Miers: “Hmmm. Better let me have a vanilla shake, a chocolate shake, and a strawberry shake. After all, equality of representation and showy gustatory diversity are the most telling indicators that one has achieved a progressive and culturally enlightened lunch, are they not…?*
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More here, here, and here; rebuttals here and here and here. Background here and here.
Damn, brother. That was worth a laugh.
If her nomination wasn’t dead before, it sure is now.
Her friends know that Harriet really wanted to order an apple overturn.
Her supporters have noted her alleged attention to detail, but the link says she let her license lapse. Twice. Due to “oversight.”
Way to focus on the details, Harriet.
TW: started. As in, Don’t get me started on trying to choose between the Big Mac and the Quarter Pounder. I’d rather just avoid that debate altogether.
I figure she would just ask what George is having.
I like the premium chicken sandwiches but Hugh says that only the elitists eat those.
Her law license, shoot.
I was willing to cut her some slack about wanting to hang on to that flattering photo from the DMV a few days longer…
Seriously, this is bad news. Can she just go home now, or is she stuck in the drive-thru?
Well, be sure to check out the rebuttals. Miers might be getting a bad deal from ol’ Cass on this one.
Still, my worries about Miers on affirmative action and proportional representation in the “civil rights” sense extend far beyond her answer to that particular question. So for the time being, the MILKSHAKE POST SHALL STAND!
“…Better let me have a vanilla shake, a chocolate shake, and a strawberry shake…”
Can an Oliver Willis “Seal of Approval” be far behind?
Pronouncing SCOTUS as a word sounds like something in the genital area, that not witstanding, maybe she couldn’t find her way out of the drive-thru lane. Women do have problems with navigation and directions, sometimes in printed form.
I was just listening to John Fund on John Bachelor’s(?)show, and this is only going to get worse. It sounds like Bush is committing poilitical suicide with Meirs.
After five years of defending Bush against all comers, I think I have about had it. All I can figure is that somebody’s got Bush by the ‘nads. This whole thing makes absolutely no sense with any other explanation. It’s just too astoundingly insane…
TW: reached, as in the limit
I’ve just been watching the hogs at the trough on C-Span 2, three shakes isn’t even a snack to Ollie’s heroes. Their gluttony is only exceded by their stupidity. Who knew there were differences in homeowner’s coverages!??!
You just can’t make this shit up.
Dog (Lost), I heard Fund on Batchelor too and walked away conviced that Miers’ involvement with Texas Lottery Commission scandal & coverup etc. ended with her fingernails snagging Bush by the short hairs. $23 million payoff? Non-disclosure clause? She’s got some volitile facts in her head. And yeah, whythehellelse is she even considered for the bench? She’s a damned changling. Democrat to Republican. Convenient born-again timeline. “Trust me.”, Bush says. Sure thing pal! Oh well, it was a pretty damned fine first term. Too bad he got stuck with his Dad’s funny-speech pattern thing. AND his Dad’s weak followthrough-itis. For a while there he actually was heading toward greatness. Well, we’ll always have “I can hear you!” and “Hey, U.N. Wanna be irrelevant?” And Saddam-In-A-Hole. Yup, damned fine first term.
On the way home from work yesterday, in honor of Harriet Miers, I stopped for a milkshake.
When asked about my flavor preference, I, however, decisively and forcefully declared that I wanted chocolate.
The irony was that, as I drove off, proud of my ability to make an unequivocal decision on the spot and express myself with such clarity, I noticed there was the faintest hint of strawberry flavor peaking through the chocolate. It seems the previous customer was a fan of the berry, and I must have acquired a bit of that residue.
Man, it’s like there are wishy-washy so-called “progresive” moral relativists everywhere.
I’m not quite sure exactly how, but this post is doubtlessly elitist and/or sexist.
Ode to Harriett:
He put forth for the court a crony,
whom many then labeled a phony.
The meaning is clear,
what conservatives fear,
is GW’s lost his cohonees.