New Supreme Court nominee's ties to Bush's National Guard scandal

[Jon8503]

Breaking News: President Bush on Monday nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, reaching into his loyal inner circle for a pick that could reshape the nation's judiciary for years to come.

Last week, we looked at a troubling episode in Miers' past -- we're reposting for anyone who missed it:

White House counsel Harriet Miers has never served as a judge before, and while this career "hard-nosed lawyer" (as she is invariably described) from Texas certainly deserves some kudos for a trailblazing career as a female lawyer, she's not a legal scholar, either.

But she does know better than just about anyone else where the bodies are buried (relax, it's a just a metaphor...we hope) in President Bush's National Guard scandal. In fact, Bush's Texas gubenatorial campaign in 1998 (when he was starting to eye the White House) actually paid Miers $19,000 to run an internal pre-emptive probe of the potential scandal. Not long after, a since-settled lawsuit alleged that the Texas Lottery Commission -- while chaired by Bush appointee Miers -- played a role in a multi-million dollar cover-up of the scandal.

Whatever Miers knows about the president's troubled past, she may soon be keeping that information underneath the black robe of an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Miers, who not long ago succeeded Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez as White House counsel, is now Bush's pick to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor:

http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/attytood/archives/002383.html

[Montauk6]

1. I still think Leahy will vote yes.

[barbaraann]

2. Calling Dan Rather!

http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/54213.htm

[w13rd0]

3. Payoffs...

...plain and simple and glaring as day. EVERY Bush appointee is FIRST and FOREMOST a loyalist, instrumental in cover-ups and kickbacks.

Cover-ups and Kickbacks in the Cult of Corruption and Cronyism.