The Conservatives Real Problem With Harriet Miers

The Miers nomination presents a real problem for conservatives. It's not abortion like most believe. It's about the storyline. The Miers nomination destroys the narrative of the American way of life as described by conservative ideology. The narrative goes something along these lines. Anyone in America can achieve anything they want with just a little hard work no matter what their capabilities are regardless of race, gender, etc.

This is the reason many wanted Judge Janis R Brown nominated. Her story of growing up as an African American in segregated Alabama as the daughter of sharecroppers then working her way through law school and into the judiciary. It works. It's the American dream. The Roberts nomination added to this narrative as well. He was a very qualified judge and the conservatives could boast Roberts was the best man for the job and in America the job always goes to the most qualified. It is this narrative that the republicans use to cut social subsidies and generally try to tear down the New Deal.

George Bush severs the head off of this narrative with the Miers nomination and proudly holds it aloft for all to see. Bush passed over several qualified candidates to pick a crony mostly because it was the easy thing to do. All of the "hard work" talk we hear from Bush was simply brushed aside to promote a friend over judges that have actually done hard work to get where they are in life. The Miers nomination exposes the fact that it is a "who you know, who you blow" world.