This is Cracked

"You are the best governor ever - deserving of great respect," Harriet E. Miers wrote to George W. Bush days after his 51st birthday in July 1997. She also found him "cool," said he and his wife, Laura, were "the greatest!" and told him: "Keep up the great work. Texas is blessed."

You're the best governor ever?? You're cool??? I don't object to a show of sentiment, but the language... is Harriet Miers wearing a "distinguished old lady" costume? Did the president actually nominate one of the twins? Which one? Jenna or Not-Jenna?

I'll reiterate that someone this close to the President has no business serving in the judicial branch of government during that President's term. Democrats have been very slow to criticize this pick, playing their usual game of sitting on the sidelines and hoping the Republicans implode. I think it's a mistake. They need to show their principles (show they have principles, at least) by rejecting cronyism rather than reasoning that Miers is the best they can get. It looks bad for the party.