A breaking story on the Miers nomination…
This just in.
Recently released documents show that in addition to Miers’ already disclosed close connections to George W. Bush, she has frequently used the word “cool” in personal correspondence.
AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 10 – “You are the best governor ever – deserving of great respect,” Harriet E. Miers wrote to George W. Bush days after his 51st birthday in July 1997. She also found him “cool,” said he and his wife, Laura, were “the greatest!” and told him: “Keep up the great work. Texas is blessed.”
The notes to Mr. Bush date from at least March 1995, around the time he named her to the lottery commission, the files show. On March 25, on the letterhead of her Dallas law firm, Locke Purnell Rain Harrell, Ms. Miers wrote to thank him “for taking the time to visit in the office and on the plane back – cool!”
In October 1997, Ms. Miers sent Mr. Bush a flowery greeting card in thanks for a letter that he had written on her behalf. In it, she said of his daughters: “Hopefully Jenna and Barbara recognize that their parents are ‘cool’ – as do the rest of us.”
So, to sum up: Miers is not only an old friend, but also apparently the teenybopper president of the George W. Bush Fan Club and the editor-in-chief of their “Cool Prez!” fanzine.
Do we see anything that actually reflects Miers’ judicial philosophy?
Minutes of commission meetings showed Ms. Miers in command, questioning employees and other commissioners on topics like advertising, charitable bingo operations and bids to help manage the lotteries. One lawmaker asked what groups could run bingo, saying, “Could the Ku Klux Klan?”
Ms. Miers responded, “Well, I would certainly hope not.”
Ah. What a refreshing approach to the law.