Miers's fawning over Bush is subject of LAT article on art of flattery

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Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, listens as President George W. Bush speaks in the Oval Office.
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The timeless art of flattery
Harriet Miers. Eddie Haskell. Your co-workers. They've all indulged in currying favor with higher-ups. But the payoff isn't always clear -- unless you live in Los Angeles or Washington, where there seems to be no such thing as inappropriate fawning.

By Robin Abcarian, Times Staff Writer


Move over Eddie Haskell. Harriet E. Miers could teach you a thing or two about sucking up. Papers released last week by the Texas state archives show a woman who admired the boss and wasn't afraid to show it, with puppy dog cards and flowery notes in her own hand, often added to official typed correspondence.

"You are the best Governor ever — deserving of great respect!" Miers wrote to George W. Bush in a belated card for his 51st birthday. (Which is why the puppy on the front of the card has such a hangdog look). At the bottom of the greeting card, she added, "At least for thirty days — you are not younger than me." In a flowery thank you card, she wrote, "Hopefully Jenna and Barbara recognize that their parents are 'cool' — as do the rest of us … All I heard is how great you and Laura are doing … Texas is blessed!"

Her strong words of praise did not end after her boss attained the White House (taking her with him.) This week, lawmakers released some of her recent speeches and other public remarks. As recently as June, she told White House interns what a fantastic editor the president is: "All those editing skills and you should think the president was a lawyer himself. He works so constantly." In July, she told a Washington law firm, "My admiration for the president's leadership and Mrs. Bush's leadership has been reaffirmed on virtually a daily basis."

Can flattery this blatant work?

Can you say Supreme Court nominee Harriet E. Miers? "Boy, is she good," says business consultant Richard Brenner of Chaco Canyon Associates in Boston...."With that personal, almost private connection between the two of them, she is building a secret little treehouse where they can both sit sometimes."...


http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/cl-et-flattery21oct21,0,3241503.story?coll=la-home-headlines

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[gauguin57]

2. Ewwww. Just yipes and ewwww.

Every time I read this stuff, I feel like I have to take a shower!

It's not black eyeliner -- it's residue from having her head so far up Bush's ASS!

[NJCher]

3. funny article

I sent it to my interpersonal communication students.




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