Comments on: Will: A Devestating Critique From The Other Side http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:29:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/comment-page-1/#comment-6518 Mark Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:10:33 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/#comment-6518 Sure, Ryan, sure, we'll just ignore the implications of your little slip... Sure, Ryan, sure, we’ll just ignore the implications of your little slip…

]]> By: Ryan Bonneville http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/comment-page-1/#comment-6517 Ryan Bonneville Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:58:12 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/#comment-6517 Oh, another thought. Miers was part of the selection process, so presumably she's met John Roberts. Who really believes that Roberts - who, by all accounts, is pretty brilliant - isn't smarter than Bush? Oh, another thought. Miers was part of the selection process, so presumably she’s met John Roberts. Who really believes that Roberts – who, by all accounts, is pretty brilliant – isn’t smarter than Bush?

]]> By: Ryan Bonneville http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/comment-page-1/#comment-6516 Ryan Bonneville Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:53:17 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/#comment-6516 Rice being not a man, please ignore her name in above comment. I promise it's not a Freudian slip. Rice being not a man, please ignore her name in above comment. I promise it’s not a Freudian slip.

]]> By: Ryan Bonneville http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/comment-page-1/#comment-6515 Ryan Bonneville Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:52:26 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/#comment-6515 Clint - I don't think he's dumb, but I can't imagine that anyone seriously believes he's THAT smart. Harriet Miers has worked in the White House for about five years now and she hasn't met anyone smarter than Bush? Whatever virtues the man may have, he is no luminary. I would bet Peter's milkshake that, on a scale of sheer intelligence, at least Rice, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz are smarter (if not others too - maybe Michael Gerson). Has she not met any of them? Clint – I don’t think he’s dumb, but I can’t imagine that anyone seriously believes he’s THAT smart. Harriet Miers has worked in the White House for about five years now and she hasn’t met anyone smarter than Bush? Whatever virtues the man may have, he is no luminary. I would bet Peter’s milkshake that, on a scale of sheer intelligence, at least Rice, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz are smarter (if not others too – maybe Michael Gerson). Has she not met any of them?

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/comment-page-1/#comment-6510 peter Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:11:56 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/#comment-6510 I wouldn't take the bet either -- you never know what a jury will do -- hey, John Gotti Jr. got off last week, and I have to believe that Tom DeLay is at least his equal... I wouldn’t take the bet either — you never know what a jury will do — hey, John Gotti Jr. got off last week, and I have to believe that Tom DeLay is at least his equal…

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/comment-page-1/#comment-6508 Mark Thu, 06 Oct 2005 02:48:38 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/#comment-6508 peter, speaking of bets, I offered to bet a very, very hardcore lefty in my office a crisp $100 bill today that Tom Delay would not be convicted of anything...needless to say, he declined... peter, speaking of bets, I offered to bet a very, very hardcore lefty in my office a crisp $100 bill today that Tom Delay would not be convicted of anything…needless to say, he declined…

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/comment-page-1/#comment-6506 peter Thu, 06 Oct 2005 02:20:08 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/#comment-6506 I also doubt that she was picked as a stalking horse, because I don't see what benefit it would bring to him -- my guess is that someone in the administration will tell her that they don't have the votes, and it would be better if she withdraws than loses a floor vote -- However, you never know -- as you can see, I limited my exposure on this bet to about three dollars -- as they say, the best way to be right is to make a lot of predictions -- I also doubt that she was picked as a stalking horse, because I don’t see what benefit it would bring to him — my guess is that someone in the administration will tell her that they don’t have the votes, and it would be better if she withdraws than loses a floor vote —

However, you never know — as you can see, I limited my exposure on this bet to about three dollars — as they say, the best way to be right is to make a lot of predictions –

]]> By: Clint http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/comment-page-1/#comment-6505 Clint Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:42:17 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/#comment-6505 Peter- If that happens, it would be interesting to see whether this was really the strategy all along -- for example, all of the conservative flack he's taking, and the demand (from the left as well) for someone with eminent legal credentials like Roberts "forces" GWB to appoint McConnell... But I suspect GWB wouldn't have made this appointment if he didn't really want to see Miers on the Court. So far even his most controversial nominees (Bolton, anyone) have not been strategic games but candidates he really wanted to see confirmed. Peter-

If that happens, it would be interesting to see whether this was really the strategy all along — for example, all of the conservative flack he’s taking, and the demand (from the left as well) for someone with eminent legal credentials like Roberts “forces” GWB to appoint McConnell…

But I suspect GWB wouldn’t have made this appointment if he didn’t really want to see Miers on the Court. So far even his most controversial nominees (Bolton, anyone) have not been strategic games but candidates he really wanted to see confirmed.

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/comment-page-1/#comment-6499 peter Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:45:35 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/#comment-6499 yeah, well, the mind moves faster than the fingers -- yeah, well, the mind moves faster than the fingers –

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/comment-page-1/#comment-6497 Mark Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:42:40 +0000 http://decision08.net/2005/10/05/will-a-devestating-critique-from-the-other-side/#comment-6497 Well, I might have made a special trip to the Bay Area myself if you were gonna be a milkshake...pity you backed down!.... Well, I might have made a special trip to the Bay Area myself if you were gonna be a milkshake…pity you backed down!….

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