It is not a lazy charge.
It is specifically in response to the accusation against Miers that she lacks "intellectual heft."
She was the head of 400 lawyer firm, the head of the Texas bar, one of the top rated 100 lawyers, and top 50 female lawyers.
The accusation that she's not intelligent is the thing that's lazy her. And in response to that laziness, Laura Bush saw a possibility of sexism to explain it.
Laura's line of reasoning is rational.
The same thing would have been said about a man with her same lack of credentials for the Supremem Court. Sorry.
I still maintain this list qualifies her for a seat on the Court of Appeals.
I would say it qualified her for a seat on the Supreme Court, but she's too close to the Administration in general and to Bush in particular. By all judicial ethics, she'd have to recuse herself anytime a policy she worked on as a Bush admin staffer came up. Add into the fact that she is Bush's personal lawyer, and the foul stench of cronyism surrounds this nomination.
The last time a President nominated his personal lawyer, it didn't turn out so well. The unanimous viewpoint is that Abe Fortas was quite unqualified for his position.
I like Bush's idea of getting a corporate attorney and not a judge. I just am not comfortable with Miers, since she is too close to Bush. It smells like an oligarchy.