The appointment of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court has annoyed conservatives because George W. Bush didn't appoint one of "them" to the Court and now they are wondering about the conservative credentials of the "president."
According to David Broder of the Washington Post, Republican activists angry over his nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court confronted the president's envoys during a pair of tense closed-door meetings.
Trent Lott, R-Miss., formerly the Senate Majority leader told CBS "it's not enough for the president to say "trust me," when it comes to the Supreme Court. I don't just automatically salute or take a deep bow anytime a nominee is sent up."
What conservatives never understood was that Bush only appeared to be one of them in order to win elections. Rather than believing in conservatism Bush believes in cronyism. One only has to look at his personal history to understand that.
Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post, has suggested that Bush to withdraw her nomination, saying that if Harriet Miers were not a crony of the president of the United States, her nomination to the Supreme Court would be a joke, as it would have occurred to no one else to nominate her.
But just as true is that if George W. Bush was not the son of a president and crony of high ranking Republicans, it is unconceivable that he ever would have gotten into the Texas Air National Guard, been invited to be in a group to own a major league baseball team, successfully run for Governor of Texas, and most of all would not have the crony connections that helped "win" the 2000 election.
Looking at his appointments and his interests one is left believing that Bush is a Cronyista and not a Conservative and to believe otherwise is to be foolish.
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