Harriet Miers

So - President Bush has nominated Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Does anyone want to pretend that President Bush could have nominated anyone the left would have been happy with... Hillary, Screamin' Howie, Hanoi John Fonda, The Kopechne Killer? Take your pick among anyone who would guarantee to legislate from the bench on behalf of Les Etats Bleus d'Amérique, and it's virtually certain that the überleft would object based solely on the fact that it was Bush's nominee.

That's how intense these people are about gunning for Red State losses. They're certain to be nonplussed about Miers' dossier. That is - until MoveOn.MichaelMoore.Salon.com and DailyDemocratUnderground.Kos.net issues them their Griping... er, 'Talking' Points.

Then, once they're told what they "think" about Miers, we're going to hear all about it.

Ms. Miers' Legal Qualifications include:

• "In Her Time In The Administration, Ms. Miers Has Addressed Numerous Legal And Policy Questions At The Highest Levels Of Decisionmaking, Most Recently Serving As The Counsel To The President Of The United States." (The White House, Fact Sheet, 10/3/05)

• "In 1985, Ms. Miers Was Selected As The First Woman To Become President Of The Dallas Bar Association." (The White House, Fact Sheet, 10/3/05)

• " In 1992, She Became The First Woman Elected President Of The State Bar Of Texas. Ms. Miers Served As The President Of The State Bar Of Texas From 1992 To 1993." (The White House, Fact Sheet, 10/3/05)

• "The Women And The Law Section Of The State Bar Of Texas Has Awarded Its 1993 Sarah T. Hughes Women Lawyers Of Achievement Award To Louise Raggio And State Bar President Harriet Miers." (Bruce Vincent, "Honors," Texas Lawyer, 3/22/93)

• "In March 1996, Her Colleagues Elected Her The First Female President Of Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell, At That Time A Firm Of About 200 Lawyers. She Was The First Woman To Lead A Texas Firm Of That Size." (The White House, Fact Sheet, 10/3/05)

• "Harriet Miers, President Of Dallas' Locke Purnell Rain Harrell, Was One Of 20 Other Women Nominated For The [1996 Texas Trailblazer Award]." (Tara Wilkinson, "Newsmakers," Texas Lawyers, 10/28/96)

• "[In 1997] She Was Named To The [National Law Journal's] List Of 100 Most Powerful Attorneys." ("50 Top Women Lawyers," The National Law Journal, 3/30/98)

• "[Miers] Received A Distinguished Alumni Award From The SMU Law School In 1997." (SMU Website, http://www.smu.edu/newsinfo/releases/00171.html, Accessed 9/29/05)

• In 1998, National Law Journal Named Harriet Miers One Of The Fifty Most Influential Women Lawyers In America. ("50 Top Women Lawyers," The National Law Journal, 3/30/98)

• In 2000, National Law Journal Named Harriet Miers One Of The One Hundred Most Influential Lawyers In America. ("The Most Influential Lawyers In America," The National Law Journal, 6/12/00)

• "Miers Was Given The Women Of Excellence Award By Women's Enterprise Magazine In 1997 ..." (Bush-Cheney, Press Release, 1/5/01)
  

• Miers Was Awarded The Sandra Day O'Connor Award For Professional Excellence By The Texas Center For Legal Ethics And Professionalism In 2005. (Texas Center For Legal Ethics And Professionalism Website, http://www.txethics.org/oconnorinformationcourses.asp, Accessed 10/3/05)

Maybe the left will finally start to catch on that there's more to Leadership and than leading lemmings over the far-left abyss, and that there's more to Political Influence than expecting judges to legislate from the bench when they have rendered their own party exceptionally weak.

But don't count on it.