Cronie

I think it'd be funny if these rumors were completely false, and Bush announces someone different in 45 minutes. But she certainly fits the criteria, having shown loyalty and coming from his inner-circle.

Looks like he woke up early for this one.

Yay, a woman!

What are the odds that she will be called an extremist, radical, outside the mainstream, etc, etc, etc...?

Let the games begin!

Oh yes, this will most certainly be a civilized discussion. No flaming here, no siree.

/dons asbestos bodysuit

I know nothing about him and already I hate him.

I guess this means he's found something to distract us from the eventual resignation of "Libby" Scooter and Karl Rove for the Plame mess. Good show, old chap !

The hell.

It's a 'she', and you can know that at least she's a crony.

Did someone call for monkey's flinging poo?

No judical record, hmm. The hearing on this should be fantastic. "I would like to take the Roberts postition, senator"

Her Wikipedia page. Turns out she was Bush's lawyer for quite a few years and he appointed her to several positions, such as chair of the Texas Lottery Commission.

Former Lottery Commisioner, eh? So, if she's evades some questions at her hearing will it be Kennedy, Schumer, or Biden that makes some sort of lame gambling analogy first?

Mot of us saw this one coming two weeks ago. Bush just repeats himself. It's nice however, that the MSM is finally waking up to Bushs's "inner circle" backscratching.

What's with the Salvation Army uniform?

http://frum.nationalreview.com/archives/09292005.asp#077899

In the White House that hero worshipped the president, Miers was distinguished by the intensity of her zeal: She once told me that the president was the most brilliant man she had ever met.


/We've got a real winner here, folks

Democrats commence whining in 3..2...

Hmm she's a laywer with no experience as a judge. Is it normal to appoint someone like that?

A quick rundown on the chica:

iers served as Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary. Prior to that, she was Co-Managing Partner at Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP. Previously, she was President of Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell, where she worked from 1972 until 1999. From 1995 until 2000, she was chair of the Texas Lottery Commission. In 1992, Harriet became the first woman president of the Texas State Bar, and in 1985 she became the first woman president of the Dallas Bar Association. She also served as a Member-At-Large on the Dallas City Council. Harriet received both her undergraduate and law degrees from Southern Methodist University.


My GOD!!! She is a METHODIST....WE ARE ALL GONNA END UP IN HELL!!!

Remember how last week Bush said "'diversity' will guide next pick?"

I'm glad that, to Bush, diversity means a white woman from Texas.

No judical experience, yea that will work, another rock solid appointment....meh

Miers, who has never been a judge, was the first woman to serve as president of the Texas State Bar and the Dallas Bar Association.

Shades of Mike Brown?

happydaddy to chime in with 'she's not that conservative' in 3..2..

"Known for.. her low-profile"

That's an odd statement. Sort of like being famously anonymous.

photo in the washington post article looks like a freaking aliean. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/20/AR200506200116 1.html

Kind of creepy looking...

bloody murderer

I'm glad that, to Bush, diversity means a white woman from Texas.

Why, how many white women from Texas are already on the Supreme Court?

Hmm she's a laywer with no experience as a judge. Is it normal to appoint someone like that?

It is not normal but it is not unprecedented.

Uh... who?

She's not been a judge ever? Surely only judges should get promoted to the highest order of judicary

Quadriplegic
Uh... who?

That was my thought as well.

I am underwhelmed.

I wonder what the strategy was here?

The woman that broke the gender barrier of the Dallas bar association and was the first female president of the Texas bar and already the liberals are sharpening their knives. So female empowerment is only good when it happens to people on YOUR side?

Rumor has it she's not anti-choice.

Wikipedia links to a Washington Post article about her, but with a summary glance it seems to be nothing but a fluff piece. The White House's press release is the usual spin, giving the appearance of saying something when in reality is saying nothing.

Here's her political campaign donations, she donated $1k to a democrat back in '87, but has donated to nobody but republicans since then.

Trying to find her political beliefs, history, etc.

bloody murderer: Remember how last week Bush said "'diversity' will guide next pick?"

I'm glad that, to Bush, diversity means a white woman from Texas.


Isn't a woman considered diverse in Bushs' neck of the woods?

Thanks for the warning. Now I know not to listen to the news for the next few months. I can't stand the party bickering.

My better headline:

"Harriett Miers pulls a Cheney and selects herself as Supreme Court nominee".

/meh

She's been a citizen of planet Bush for a long time. What other experience does she need to be a Supreme Court judge?

Leonid: It's a 'she', and you can know that at least she's a crony.

Yeh, not an activist judge, but rather a Bush zombie. Yeh I'm going to start the drinking early on this one. In my defense, 'she' is rather manish.

So, she's an out and out partisan hack. Big surprise.

Bush is a dog that knows only one trick.

The real question here is, would you hit it?

My GOD!!! She is a METHODIST....WE ARE ALL GONNA END UP IN HELL!!!



"I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shiat-kickers and Methodists!"

thetritoneterror:

Hmm she's a laywer with no experience as a judge. Is it normal to appoint someone like that?

Has she ever worked with Arabian horses? If so, yes.

ZAZ: It is not normal but it is not unprecedented.

True, but still does not seem to bode well.

*sigh*