I haven’t had much to say about the Miers nomination, but a fellow blogger asked me last night at dinner what I thought about it. A lot of other people are discussing this, but all I’ll say is that I think that it’s the most boneheaded thing that the president has done during his presidency.

Cathy Seipp writes about it in today’s WSJ.

I know you’ll find this hard to imagine, but Louis Freeh says that the Clintons’ closets were full of skeletons. And in this case, it’s probably not just a figure of speech.

What do you do when you’re the FBI director for a president so corrupt? I would have stepped down, and said why. It certainly would have done the country a service to know at the time (of coure, much of it prefers to remain in denial now). It’s hard to work up much admiration for him at this point (particularly seeing what a mess he left the FBI in, including his aversion to computers and technology). But at least this might be one more wrench in the spokes of Hillary’s candidacy.

[Update a couple minutes later]

Oh, I hadn’t read this part:

Freeh says he was determined to stay on as FBI director until President Clinton left office so that Clinton could not appoint his successor.

Did the head of the DNC really say this?

MATTHEWS: Do you believe that the president can claim executive privilege?

DEAN: Well, certainly the president can claim executive privilege. But in this case, I think with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, you can’t play, you know, hide the salami, or whatever it’s called. He’s got to go out there and say something about this woman who’s going to a 20 or 30-year appointment, a 20 or 30-year appointment to influence America. We deserve to know something about her.

Emphasis mine.

Howard Dean. The gift that just keeps on giving.

Kathleen Willie is writing a book. And we can be sure that the junior senator from New York will claim that this (Democrat’s) new tome is just part of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy:

The upcoming book

Well, maybe John Kerry is afraid to sue, but now he’s on the receiving end of a lawsuit for defamation.

Greenspan’s term is almost up. Based on precedent, I’m guessing that Bush will either appoint his personal banker, or the head of the search committee…

Greenspan’s term is almost up. Based on precedent, I’m guessing that Bush will either appoint his personal banker, or the head of the search committee…

Greenspan’s term is almost up. Based on precedent, I’m guessing that Bush will either appoint his personal banker, or the head of the search committee…

Alaska Air has a nifty new paint job on one of their airplanes. At federal taxpayer expense.

Alaska. Isn’t that the state where residents get a negative income tax as a result of their oil revenues? But hey, if your Senator is chairman of the Appropriations Committee, why pay for things out of your own pocket?