The Trouble with Harriet

It seems like that every time you turn around, someone else is dumping on poor Harriet. The Chicago Tribune reported this morning that the Catholic church is going WAAAAY out of it's way to say that she wasn't one of theirs. The paper said that "after news media reported that Miers had attended Catholic church during her childhood, diocesan officials searched their records because they suspected the information was incorrect. We don't normally check records for things like this," said [spokesman Brock] Havard, who also is editor of Texas Catholic newspaper, but this was a prominent situation. We wanted the record to be set straight."

We could check with our friend Schmidlap, but it seems odd that a church that embraces him:















is running as fast as it can away from her:















Things that make you go hmmm. Slate also reported that she may need the job for the money. Apparently she has nowhere near the financial portfolio of someone who headed a major law firm. Another hmmm. And then toss in the huge malpractice settlements her firm paid, double hmmm.

OK, conspiracy theorists, try this one on. The powers behind Chimpy know that the only way a grossly unqualified religious wacko ideologue sees the inside of the Supreme Court is with a tour ticket. After all, I have published more scholarship than she has, but, they let Captain Flightsuit have his fun. The Dems shoot it down, and get liquored up singing "Happy Days Are Here Again."

While Joe Biden leads the gang in a rum-soaked karaoke rendition of Queen's "We Are The Champions," BOOM, the puppeteers behind Chimpy drop an Edith Jones or a Michael Luttig on us. It is the perfect setup. They aren't religious crazies, they have previously been confirmed to appeals courts and the Democrats are too hung over from Harriet-a-palooza to wage an ideological battle. Before you can say "John Birch Society," the hard right winger that the puppetmasters wanted all along is giving high fives to Scalia and Thomas.

Submitted for your consideration.