Thursday, October 06, 2005

Frum on Miers

David Frum, the former speechwriter for El Presidente (of "the axis of evil" fame), clearly does not respect Harriet Miers, but then he used to work with her in the White House. He paints a picture of her that is congruent with our impression of another Bush favorite, Alberto Gonzales ... an intellectual lightweight who got to where she's at by being agreeable to the Bush ego.

But what also emerges from the Frum screed against Miers is what a zone of testosterone the Bush White House has been, a place where "feminine" qualities are not only not respected ... they're sneered at (which explains, we suppose, why Karen Hughes did so well there). Frum's is the neocon version of reality: you're either a warrior for empire, or you're shit.

But so far Frum seems exactly right that Miers lacks a spine, and in the Supreme Court we currently have, the bullies are all on the right-hand side. Miers will surrender her lunch money.

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