I don’t know how Harriet Miers nomination is going to turn out, but I will certainly miss her blog. It gets better every day. Right now, Harriet is launching a logo/slogan contest, urging people to "Call You’re Senators". (Yes, Harriet tends to confuse "you’re" and "your", "it’s" and "its", and "their" and "they’re"). She’s also agog about her recent instant … Read More
Miers 2.0
The Bush White House wants a do-over on Miers: Get ready for a whole new Harriet. After a disastrous two weeks, White House officials say they hope to relaunch the nomination of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court by moving from what they call a "biographical phase" to an "accomplishment phase." In other words, stop debating her religion and personality … Read More
Miers Can’t Write Worth A Shit
David Brooks of the New York Times took Harriet Miers to town for her crappy, vapid writing skills. (I won’t link to Brooks, because the NYT now has an annoying subscription wall). Here’s an example of Miers’ "scholarly" writing from an early-90’s Texas Bar Journal article: "An organization must also implement programs to fulfill strategies established through its goals and … Read More
Another Thing Conservatives Won’t Like About Miers
From The Drudge Report (ugh!) comes this 1990 testimony from Miers. She was asked the following questions in a voting rights lawsuit claiming the Dallas City Council had too few black and Hispanic members: REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. JULIAN: . . . . . Q. Ms. Miers, are you a member of any predominantly minority organizations, such as the NAACP, … Read More
Miers and Election 2008
The N.H Union Leader reports: The White House political arm is taking a special interest in U.S. senators who are potential 2008 Presidential candidates, especially when they come to New Hampshire. The goal is to put them on the record on the Harriet Miers nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, which is under fire from the right and left. Bush … Read More
Harriet Miers And The Christmas Card Debacle
With so little known about Harriet Miers, this story may take on certain undue significance. We know that Harriet Miers, as White House staff secretary, was responsible for vetting documents that made their way onto Bush’s desk. Apparently, she was a bit of a tyrant in this area, although this is arguably necessary for anyone in that position (after all, … Read More
Sekulow’s Hypocrisy
White House ally and chief counsel to the American Center for Law and Justice, Jay Sekulow (described as one of the “four horseman” who helped Bush select Miers), has been publicly holding up Miers’s faith as a reason she should be confirmed: [The Miers nomination is] a big opportunity for those of us who have a conviction, that share an … Read More
We Think This Is A Good Name For A Blog
"P.S. No more public scatology" — actual handwriting of Bush in note to Harriet Miers. Wonkette speculates about its meaning.
Harriet Miers Update
(1) GOP AIDES COMING OUT AGAINST MIERS "As the White House seeks to rally senators behind the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers, lawyers for the Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee are expressing dissatisfaction with the choice and pushing back against her, aides to 6 of the 10 Republican committee members" told the New York Times. Said one … Read More
Supreme Court For Dummies, Indeed
Has Harriet Miers been checking out books from Amazon.com? Via Mr. Sun:
Pass The Barf Bag
This is ookey: AUSTIN, Texas – (KRT) – Harriet Miers, President Bush’s nominee for the Supreme Court, quickly developed a deep and almost gushing admiration for her boss from her earliest days in Texas government. "You are the best governor ever – deserving of great respect!" she wrote in 1997, in a belated birthday note that was typical of the … Read More
“A Conservative Civil War”
Boy, I like the sound of that term. I’ve had a fairly busy weekend, but I sort of thought that by Monday, the whole Miers kerfuffle would have simmered down somewhat. Apparently, I was wrong: How Harriet Unleashed a Storm on the Right Well, he’s finally done it. By nominating White House lawyer Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, George … Read More
Kos: “Why The Right Is Pissed At Bush Re: Miers”
I think this is spot-on: Nothing here that hasn’t been said in one form or another elsewhere, but this is the root of the problem with Miers: Bush and Rove have spent the last five years doing everything in their power to hide the true conservative agenda from the American people. We get shit like "Clean Skies Initiative", "Healthy Forrest … Read More
Miers: Not Off To A Good Start
Yeah. She needs to do some serious studying. From Volokh: Oh my; this, if true, could be devastating to her chances: Her relatively thin paper trail adds greater importance to her personal meetings with senators and to the committee hearing that is expected to begin in about three weeks. While generally well received, Miers has had a few awkward moments, … Read More
Flip-Flops
Yesterday, I wrote about a bill in the Indiana State legislature which would essentially require parents (whether married or not) to be pre-approved by The State of Indiana before producing a child. Well, apparently the bill’s sponsor has had second thoughts, and is withdrawing the bill: State Sen. Patricia Miller, R-Indianapolis, issued a one-sentence statement this afternoon saying: “The issue … Read More