Harriet the judge.

While everyone in the MSM squealed today Harriet WHO? after W announced his latest Supreme Court nominee(you can always trust them to feign shock)there is not really that much to be shocked about. After 5.34 minutes of reflection there would seem to be plenty of reasons why this non judge was chosen to be a Supreme Court judge.

1. She is a Bush "friend". Loyalty is numero uno in this Prez's book. It gets rewarded pretty much without regard to consequences. One Mr. Brown, a horse showman, can attest to that. A half million Americans suffered the consequences. But,hey,he was loyal so he got FEMA. Loyalty is a fine trait. Excessive loyalty points to something else - a man who has a lot of tracks to keep covered.

2. Ms. Harriet has almost no paper trail. Never been a judge, therefore did no writing as one. The legal writing she has done has been as White House consul. How much of THAT do you suppose will be released to the Senate? I am going with none. Again - how can anyone be surprised by this? Combine this lack of available paper trail with the GOP edict that one must never ask a nominee how she might vote on any particular case and what one has is: a damn simple hearing.

Senator A: so you have not been a judge, we can't see your WH legal opinions, I dare not ask about how you would vote on Roe V Wade. So, hmm, let's see - Ms. Meyers, do you promise not to take too many sick days?

Miers: I do

Senator A: Good. Your in.

3. The ever present Bush F*** You factor. W LOVES letting everyone know you can't tell HIM what to do. It would seem that the conservatives took the hit this time. A number of far Right Wing judges were "passed over". When will the social conservatives get, once and for all - they are USED by the GOP. They are glorified cash machines and envelope stuffers. When the real rubber hits the real road they are thrown to the street.

Who knows what kind of judge Miers will end up being? Not this blogger. But pretending to be shocked about something like this pick is just plain silly.