More About Miers
The long Dallas Morning News profile of Harriet Miers offers assorted interesting tidbits: Her brothers--Robert Lee Miers and Jeb Stuart Miers--are named after Confederate generals and one of them, Jeb, is married to a state appellate judge. Her fantasy dinner party guests would be "the Apostle Paul, Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Thatcher." She "has dated Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht for years." As a young woman, she never wanted to be a judge but, says a fellow law clerk, "was intent on being a person who helped solve problems in society." She's a great bowler. And then there's this:
Longtime friend Merrie Spaeth, a Dallas communications consultant, said one of the most remarkable things is how discreet Ms. Miers is, how she holds her tongue even in private, when friends and political allies let down their hair.
"Not only did Harriet never tell a joke, she never laughed. She might smile so she didn't look stern. But she would never say anything snide," Ms. Spaeth said.
"In the 22 years I've known here I've never heard her use a curse word. Not even 'hell' or 'damn.' I've never heard her gossip. I've never heard her say a nasty word."
I'm sure she's ladylike yet tough as nails. But that doesn't make her qualified for the U.S. Supreme Court.