AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 10 - "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."
Ms. Miers, President Bush's personal lawyer and his selection for a Supreme Court seat, emerges as an unabashed fan in more than 2,000 pages of official correspondence and personal notes made public on Monday by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in response to open-records requests.
Mr. Bush returned the admiration, the files show. After Ms. Miers's birthday wishes, he wrote thanks and a "happy 52nd to you." He added, "I appreciate your friendship and candor - never hold back your sage advice."
The documents, including many minutes of meetings of the Texas Lottery Commission, which Ms. Miers headed, shed little light on her legal thinking, but underscore her ties to Mr. Bush. Because of their closeness and her lack of a judicial record, some critics have dismissed Ms. Miers as a crony unworthy of nomination to the court but for her confidential service as the president's lawyer.
Others question whether their bond could undermine the separation of powers of the executive and judicial branches.
At least when Bill Clinton worked with women who irrationally worshipped him, all he did was fool around with them. Can you imagine what would have happened if he had named Lewinsky to the head of a federal agency, much less SCOTUS?
George W. Bush is the worst President ever, and in light of that his pick seems very fitting.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Bush has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. That being so, he collects a circle of sycophants who make him look great and big to himself. Miers is one of the narcissist's professional toadies.
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