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Cronyism as a core value
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Even conservatives can see that Bush, in choosing Miers, is no fan of meritocracy.

Jonathan Chait

October 7 2005

OF ALL THE despondent conservative reactions to Harriet E. Miers' Supreme Court nomination, my favorite came from National Review editor Rich Lowry, who quoted a source he described as a "very pro-Bush legal type." The source complained that Miers is "not even second rate, but third rate," and proceeded to despair that "a crony at FEMA is one thing, but on the high court it's something else entirely."

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