SOUTER……..

The name invokes fear and trepidation in the hearts of true Conservatives.  It is THE fear that Miers may be another SOUTER.

The logic is not without foundation:

1. Bush Sr. put in Souter.
2. We didn’t know anything about Souter.
3. We were told Souter was going to be a Conservative’s pal, and he wasn’t.

On the other hand, for Miers:

1. Bush Jr. nominated Miers.
2. We don’t know much about Miers.
3. We are being told Miers will be a Conservative pal and to have faith in that

Ipso facto, Miers is SOUTER in a dress and high heels!

However, there is one HUGE, BIG difference between the two, best summed up by the Amercan Thinker I linked to earlier:

The obvious differences between Souter, a man personally unknown to Bush 41, and Miers, a woman who has known Bush 43 for decades, and who has served as his close daily advisor for years, are so striking as to make this level of distrust rather startling. Having seen the Souter debacle unfold before his very eyes, the President is the last man on earth to recapitulate it.

In other words, Miers has been by and worked for Bush Jr. for decades; Souter was not. Miers has been in very trusted postitions; Souter was not.  Miers is a confidant for Bush Jr.; Souter was a friend of a friend.

Does that mean that Miers is incapable of betraying her friend and benefactor’s confidence in her? Is she a shill that will turn her back on Conservative principles or Christian beliefs? Can Miers succumb to the Washington D.C. Group think that can drive a member of the Supremes to conclude certain things in order to get an approving nod from The New York Times?

In summary: only time will tell.

However, I do wish to point out that that Bush Jr.’s "Coin of the Realm" is loyalty.  If you do not have loyalty to him and his administration and principles, you are gone. Persona non grata.

Miers is VERY aware of that.

Some day, Miers would be on the Court (if confirmed) and Bush would be back home in Crawford. She would no longer be beholden to her old boss.  The question is, would that matter? Would that change any of her actions? Views?

That’s the real question.

P.S.: The next time my kids are acting up when it is time for bed, I’m not going to threaten the Boogy Man will get them, I am going to invoke the dreaded SOUTER will come and take them away via Court Order! I imagine they’ll get right in bed and behave.

P.P.S. I’m making fun of the Dreaded Souter; I know he was a poor choice. But even if we have rock solid writings, speeches and other tasks pointing that any person is not a Souter, there is no guarantee that person may not change into a Souter. Only time can tell.