Maureen Dowd explains that Bush likes having loyal women around him (Condoleeza Rice, Karen Hughes, and Harriet Miers). However, just because these women are educated and loyal, does not mean they are the best qualified persons for their positions:
"...But who cares whether she has no judicial experience, and that no one knows what she believes or how she would rule from a bench she’s never been behind, as long as the reason her views are so mysterious is that she’s subordinated them to W’s, making him feel like the most thoughtful, farsighted he-man in the world?
"David Frum, the former White House speechwriter and conservative commentator, reported on his blog that Miers once told him that W was the most brilliant man she knew.
"Bushie and Harriet share the same born-again Christian faith, which they came to in midlife, deciding to adopt Jesus Christ as their savior. The Washington Post reported that she tithes to the Valley View Christian Church in Dallas, "where anti-abortion literature is sometimes distributed and tapes from the conservative group Focus on the Family are sometimes screened," and where, when she returns, Miers asks well-wishers to pray for her and the president...
"W is asking for a triple leap of faith. He has faith in Miers as his lawyer and as a woman who shares his faith. And we’re expected to have faith in his faith and her faith, and her opinions that derive from her faith that could change the balance of the court and affect women’s rights for the next generation.
"That’s a bit too much faith, isn’t it?"
http://www.dispatch.com/
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart showed that Bush picked Harriet Miers because she was the best qualified person within 25 feet of his office. To see the video, click on DIS APPOINTMENT at the Comedy Central site. http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/index.jhtml
