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Washington DC, Octoberish 2005
President George W. Bush today nominated long-time presidential legal lackey Harriet Miers to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the resignation of Sandra Day O'Connor. Miers, better know by her presidential nickname 'Hair Bear', is a lawyer, currently resident in the Washington D.C. vicinity. Reliable sources indicate that Miers likely attended a law school in one of the fifty states and that she possibly has a family of some kind, although this could not be confirmed at press time.
Miers (no photo available), has served for many years as Mr. Bush's personal legal advisor. Some critics are already suggesting that this is another example of Mr. Bush rewarding personal loyalty ahead of fulfilling his duties as president. They point to Mr. Bush's controversial appointments of his third grade spelling teacher as Secretary of Education, his nomination of his college roommate as Secretary of the Energy and the very much discussed nomination of his gardener, Jorge, as US Ambassador to China.
This last appointment, capitol watchers will remember, was the source of considerable embarrassment to the White House when it was revealed that Mr. Bush did not, in fact, know Jorge Martinez's last name. The nomination was a just a note written in large loopy writing with the words, "Jorge --- China" delivered to the Senate. Further embarrassment arose when a routine background check showed that Mr. Martinez was a citizen of Mexico and that he did not speak English. Although Mr. Bush spoke out in defense of his nominee, noting that Jorge was one-third American Indian and could therefore "speak to them fellers over there", and that he knew a lot about gardening and so "could help them out with the cherry trees we gave 'em", the nomination encountered considerable resistance among Democrats.
Mr. Martinez, however, has subsequently proven to be a very popular ambassador. The Chinese have praised his tireless efforts to improve the growth of the plum trees in the Forbidden City and the excellence of his hedge clipping. Whether this success will silence the critics of this new nominee remains to be seen however.
President George W. Bush today nominated long-time presidential legal lackey Harriet Miers to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the resignation of Sandra Day O'Connor. Miers, better know by her presidential nickname 'Hair Bear', is a lawyer, currently resident in the Washington D.C. vicinity. Reliable sources indicate that Miers likely attended a law school in one of the fifty states and that she possibly has a family of some kind, although this could not be confirmed at press time.
Miers (no photo available), has served for many years as Mr. Bush's personal legal advisor. Some critics are already suggesting that this is another example of Mr. Bush rewarding personal loyalty ahead of fulfilling his duties as president. They point to Mr. Bush's controversial appointments of his third grade spelling teacher as Secretary of Education, his nomination of his college roommate as Secretary of the Energy and the very much discussed nomination of his gardener, Jorge, as US Ambassador to China.
This last appointment, capitol watchers will remember, was the source of considerable embarrassment to the White House when it was revealed that Mr. Bush did not, in fact, know Jorge Martinez's last name. The nomination was a just a note written in large loopy writing with the words, "Jorge --- China" delivered to the Senate. Further embarrassment arose when a routine background check showed that Mr. Martinez was a citizen of Mexico and that he did not speak English. Although Mr. Bush spoke out in defense of his nominee, noting that Jorge was one-third American Indian and could therefore "speak to them fellers over there", and that he knew a lot about gardening and so "could help them out with the cherry trees we gave 'em", the nomination encountered considerable resistance among Democrats.
Mr. Martinez, however, has subsequently proven to be a very popular ambassador. The Chinese have praised his tireless efforts to improve the growth of the plum trees in the Forbidden City and the excellence of his hedge clipping. Whether this success will silence the critics of this new nominee remains to be seen however.
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