Harriet and George: The Correspondence
Posted on October 13, 2005
The Smoking Gun has made available for your viewing pleasure the various notes written between Harriet Miers and George Bush when Bush was Governor of Texas. Some of you might be wondering where in the world The Smoking Gun managed to dig up a personal card sent to Governor Bush: did someone rifle through his desk or something? The explanantion is more mundane: the correspondence is part of more than 2000 pages of documents released this week by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
OCTOBER 12--Sure, nobody seems to know anything about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's judicial philosophy, abortion position, or conservative bona fides. But here's something not open for debate: the old gal loves exclamation points and seemed to enjoy writing gushy notes to then-Governor George W. Bush. Below you'll find copies of personal correspondence exchanged between Bush and Miers from 1995-2000 (before migrating to Washington, Miers headed the Texas State Lottery Commission, a post to which Bush appointed her).She's certainly polite. Remember, many insiders said that Bush 41 made it to the White House on thank you notes. The man was a veritable note-writing machine. Maybe Harriet reminds W of dear old dad.In a 1997 Hallmark greeting card (adorned with a photo of a dog), Miers sent along belated birthday wishes and noted that "You are the best governor ever--deserving of great respect!" In another note (penned on an American Greetings card), Miers wrote that she hoped Bush's daughters realized that their parents were "cool." A 1995 Miers note thanked Bush for a visit, adding that an airplane ride with the governor was "Cool!" Sadly, the document dump did not include Miers's e-mail or IM messages, which are surely filled with loads of sappy emoticons.
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