Wonkette

• Ringing endorsements for Harriet Miers you may have missed: “She wasn’t a leader and wasn’t furniture. . . She was in between.” [NYT]
• “Expecting anyone to journey to the seat of national power and deliver a Mr. Smith-like blow for the sanctity of scouting and motherhood is a bit like wanting the final act of a musical to be all gun battles and explosions: It’s what the critics call a genre error.” [Washington Monthly]
• The State Department gets out its thesaurus: “This is a confederacy of evil that will stop at nothing to advance its radical agenda.” [AP]
• Butterstick bites! [WP]
• More ringing endorsements of Harriet Miers you may have missed: “‘What is your impression of her?,’ the reporter then asked, a follow-up Scalia deflected with ease: ‘Never having met her, I have no impression of her.’” [NYP]
• American Girl-on-Girl? [Feministing]
• “When the questioning turned to Miers, Bush blinked 37 times in a single answer — along with a lick of the lips, three weight shifts and some serious foot jiggling.” [WP]

Flash back to reading “Highlights” magazine in the pediatrician’s office! Tell us, can you find at least five differences in these two photos?

Bonus question: Which photo came from the “confirm her already” fans of Harriet at “JusticeMiers.com”? MORE »

The Seattle Times reports that Concerned Women for America (a moniker which brings to mind a roomful of worry wrinkles) has found a new battleground in the war against the homosexual agenda, and it is the back of a coffee cup. They’re mad at Starbucks because of an Armistead Maupin quote, saying that the company should “stay out of these issues so that they don’t offend conservatives and people of faith.” Guess the White House won’t need any help with the Roberts nomination after all. Don’t these people have some abortions to stop or something? Talk about fighting like a girl. MORE »

Guess John Dickerson has finally finished that book about his mom:

Actually, this comes from something called “Supersisters Trading Cards” — the collection also includes Jane Pauley and Helen Reddy. They were a noble but misguided effort to promote the image of successful women, and in a little-known start to his legal career, John Roberts had them banned. Of course he didn’t need to work too hard. It’s sort of hard to imagine kids getting excited about them — “Hey, I’ll trade you two Bella Abzugs for a mint Shirley Chislom!” MORE »

Tim Noah seeks nominations for John Roberts’s Bush nickname. Is “Nancy Boy” taken? MORE »