Right. "Reasoned criticism" does not involve such vacuous and outrageous charges as "she's gay", "she's physically unattractive" or such idiotic statements like "I have no clue about her,.... therefore I conclude that she's eminently unqualified for the position", in light of all the known facts.
Those who know her or have worked for her, have made some pretty resounding pronouncements and high endorsements of her accomplishments. I am particularly impressed with the fact that she's headed a law firm, and received her law degree and become a lawyer in an time and age in this country when it was hard for women to receive such degrees [read: All Boys Club]. To ignore THAT, ranks as "sexist".
Believe it or not, I haven't heard people say she's gay or unattractive. It's kind of weird to even think about attractiveness in a Supreme Court justice. I'm not even sure I know what Janice Rogers Brown looks like.
I'm sorry, but this is a bogus point and unworthy of you. Whatever Harriet Miers achieved, it was because she was smart and she worked hard. The nonsense you talk about above, is mularkey. Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Carolyn Graglia, etc. were all female lawyers of an earlier generation than Miers.
Please answer me this, if you are so impressed by Miers accompliments as a woman, were you equally impressed and cheering for Ruth Bader Ginsberg for going to Harvard Law School 15 years before Miers, and was on the Harvard Law Review while caring for a husband with testicular cancer. Not only that, but after she graduated from law school, she went on to get a LL.B. from Columbia Law School. While there she was on the Columbia Law Review, making her the only person in history, man or women, to be both on the Harvard Law Review and Columbia Law Review. All of this was in the dark ages of the 50s, when you believe women were not allowed to do anything. She went on to to be the General Counsel of the preeminent civil rights organization in the United States. Please tell me you are consistent and think she's great!