Wonkette

Who cares about the stupid New Yorker cover? It just makes the silly-sallies at the Obama campaign look like, uh, silly-sallies, and makes the New Yorker look terribly unfunny, which it is, except for that Anthony Lane who is a stitch. No, the New Yorker is a not a comedic but a Journalistic magazine — and it can also help you figure out your summer vacations plans! Since you all have no homes or money, consider spending your “staycation” this way: roll yourself in a barrel down the street to your nearest public library with free Internet access, go to NewYorker.com and spend an ENTIRE WEEK reading Ryan Lizza’s 15,000-word — that’s 15 internet pages! — opus on Barack Obama’s Chicago days. What fun! We heard that Barack Obama threatens to kick someone’s ass in the piece, and since we are Dumb Americans, we found this juicy bit and read nothing else. MORE »

• She’s got some vocal critics: “she’s the first Supreme Court nominee whose eyeliner is thicker than her curriculum vitae.” [Luttig's Liar]
• Ryan Lizza notes that “loyalty to Bush trumped intellectual firepower,” and that she once signed a document advocating same-sex couples’ right to adopt. Hmmmm. [&c.]
• Give her this, she knows her daily political tip sheets: “The Note for call[ed] me a ‘a trailblazing, conservative, consensus-y, strict constructionist’ — and then I stopped reading! The Note is always TOO LONG!” [Harriet Miers's Blog]
• Frum hates her, no he doesn’t, yes he does, wait… Nasty comments by National Review neocon mysteriously removed. [Al Franken Show Blog]
• Miers totally responsible for Dan Rather’s downfall. [Attytood]