Matthew Rothschild ruminates about â??Miers and the Rightâ? (The Progressive, October 12, 2005):

Iâ??m trying hard to figure out the intensity of the far rightâ??s anger about the Harriet Miers nomination.

Seems unlikely to me, anyway, that Bush and Cheney and Rove would have picked someone who was not a doctrinaire conservative.

So why are the reactionaries reacting so badly?

Because Harriet Miers was not one of their tried and true chosen few.

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They crave jihad, and Harriet Miers doesnâ??t seem like a bomb thrower.

For many rightwing fundamentalists, itâ??s not enough that they stack the court. They also want justices to berate the rest of us as sinners as they take their seats.

Bush just hasnâ??t delivered for them, has he? Would Bush chance a possible GOP split?

In any case, weâ??re not hearing a lot from Democrats right now about this holy war surrounding Miers. Not surprising.