Metaborking

If you work in data analysis in any fashion, you probably know that "metadata" is a word to describe "data about the data." In that vein, I would have to say that SCOTUS nominee Harriet Miers has been "metaborked." The term "to be Borked" came from one of the more odious presidential choices for the Supreme Court ever to be shot down by the Senate, Robert Bork. This week, it seems that even Bork finds Miers to be unacceptable.

Another icon of the conservative movement, former judge Robert H. Bork, denounced it as "a disaster on every level."

Appearing on MSNBC's "The Situation With Tucker Carlson," Bork complained that Miers "has no experience with constitutional law whatever" and called her selection "kind of a slap in the face to the conservatives who've been building up a conservative legal movement for the last 20 years."

I can't take any satisfaction in this. I still see it as a lose-lose situation. Progressives are being happily led down the slopes of hell by Bush on this one, and it appears that the leadership of the DNC doesn't even realize it. If the conservatives torpedo this nomination, we'll only get somebody worse, as I see it. And if she's approved, we'll get a candidate who, lack of paper record not withstanding, will mirror Bush's "values" straight down the line. If anyone thinks Miers is a closet progressive, I think they are living in a fantasy landscape. Bush may not be the brightest light on the tree, but he knows a born again neocon when he sees one.