More on Ms. Miers

Dragon Mood? -- the choices are what?

I found this in the Houston Chronicle, written by Ellen Goodman from the Boston Globe:

The one thing we know for sure is that the Texan is a certified FOG, Friend of George. In this case, the acronym is all too apt.

In the last days, she's been described as the president's "work wife," "pit bull," "fixer," and "a capable indentured servant of the Bush family." The word that has now attached itself to her hem is "crony." As one Republican strategist griped to Slate, the choice was "Crony or wing nut? Crony or wing nut? OK, this time we'll go with the crony."

It's progress of a sort when a woman can be called a "crony." It's better than being called a crone. [I beg your pardon!] But I am reminded of what Ruth Bader Ginsburg said last week when asked whether she wanted another woman on the bench. Yes, she said, but "any woman will not do. ... Some women who might be appointed would not advance human rights or women's rights."

Well said, Ms. Ginsburg!