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Who Is Harriet Miers?
ABC News ^ | Oct. 3, 2005 | ABC News

Posted on 10/03/2005 5:19:55 AM PDT by Former Military Chick

Oct. 3, 2005 — Harriet Ellan Miers is White House counsel and was formerly President Bush's personal lawyer in Texas. She first served in the White House as staff secretary and was deputy chief of staff before she was named counsel upon Alberto Gonzales' transition to attorney general.

When he was the governor of Texas, Bush once publicly introduced Miers as a "pit bull in size 6 shoes."

Born and raised in Dallas, Miers earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics and her law degree from Southern Methodist University. In addition to her legal career, she served one term on the Dallas City Council.

Miers, 60, broke barriers for women throughout her career. She reportedly was the first woman hired by the prestigious Dallas law firm Locke Purnell Boren Laney & Neely, where she became a successful commercial litigator. She also became the first female president of the Dallas Bar Association in 1985 and was the first woman elected president of the Texas Bar Association in 1992.

Miers met Bush in the 1980s, according to published reports, and she was counsel for his 1994 campaign for governor. He appointed her chair of the Texas Lottery Commission in 1995.

Miers then was president of Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell and co-managing partner of Locke Liddell & Sapp before she joined the White House in 2001.

In addition, Miers was named one of the Top 50 Most Influential Lawyers by the National Law Journal in 1998, and she received numerous other awards from groups including the Dallas Women Lawyers Association, the Anti-Defamation League and the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers.


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To: RWR8189

I was hoping that it would be Luttig or at least JOnes


41 posted on 10/03/2005 5:43:03 AM PDT by Moderate right-winger (complacency brings doom!)
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To: Congressman Billybob

Well I sure hope you are right, and I do respect your opinion very much.

My experience with Bushes and stealth nominees just haven't been that great over past decade or so.


42 posted on 10/03/2005 5:43:20 AM PDT by RWR8189 (Miers is bush league, forget it, George Allen 2008.)
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To: Former Military Chick

I noticed that MSNBC.com states: "Bush picks an insider" while FOXNews.com simply says: "Bush picks Miers". Gives me the impression he might have made a decent choice if the MSM is already trying to sway the issue.


43 posted on 10/03/2005 5:43:25 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Congressman Billybob
"The opponents have "misunderestimated" the President yet again."

I hope you're right.

44 posted on 10/03/2005 5:43:47 AM PDT by GBA
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To: Congressman Billybob

This is another masterstroke (and unexpected) by Bush.

I hope you're right. We'll see how she does before the committee.


45 posted on 10/03/2005 5:44:04 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: thegreatbeast
You are not reading clearly. The Dallas Bar Assn and the Texas Bar Assn are NOT part of the ABA.

I, for instance, am required to be a member of the Maryland Bar Assn in order to practice in the federal courts. However, I resigned in disgust from the ABA 20 years ago, and have never looked back. There is NO connection between the ABA and the state and local bars.

John / Billybob
46 posted on 10/03/2005 5:44:11 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob (This Freeper was linked for the 2nd time by Rush Limbaugh today (9/13/05). Hoohah!)
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To: Tennessean4Bush
This is very disappointing. Why didn't Bush appoint a solid conservative who has experience ala Michael Luttig? I am sick of these stealth nominees, particularly when they seem to be unqualified. We have several tried and true conservative judges with plenty of experience and he makes this appointment?

Has Bush been sniffing the air from Kennebunkport Maine? I am beginning to think that I voted for Kerry lite in 2004.
47 posted on 10/03/2005 5:44:21 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: COEXERJ145

Oh, gosh. Thank you!

I meant to type that Gore was pro life in 1988. THANK YOU!


48 posted on 10/03/2005 5:44:28 AM PDT by Peach (Go Yankees!)
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To: Former Military Chick

f this woman is an unabashed follower of Christ then I'm sure this is not only a good pick, it is Holy Spirit led.


49 posted on 10/03/2005 5:44:34 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Congressman Billybob
And yet 90% of FR are one step away from calling for a public hanging for the President.
50 posted on 10/03/2005 5:44:40 AM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Cindy Sheehan, Pat Buchanan, John Conyers, and David Duke Are Just Different Sides of the Same Coin.)
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To: RWR8189

Maintaining balance means we lose...we only have 2 real conservatives there now, 1 leaning that way, 2 moderates and 4 liberals


51 posted on 10/03/2005 5:44:49 AM PDT by Moderate right-winger (complacency brings doom!)
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To: hflynn

Agreed. She is an impossible nomination. But that's the greatest part! This is Bush's attempt to screw the dems HARD by making them shoot down a nomination they gave him! Bush should be ridiculed for this choice. The problem is, so will the democrats be if they do not prevent her approval. Now they are in an uncomfortable position indeed.

This is a wedge between the dem senators and THEIR OWN voters. If they allow confirmation, they are guilty of that in the eyes of the dem voters, and we get our nominee approved. If they block confirmation, then the next nominee is a Jurassic Conservative (RARRR!) and the democrats have already used up their "reasonable" objections. They can't block the second one. The genius is that they are hamstrung on the FIRST one, too!

ROVE, YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!

Or maybe it was just a bad week for GWB to stop sniffing glue.


52 posted on 10/03/2005 5:45:00 AM PDT by haakondahl
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To: Former Military Chick
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Harriet E. Miers
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53 posted on 10/03/2005 5:45:02 AM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: Peach
Kay Baily Hutchison is on Fox now praising her.

I find it interesting that her undergraduate degree was in mathematics. This indicates someone who is trained in logic.

54 posted on 10/03/2005 5:45:47 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's son and keep him strong.)
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To: Moderate right-winger

I'm more than aware of that.

That's my point.

From where I see things right now, it looks like we lose with this nomination.

I hope Miers proves me wrong.


55 posted on 10/03/2005 5:46:18 AM PDT by RWR8189 (Miers is bush league, forget it, George Allen 2008.)
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To: Miss Marple

Hutchinson is such a voice of reason. Always calm and reassuring.


56 posted on 10/03/2005 5:46:52 AM PDT by Peach (Go Yankees!)
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To: Miss Marple

is there anything wrong with the social sciences?


57 posted on 10/03/2005 5:47:06 AM PDT by Moderate right-winger (complacency brings doom!)
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To: newzjunkey
Powder..patch..Ball FIRE!

The AP says, Miers is leading the White House effort to help Bush choose a nominee to the Supreme Court.
Yikes.

Excuse me... Wasn't Dick Cheney helping pick the VP for President Bush? Didn't he turn out to be the best we could have gotten???

58 posted on 10/03/2005 5:47:15 AM PDT by BallandPowder
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To: OldFriend

It is disgusting, isn't it?


59 posted on 10/03/2005 5:47:25 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: Former Military Chick

Very disappointed by the nomination. The "stealth" pick may be needed if the Senate was Democrat run, but there are 55 Republicans. Show some leadership, d-mnit. Use that majority.

Janice Rogers Brown or Edith Jones would have been better women picks.


60 posted on 10/03/2005 5:48:16 AM PDT by Barney Gumble (Even the devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.)
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