Why They Are Mad

The Senate Judiciary Committee is super-extra angry at Harriet Miers for handing in a form questionnaire that basically said, "F-you." It included lots of single-word answers, and Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont called it "incomplete and insulting." It was so poorly done that they are telling her to fill it out again. How bad was it? Look at what she wrote for her work history:

State Bar of Texas

1991-1994 President-Elect, President, Immediate Past President
Date unknown: Director, Fact Finding Committee
Date unknown: Chair, Goals and Implementation Committee
Date unknown: Vice Chair, State Bar Antitrust Section Council
Date unknown: Chair and Vice Chair, Legal Services
Date unknown: Member, Administration of Justice Committee
Date unknown: Member, Directors Orientation Committee
Date unknown: Member, General Counsel Advisory Committee
Date unknown: Member, State Bar Litigation Section Council
Date unknown: Councilmember, Women in the Law Section

Think about that: This is the job application to the Supreme Court and she wrote that down.

(I've heard told that she even made a major constitutional law gaffe in another one of her answers... but I haven't seen it yet.)

Like I said, given the other (next) far-right-wing nominee that President Bush is going to be putting up for consideration, I really can't see any option for the Democrats other than to confirm this lady... but at the same time, lordy lordy she's a terrible nominee. She's the Timmy of nominees.