Comments on: This is just silly

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:36:37 +0000

Believe me, I’m not “surprised” by this at all and the media can and will do things like this to just about anyone, but I still maintain this is silly because it shows absolutely nothing about Miers outside of the fact that she liked to write cute notes in cards. God help if I’m ever in a position where my greeting card notes are scrutinized!

By: EB

EB — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 06:38:51 +0000

You and I sit on (far) opposite sides of the aisle, but let’s just set aside the politics for 30 seconds. Either its wrong, inappropriate, or silly for the media to exploit our curiosity about the private conduct of public figures. If both Thomas and Clinton are fair game in the press, we shouldn’t be surprised that cute birthday cards from a SCOTUS nominee and her favorite boss are just another day’s newspaper filler, in the grand scheme of things.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 07:31:12 +0000

EB: Hmmm. I’d never looked at it that way. I wouldn’t call it an obsession with ‘scatology’ though, but perhaps an obsession of sorts to try and find something, anything that will stick (no pun intended) on the opposition to mar their rep. In the case of Clinton, I truly wish he would have been carted off for the Chinagate scandal, which was the biggest scandal of his presidency (IMO) and with Thomas, that whole “Coke can inquisition” was just sickeningly embarassing for a USSC justice confirmation hearing.

By: EB

EB — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 04:54:06 +0000

Of course it’s silly. It’s all silly. In my short lifetime, we’ve gone from public hairs on coke cans in one confirmation hearing, to a Congress obsessed with semen on the dress of the President’s mistress. Public scatology? How quaint!

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:49:37 +0000

Sorry ’bout that AT

By: ArizonaTeach

ArizonaTeach — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:30:11 +0000

Sis, you really. Really. REALLY shouldn’t have put that monstrous image in my head. Really.

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:38:15 +0000

Whatever the issue, I maintain that bringing up greeting card notes is just silly.

By: Michael Meckler

Michael Meckler — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:03:53 +0000

I don't think the Christmas cards are the real issue here; nor, for that matter, is Miers. Conservatives have been upset at Bush's domestic record for some time. Many were not thrilled with John Roberts but recognized that he was, at least, qualified. But the Miers nomination was the last straw.

By: Walter E. Wallis

Walter E. Wallis — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:55:28 +0000

I think it will be cool to have a 60 year old virgin on the court.
We had 50 years of brilliance and see what it got us.