She did have an interesting experience on the Texas Lottery Commission.
She was appointed to that job by GWB, FWIW.
http://www.lottoreport.com/dmnexcerpt.htm <- article critical of business plan
http://txlottery.org/news/view_press_release.cfm?id=105 <- Press release
http://txlottery.org/news/view_press_release.cfm?id=107 <- resignation announce
And here is a preview of a potential attack by the DEM moonbats ...
Newsweek's Michael Isikoff - July 17, 2000The biggest issue before Miers and the commission was whether to retain lottery operator Gtech, which had been implicated in a bribery scandal. Gtech's main lobbyist in Texas in the mid-1990s? None other than that same Ben Barnes who had the goods on how Bush got into the Guard and avoided Vietnam.
In 1997, Barnes was abruptly fired by Gtech. That's a bad thing, right? Well, on the other hand, they also gave him a $23 million severance payment. A short time later, Gtech -- despite the ongoing scandals -- got its contract renewed over two lower bidders. A former executive director thought the whole thing stunk:
The suit involving Barnes was brought by former Texas lottery director Lawrence Littwin, who was fired by the state lottery commission, headed by Bush appointee Harriet Miers, in October 1997 after five months on the job. It contends that Gtech Corp., which runs the state lottery and until February 1997 employed Barnes as a lobbyist for more than $3 million a year, was responsible for Littwin's dismissal.
Littwin's lawyers have suggested in court filings that Gtech was allowed to keep the lottery contract, which Littwin wanted to open up to competitive bidding, in return for Barnes's silence about Bush's entry into the Guard.
Barnes and his lawyers have denounced this "favor-repaid" theory in court pleadings as "preposterous . . . fantastic [and] fanciful." Littwin was fired after ordering a review of the campaign finance reports of various Texas politicians for any links to Gtech or other lottery contractors. But Littwin wasn't hired, or fired, until months after Barnes had severed his relationship with Gtech.
Littwin reportedly settled with Gtech for $300,000. This all could be interesting fodder for a Miers confirmation hearing this fall.
You were supposed to keep Harriet's Lottery thing out of this! You just made some of the cheerleaders drop their pom-poms. Next thing you know, somebody is gonna start digging into her ABA background, and find her support of LIBERAL issues.....