

So they ar mourning over that?

[LittleClarkie]

4. !

They're kidding.

Considering how much Pat bitches about the war, and only voted for Bush for the Supreme Court noms, I find it infinitely amusing that he did not get the nominations he wanted.

[bluedawg12]

6. Puekanon is a real turd-- he still believes Trixon was OK

and got a bum deal, he is believes in all the social radicalrightwing stuff with shrub- he disagreed on I-wreck.

But to dream that a loser and controversial figure like asscroft could ever be acceptable to even normal Americans regardless of party tells me he is more out of touch than I thought.

[LittleClarkie]

7. But folks around here almost fall for him when he speaks their language

problem is he isn't speaking their language for the same reason they speak their language.

He is an isolationist. But when he talks about the evils of imperialism, every once in a while a lefty just swoons.

[bluedawg12]

8. smalll devils speak with forked tongues

even maroons can deceive.

[dchill]

5. Hume Is Qualified to report...

At Least If He Isn’t Compared to Real Journalists.