Georgey Provokes Repuke Fits Over Pickles' Pick

[Seabiscuit]

So Pickles was the one who picked Harriet Miers...

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...Mrs Bush first laid down her marker on a Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice O'Connor in the summer when she told a television interviewer that she would like a woman to be picked.

That fell on deaf ears as her husband chose John Roberts. But when Chief Justice William Rehnquist died in September and Mr Roberts was picked to succeed him, Mrs Bush renewed her lobbying.

Shortlists drawn up on sexual or racial grounds are bitterly opposed by many conservatives who dislike gender or ethnic quotas. However, Mr Rove disclosed that the choice was restricted to women while telephoning James Dobson, the chairman of the powerful Focus on the Family group to lobby for support for Ms Miers.

Mr Dobson last week revealed that Mr Rove also told him that some potential conservative female nominees did not want their names to go forward as they did not want to face a potentially bitter Senate confirmation process.

At this stage, Mrs Bush joined others in the White House in recommending Ms Miers, a little known figure, as a candidate.

More...: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/16/wlaura16.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/10/16/ixworld.html

WHY?

Well, it goes back a long way:

"Mrs Bush, 58, and Ms Miers, 60, first met as students at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas in the mid-1960s.

"Ms Miers was a year ahead of the then Laura Welch, who took a degree in education studies, and they became good friends 20 years later after Ms Miers was made Mr Bush's personal lawyer in Texas. Gushing letters and notes released last week from Ms Miers to the Bushes show how close they became." (see article for more)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

1. Nothing is ever Bush's fault - someone else always takes the heat

especially if a move is unsuccessful.

I imagine that even Chimp farts that hang in the air around the White House Oval Office are blamed on Laura.

[symbolman]

2. So I take it that Dogface

wasn't the one that kept Pickles from going to PRISON for KILLING her boyfriend with a CAR?

Love how no one EVER mentions that.. like it never happened..

If Hillary had KILLED and ex boyfriend with a CAR don't you think we'd NEVER stop hearing about it?

I really want to know all the facts on that one..

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. Not to mention Laura's alleged drug dealing

I'm talking about the stories of "dimebag Laura" that were reported in Kitty Kelly's book on the Bushies (page 575: "A friend says Laura Bush was the "go-to girl for dime bags").

[symbolman]

6. That's funny, because on the Cable show

"WEEDS" in the last episode, the city councilman who's a stoner is being a turd about the main character's brother-in-law who was off the grid being tapped to go to Iraq..

The Brother-in-law SLAMS the Bush admin, and then Kevin (? from Saturday Night Live) says he's just into Laura, used to buy dimebags from her in College!

I didn't even know that, and they slid it right out there in the open..

Heard she smokes cigs like a chimney and no one has any pics of that either..

[FreedomAngel82]

5. Oh of course

Whenever a rightwinger tries to play that game with Ted Kennedy I always bring up Laura. :eyes: And yes, Georgie never takes responsibility for anything. When he did for New Orleans it almost pained him. What a spoiled asshole.

[Seabiscuit]

9. I would too - can you tell us more?

any threads/websites?

I heard vaguely about it some time ago - but only here on DU.

[SillyGoose]

4. And Laura's expertise in this area is what?

This nomination was a 3-ring circus from the get-go.

[Seabiscuit]

7. In a word: Cronyism

[Seabiscuit]

8. In two words: "dime bags"

[Seabiscuit]

10. In three words: "curtains as gowns"

[Seabiscuit]

11. In 8 words: "I did NOT play The Joker in 'Batman'!!!"